新视野视听说教材.ppt

UNIT2 Learning the Olympic Standard for Love 1. The Olympic Spirit (2) The Olympic oath encourages athletes, coaches, and officials to observe the rules and to follow the spirit of sports-  manship. Mutual understanding, friendship, unity and fair play. The Olympic Games help to promote a better and more peaceful world . The Olympic Spirit (3) The most important thing in the Games is not the triumph but the struggle; not to have conquered but to have fought well. By undergoing the stress and strain of tough competition, the athletes grow in strength, endurance and discipline. The most important thing is to participate. The athletes must learn to respect and to cooperate with people from many nations during the Games. Translation 他没有做，也没有尝试一下。 我再也没有见到他, 也没有收到过他的信。 He does not do it, nor does he try. I never saw him again, nor did I hear from him. Notes to the Text—Focus Study 4. When coaching, he would sing out his instructions keeping rhythm with our stride. A dear lady friend of my grandfather, after viewing a copy of a video of me training with Nikolai, asked… Notes to the Text—Focus Study Conj. + V-ing/V-ed, S+V Translation 虽然会英语，她不敢和那外国人说话。 如果被邀请，我会去参加这宴会的。 Though knowing English, she was afraid to speak to the foreigner. If invited, I will go to the party. Notes to the Text—Focus Study 5. Missing the Olympic Team the previous year had made me pause and reflect on what I had gained?not the least of which was a quiet, indissoluble bond with a short man in a tropical shirt. Notes to the Text—Focus Study not the least of which = the most important of which bond = relationship 6. He taught me to be thankful in advance for a century of life on earth, and to remind myself every day that despite the challenges at hand, … Notes to the Text—Focus Study in advance: before a particular date or event a century of life on earth: the life I wi