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Unit Two A Sporting Chance Ⅰ. Lead in Ask Ss to stand one by one and tell the class of their last sporting activity. For example: My last sporting activity was two years ago. I played ping-pong with a roommate and I am happy to tell you that I beat her—though to be honest, she usually beats me. It was really good exercise. Ⅱ. Active Reading: Sport in Ancient Greece and China Background information Ancient Greece is well-known for its love of sport. Young men in the ancient Greek cities spent a lot of time exercising in open areas for sporting activities, called gymnasia, plural of gymnasium. There were a number of famous games. Of course, the Olympic Games which took place at the Temple of Zeus in Olympia, are the ones best remembered nowadays. Winners in the athletic tournaments and various forms of racing were greatly honored as can be seen in the many surviving ancient poems on the subject. Greek art also shows the importance of sport to the culture with many status of discus throwers, charioteers and athletes. The passage discusses how similar things were ancient China. Main idea of the passage The writer suggests that all human cultures value sport as a way of keeping fit and training for war. Just as the ancient Greeks included sporting activities in their myths and legends, used sport to train for battle, danced as a way of keeping physically fit and regarded sport as part of a good education, so did the ancient Chinese. Chinese culture has long valued sport and it is not all surprising that China is such a keen participant in the modern Olympic movement. 3. New words ① exchange n. a situation in which people give each other information or discuss their ideas and opinions 交流 e.g. I met Sara on a Spanish cultural exchange. vt. to give someone something in return for something that they give you 交流，交换 e.g. We exchanged phone numbers and promised to keep in touch with each other. ② fundamental a. essential to the existence, deve