大学英语新起点第一册_Unit5_textA_Sports_Around_the_World概述.pptVIP

hike???/haik/ verb 去…远足；做徒步旅行 If the weathers fine, well go hiking this weekend. 如果天气好，我们这个周末就去远足。 把（价格、税率等）大幅提高 The government hiked up the price of milk by over 40%. 政府把牛奶的价格提高了40%多。 Paragraph 7 Games and sports often grow out of people’s work and activities. In Portugal many people like to catch fish. They fish from their boats. Sometimes they use their boats for racing. In Portugal people do fishing as a job and for entertainment. Paragraph 8 The Arab people are famous for their horses. They use horses to travel over huge plains. Horseback riding is a very exciting sport in countries like Morocco. Men ride horses at great speeds, often standing up. The cowboys of the USA use their horses for their work. They also use them for their sports. They ride, jump, use ropes, and catch other animals all on horseback. The Arab people like horse riding. Plain ?/ple?n/ adj. 1. 清楚的；明显的；浅白的 The facts were plain to see. 事实显而易见。 2. 坦诚的；直率的；直接的 He is a politician with a reputation for plain speaking. 他是一个说话直率出了名的政治人物。 3. 不尚修饰的；朴素的；简单的 plain food/cooking 清淡的食物／烹饪 plain yogurt 纯酸奶 4. 极普通的；平庸的；平凡的 You dont need any special skills for this job, just plain common sense. 这项工作不需要任何特殊技能，只要有普通常识就够了。 5. 相貌平平的；无姿色的 Plain ?/ple?n/ n. 平原 the Middle-lower Yangtze Plain 长江中下游平原 words extension plateau ?/’pl?t?u/ 高原 the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau 青藏高原 pasture ?/’p?st?/ 草原、牧草场 delta ?/’delt?/ （河流的）三角洲 the Pearl River delta 珠江三角洲 Surf in Hawaii. Swim in Hainan. Ski in Austria. Hike in Switzerland. Ride in Arabia. Fish in Portugal. Sports Around the World By Louise 1. Do you like sports? Why or why not? 2. What sports do you prefer? Why?  3. Do you agree that sports are good for people’s health? 4. What are these sports on the pictures below? Pre-reading Discussion Gymnastics Surfing Marathon race Riding backstroke butterfly swimming breaststroke freestyle swimming Bunge Jumping Diving Scuba Diving Taekwondo Karate Kongfu All these are called martial arts. In Hawaii? In China? I