人教版英语高一上册Unit_8_Sports.doc

LISTENING Listen to the following sports reports and fill in the missing information below. Report 1 Lets see what happened in sports today. How about taking a look at the NBA.In todays basketball action. The Los Angeles Lakers won against the Miami heat. The Lakers scored 20 points in the last quarter,beating the Heat 101 to 96. Los Angeles have now won the last 5 games. Maybe on the way to this years play office. Report 2 And here is the result from todays soccer games. Manchester United came back from one goal behind to tied leeds 22 when Wednesdays game. leeds scored their first goal after only 10 minutes. It looks like Leeds would win when they took 2:1 second half. But Manchester scored their second goal with 5 minutes left. Manchester is now 2 wins away from their third title. Report 3 The masters of the game once again showed that they can not be stopped. China once again to Russia Saturdays table tennis match. The Chinese team won the two first singles matches 3:1 and 3:0. while the Russians won the doubles match. China didnt not give up but won the singles match. They win in the last singles match gave them a final win of 3:1. China has not last any matches this year and doesnt look like any team can beat them. READING THE OLYMPIC GAMES Every four years athletes from all over the world take part in the Olympic Games. Both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games are held every four years. The Winter Olympic Games are usually held two years before the Summer Olympic Games. The ancient Olympic Games began around the year 776BC in Greece. Many of the sports were the same as they are now. Some of the games in which the young men competed were: running,jumping and wrestling. Women were not allowed to take part in the games. After about the year 393AD the Olympic Games stopped. For centuries there were no Olympic Games. But they were not forgotten. The first Olympic Games in modern times happened in 1896. They were held in Greece--the country in which the Games were