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Ex. 3 1.Martin Strel 2.Michellie Jones 3.Lance Armstrong 4.Fu Mingxia Glance through the text and do ex.3
Exercise2 1.Fu Mingxia 2.Lance Armstrong; Fu Mingxia 3.Lance Armstrong; Michellie Jones; Martin Strel 4.Lance Armstrong, because he overcame cancer and then had the courage to return to racing. 5.Courage, determination, ambition, vision, passion, focus, concentration, belief in himself/herself, perseverance, etc.
Read the profiles and complete the summary of each sportsperson’s records.
Who: _________________________________ When: ________________________________ Where: ________________________________ What: _________________________________ Lance Armstrong 1999, 2003 France fastest average speed, Tour de France
Who: ______________________ When: _____________________ Where: ____________________ What: _____________________________ Michellie Jones 1992, 1993 (not stated) International Triathlon Union World Champion
Who: ______________________ When: _____________________ Where: ________________ _______________________ What: _____________________________ ___________________________________ Fu Mingxia 1991, 1992, 1996, 2000 Australia, Barcelona, Atlanta, Sydney Youngest female to win the women’s world title for platform diving; youngest Olympic diving champion of all time; first woman in Olympic diving to win three gold medals.
Who: ______________________ When: _____________________ Where: ____________________ __________________________________ What: _____________________________ ___________________________________ Martin Strel 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 The Danube River in Europe; the Mississippi River in USA; the Parana River in South America; the Changjiang River in China First person to swim the entire length of the Danube river; longest time for non-stop swimming; swimming the greatest distance; first man to swim the length of Parana River; swimming the length of the dangerous Changjiang River.
1. 创造纪录 2. 环法自行车赛 3. 以 … 的平均速度 4. 在少年时期 5. 集中精力于 6. 业余车手 7 成为专业的（车手） 8 在随后的几年里 9. 赢得许多称号 10 完成 … 目标 set a record Tour de France at/with an average speed of… in one’s teens concentrate on an amateur cyclist turn professional in the following few years win numerous titles achieve one’s goal of …
1. 多项运动比赛 — 三项全能 2. 取得教师资格证 3. 得第三名 4. 在世界锦标赛上 6. 银牌 7. 入选国家队 multi-sport event, the triathlon complete the teaching qualification finish third/come third /win third place at/in the World Championships silver medal/ gold medal/ bronze medal be selected as part of the national team
1.10 米跳台 2. 夺得金牌 3. 有史以来 4. 三米跳板 5. 退役 6. 复出， 重返 7. 在大学 8. 参加奥运会 the 10-metre diving platform take the gold medal of all time the three-metre springboard retire from diving make a comeback at university compete in/at Olympic Games
1. guitarist 2. have a passion for 3.entire length 4.attain/win the first entry 5.beat/break the record 6. a total of 吉他手 酷爱 全程 第一次进入 打破纪录 总共