成都信息工程学院 媒体英语视听说自编教材 Unit7.doc

Unit 7 Sports Clip One Deng Yaping in “Talk Asia” Warm-up Activities How much do you know about Deng Yaping? Culture Tips Nottingham University: the University of Nottingham is a public research university in the city of Nottingham, England, With over 40,000 applications every year, Nottingham is one of the top 5 most popular universities in the UK, and has been described by the Times as the nearest Britain has to a truly global university and a prime alternative to Oxbridge. IUC: Inter University Center, Dubrovnik. It aims at promoting international co-operation between academic institutions throughout the world. New Words Expressions pack sth. in give sth. up; abandon sth. scrappy /skr?pi/ adj. consisting of individual sections, events, etc. that are not organized into a whole 散乱的，零碎拼凑的 elite /ilit, elit/ n. a group of people in a society, etc. who are powerful and have a lot of influence, because they are rich, intelligent, etc. 精英 marathon /m?r?θɑn/ n. 马拉松 commission /k?mi??n/ n. an official group of people who have been given responsibility to control something, usually for the government 委员会 transition /tr?nzi??n/ n. the process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another 转变，过渡 definitely /definitli/ adv. absolutely, certainly 明确地，肯定地 deputy director 副部长，副主任 Exercises 1 Question and Answer 1) What are the reasons of Deng Yaping’s retirement? 2) Why does the host mention Ai Dongmei, another Olympic gold winner? 3) Why athletes is a special group of people? 4) Why does Deng Yapi