新概念青少版2A_unit13__The_Kalenjin

1、unit 13 -lesson25The KalenjinNew words and expressionsrek:d winwindistnsreistrkmsta:b:dhumlndwinwinner distance raceamongstarborderrecordhomelandtrackThey are winners.race trackstarMusic starrock starJay Chou is a music star.China is our homeland/motherland.England is her homeland.northsouthwesteast

2、north westnorth eastsouth eastsouth westQinghai-Tibetplateau pltumetre/meter mi:t eg:This ruler is 2 metres. This road is about 500 metres.above bv 在在.之上之上,超出超出 eg:Todays temperature is above zero.sea level si:levl 海平面海平面nature neit 自然自然natural ntrl 自然的自然的athlete li:tLiuxiang is a good athlete.Guoji

3、ngjing is an athlete, too.They are athletes.hundred hundreds of thousand thousands of million miljn millions of 300 three hundred 3,000 three thousand 3,000,000 three million Modelsl The Kalenjin can break the record.They are winners.They are the stars of the race track.They are natural athletes.l T

4、hey love their homeland.It is a hot,dry plateau.UnderstandinglTake a look at the (記錄）of international running events in the last fifty years.lBefore 1980,the (獲勝者）of distance races were usually from North American and Europe.lThere were some winners frome other countries,but there werent very many o

5、f them.lThere were no African names (在.之中)the winners then,but things are very different now.recordswinnersamongQuestion one: There were some winners from othercountries,werent there?Question two: But there were no African names among the winners,were there?Today,the (明星）of the （跑道）are the Kalenjin.

6、starsrace track The Kalenjin are an African people from the （邊界）of (西北部）Kenya and Ethiopia.bordersNorth WestTheir （祖國，家鄉(xiāng)）is a hot,dry （高原）about 2,500 （米，公尺） （在.之上）sea level.homelandplateaumetersaboveThese people are （自然的，天生的） （運(yùn)動員）.naturalathletesThey have long,thin legs.Their heart rate is （不尋常的，不一

7、樣的）slow.unusuallyThere are only three （百萬）of lionQuestion three:The Kalenjin are from Kenya and Ethiopia,arent they?Question four:Their homelandis about 2,500 meers above sea level,isnt it?Twelve of the worlds top twenty marathon runners are now Kalenjin.Every year, they win 40 percent of th

8、e top （榮譽(yù)）in all international distance races.honoursAnd its not just the men.GoodQuestion five:They win a lot of the top honoursin internationaldistance races,dont they?A few years ago,there werent any distance races for women.These days, there are lots of them.Kalenjin women win all their events a

9、s well.Question six:A few years ago,there werent any distance races for women,were there?a few 少數(shù)，幾個（修飾可數(shù)名詞）少數(shù)，幾個（修飾可數(shù)名詞） eg: a few days a few years a few applesa lot of = lots of許多，大量（修飾可數(shù)名詞、許多，大量（修飾可數(shù)名詞、 不可數(shù)名詞）不可數(shù)名詞） eg: a lot of apples a lot of coffee a lot of rice a lot of pensSummaryl There wer

10、e no African names before 1980.l But today,the stars of the race track are the Kalenjin.l The Kalenjin are an African people.l They have long,thin legs.l Their heart rate is unusually slow.l Twelve of the worlds top twenty marathon runners are now Kalenjin.lNowadays,there are many Kalenjin women in the race.snow /snu/ice /ais/hill /hil/lake /leik/sheep /i:p/none /nn/ 沒有任何東西，沒有人eg: Were ther