FocusonReadingWriting.pptVIP

* Focus on ? --- Reading Writing 嘉兴一中 盛 敏 AUGUST 9th, 2008 / Women’s 48 kg Weight-lifting Chen Xiexia / China / New Olympic Record / 212kg AUGUST 12th, 2008 Mens 200m Freestyle Phelps / USA / New World Record / 1m42s96 AUGUST 14th, 2008 / Woman’s 50 Meter Rifle Three Positions / Du Li / China / New World Record / 690.3 ； AUGUST 16th, 2008，Men‘s 100-meter Race / Bolt / Jamaica / New World Record / 9s69 Focus on more… I. Listen to the text and find the missing information: Lance Amstrong * By ______ he had become the world’s number one cyclist. * However, in ________ 1996 he discovered he had cancer and had to leave cycling. Michellie Jones *In 1992 and 1993, she was the ____________________________________________. Fu Mingxia * At the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, she took the gold medal in the Women’s 10-meter Platform, becoming ______________ Olympic diving champion of all time. Martin Strel * In ______, he was the first person ever to swim the entire length of the Danube River in Europe. * In 2004, Strel again broke his own _________________ by swimming the length of the dangerous Changjiang River, the third longest river in the world. 1996 October International Triathlon Union World Champion the youngest 2000 Guinness record II. Do careful reading and answer the following questions: 1. What was Lance Armstrong before the 1992 Olympic Games? 2. Did he quit cycling after he got cancer? What happened? How many Tours de France races did he win? 3. What role did Michellie Jones play in the sport Triathlon? 4. In all her career, how many gold medals did Fu Mingxia win in Olympic Games? 5. How many rivers did Strel cover at least according to the text? What are they? --- He was an amateur cyclist. --- No. He officially returned to racing in 1998. Altogether he won 5 Tour de France. --- She helped establish the multi-sport event, the Triat