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Unit 2 Part = 1 \* ROMAN I Pre-reading Activities Listen to the talk again and answer the following questions according to what you hear. The last question is open-ended and may have different answers. Who does the speaker often think of when she thinks back? Her coach. What are the two things that her coach taught and inspired her? How to run the mile as fast as she could and how to work at something a little every day until greatness is achieved. Who had the biggest influence on you? And in what way? (Open-ended.) Part = 2 \* ROMAN II Section A Learning the Olympic Standard for Love 学习奥林匹克爱的标准 背景知识 Salt Lake City 盐湖城是美国犹他州的首府和最大城市，市内人口181,743（2000年），大都市区人口为1,018,826人，名列美国西部内陆城市的第三位，仅次于丹佛和菲尼克斯。该城市位于一个山谷的北端，海拔1,320米。周围的高山海拔达到3,582米。以紧靠大盐湖而得名。盐湖城都市区是美国的 HYPERLINK /view/2761.htm \t _blank 金融中心，商业中心以及是渡假胜地、其他小镇及国家公园的入口，包括犹他公园城、雪鸟滑雪渡假村及拱门国家公园。 课文解析 课文概述 The author narrates what happened between her coach Nikolai and herself. At the first sight, Nikolai was not half as intimidating as she had imagined he would be. Then in the following five years, though there were countless training sessions full of pain and tears, the author could always be encouraged by Nikolai. Under his instructions, the author earned a fourth-place national ranking heading into the pre-Olympic season. W hat’s more, the author learned many other important things from Nikolai: she came to understand to have the courage, heart, and discipline to persist, to have gratitude in advance for a century of life on earth, and to remind herself that there must be love, love, love despite the challenges at hand. 本文作者记叙了她与教练尼克莱之间发生的故事。第一次见面，尼克莱一点也不像我想象的那么吓人。然后作者回顾了在自己五年的运动生涯中，尼克莱对自己的言传身教：训练中的严格要求、遇到困难的积极鼓励、生活中的细致照顾。在他的执教下，作者赢得了奥运会季前赛第四名的好成绩。更重要的是，作者从尼克莱那里学到了要凭借勇气、热情和自律来坚持下去，学会了为能在这世上生活一辈子而预先心存感激，学会时刻提醒自己：即使面临许多挑战，心中必须要有爱、爱、爱。 词汇 intimidating (L1) adj. 吓人的，令人紧张不安的 Many people feel interview situations very intimidating. 许多人感觉面试的环境令人紧张。 The intimidating bulk of Mt Everest rose up before the