4. In China, there is a famous woman table tennis player, she won Gold Medal of singles and doubles, 1992 & 1996 Olympic Games. And she is reputed as the “Table Tennis Queen” and “Short Giantess”. Do you know who she is and why she is famous?

6. medal n. 奖牌 ; 奖章

7. doctor’s degree 博士学位

8. abroad adv. 在国外 ; 到国外 He is travelling abroad. 他要到国外旅行。

9. victory n. 成功 ; 胜利 win a victory 获得胜利

10. Listen and choose the correct answer. 1.Who are the speakers? a) A student and a teacher. b) A person on the radio and a guest. c) Two students.

11. 2. Where are the speakers? a) At a radio station. b) At home. c) In a classroom. 3. What are they talking about? a) A famous person. b) A friend. c) A teacher.

13. Listen and answer the questions. 1. Who is Daming’s hero? 2. When did she start playing table tennis? 3. How many gold medals has she won in the Olympics? Deng Yaping. When she was five years old. Four.

14. Facts about Deng Yaping When she was five, She _______________ _____________. When she was twenty-four, she _______________ started playing table tennis stopped playing table tennis. Read and complete the table.

15. After she stopped playing, she began to _______ ____________________ in Beijing. After seven years’ study abroad, she _________________ _____________________ ____________________. completed her doctor’s degree at Cambridge University study at Tsinghua University

16. Complete the sentences so that they are true for Deng Yaping. 1. She says she is not _____________ ____________. 2. She has a very __________. 3. She helped _________________ ________________________________. 4.Whatever she does, she _____________. anyone else Olympics a victory for world sport strong will never gives up cleverer than make the Beijing

17. 1. including prep. 包含 ; 包括 including 是 include 的现在分词形式, 用 作介词, 多用来对句子说明的情况进行 详细补充。 e.g. There are five boys playing the guitar, including Jack. 有五个小孩在弹吉它，包括杰克。

18. 2. attend v. 上 ( 学 ); 出席, 参加 ( 事件或活动 ) e.g. to attend a wedding 参加婚礼 Our children attend the same school. 我们的孩子上同一所学校。

19. 3. Whatever she does, she never gives up! whatever adv. 无论什么, 不管什么 e.g. Whatever you do, try your best. 无论你做什么，都要尽全力。 give up 意为 “ 放弃 ” 。 e.g. David has decided to give up football at the end of this year. 戴维已经决定今年年底就不再踢 足球了。

20. give up doing sth. 表示 “ 放弃做某事 ” 。 e.g. Why don’t you give up smoking? 你为什么不戒烟？

21. 4. That’s amazing! amazing adj. 惊人的 ; 极好的 可以做定语或表语 e.g. an amazing discovery / performance 一个令人惊奇的发现 / 表演

22. 5. Deng says that she isn’t cleverer than anyone else, but she has a very strong will. will n. 意志 ; 决心 e.g. Where there’s a will, there’s a way. 有志者事竟成。

23. 6. I think she’s a good student as well as a good player. as well as 表示 “ 不仅 …… 而且 ……”, 强 调 as well as 前面的内容。 e.g. On Sundays, the landlord provided him with dinner as well as breakfast. 每逢星期天，房东不仅为他提供早 餐，还为他提供正餐。

24. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box. Deng yaping is Daming’s hero. At first, she was a table tennis player. Later, she ________ Tsinghua university and then went to study _______. She says she is not ________ than anyone else, but attended abroad cleverer abroad attend clever victory will

25. she has a very strong _____. She also helped make the Beijing Olympics a(n) ________ for world sport. She is a true hero. will victory

26. 1. She’s my hero because she’s one of the best table tennis players in the world. 2. She started playing table tennis when she was five. Listen and mark the pauses.

27. 3. Whatever she does, she never gives up! 4. Deng says that she isn’t cleverer than anyone else, but she has a very strong will. Listen again and repeat.

28. A: Who’s your hero? B: It’s Jackie Chan! A: Why? B: Because he’s a great film star. I think his films are fantastic! Work in pairs. Talk about your heroes.

29. It’s Yuan Longping. Because he is … Why? Who’s your hero?

30. It’s Liu Yang. Because she is … Why? Who’s your hero?

31. Now talk about each other’s heroes with the whole class. My friend Jim likes Jackie Chan best. Jackie Chan is his hero because he’s a great film star and his films are fantastic.

32. I. 根据语境及首字母提示补全所缺单 词。 1. Our team is confident of v______ in Saturday’s football match, because there are lots of great players in our team. victory

33. 2. He had a strong w___ and he won the first prize at last. 3. Remember, Sally: w________ happens, keep calm and quiet. 4. My grandparents never travelled a______ when they were children. 5. This story is very a_______. I have never read it before. 6. Jenny didn’t a_____ the meeting yesterday because she was ill. attend will whatever abroad amazing

34. II. 根据汉语意思完成英语句子, 每空一 词。 1. 为了照顾她的孩子们, 这位妇女放弃了 她的工作。 The woman ______ ____ her job to look after her children. 2. 这个商店既卖食品又卖衣服。 The store sells clothes ___ _____ ___ food. gave up as well as

35. 1. Remember the new words and expressions in this unit. 2. Write a short dialogue about your heroes.