大学英语听力-Unit3 Born To Win.docVIP

Unit 3 Born To Win Part 1 Listening, understanding and speaking Listening I 1 1. 17 2. 2001 3. three ---four 4. five--- 2004 5. two 6. 2010 2. 1. all over with 2. no matter what 3. gift 4. line 5. open --- disadvantage 6. go out for William: Let’s welcome Natalie du Toit, South Africa’s best-known swimmer. She was only 17 when she lost her leg in a traffic accident. When was the accident? Natalie: In February 2001, the year after the Sydney Olympics. William: You lost a leg from the accident. Did you, at that point, think it was all over with swimming? Natalie: Swimming was my life and still is. Swimming was four hours a day and it would still be four hours a day, no matter what. William: How soon did you get back into the pool? Natalie: About three or four month after my accident. The water is the gift that gives me back my leg. I believe everything happens in life for a reason. You can’t go back and change anything. William: You went to the 2004 Paralympics and won five gold medals. You are also one of the two Paralympians at the Beijing Olympics. Although you didn’t win a medal, you still made history. Natalie: There’s really no line between able-bodied and disabled swimming. It’s just that I have a goal to swim in the able-bodied Olympics. William: Then tell us about the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. Natalie: I won three gold medals. William: Where do you go from here? Do you have further dreams? Natalie: Definitely! My dream has been to swim faster than I did before the accident. That’s a message I want to bring across: You have to have goals. You have to have dreams. You have to work at what you believe in and you have to believe in yourself. William: When you are up against open competition, do you feel a disadvantage? Natalie: Not at all. You go out for your race and you’ve got to try your best. It is important to swim your own race and not someone else’s. Listening II 1-5 ABCBA 1. best-selling 2008 tackles secrets