全新版大学英语综合教程4UNIT 3.pptVIP

;Believe in yourself,even when no one else dose.; Do you remember the four-minute mile? Athletes had been trying to do it for hundreds of years and finally decided it was physically impossible for humans. Our bone structure was all wrong, our lung power inadequate.;; Then one human proved the experts wrong. And, miracle of miracles, six weeks after Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile, John Landy beat Bannisters time by nearly two full seconds. Since then, close to eight hundred runners have broken the four-minute mile!; Several years ago my daughter Mimi and I took a crack at running the New York Marathon. At the gun, 23,000 runners started -- and 21,244 finished. First place went to a Kenyan who completed the race in two hours, 11 minutes and one second. The 21,244th runner to finish was a Vietnam veteran. He did it in three days, nine hours and 37 minutes. With no legs, he covered 26.2 miles. After my daughter and I passed him in the first few minutes, we easily found more courage to finish ourselves.;crack v.破裂，裂开，断裂；砸开，破开，砸碎，打碎；重击，猛击；(使)发出爆裂声，(使)劈啪作响；(突然)变嘶哑，变沙哑；(因压力)吃不消，崩溃，瓦解；找到解决方法(get it cracked)；阻止，打击，击败，战胜；开瓶；说笑话，开玩笑（crack a joke） n.裂缝；缝隙；声响；重击，猛击；尝试；玩笑 crack down on sb/sth 竭力取缔，严厉打击，镇压 crack on with sth （为尽快完成而）努力干，（急速）经过，快速继续下去 crack up (因压力造成身体或精神)垮掉，崩溃；开始大笑起来 take/have a crack(at) =try to do ;;;; Curt Carlson, 70 years old at the time, rich beyond anyones wildest dreams, could still sparkle with excitement about being first.;THANK YOU!!!