2017秋九年级英语上册 Module 8 Sports life Unit 2 He was invited to competitions around the world 新外研版.pptVIP

* Module 8 Sports life Unit 2 He was invited to competitions around the world. sportsman high jump ability hurdling sportswoman race n.（尤指职业的）运动员 跳高 n. 能力 n. 跨栏赛跑 n.（尤指职业的） 女运动员 n. 赛跑；比赛 Words and expressions record method hurdles Japan break sportsperson Asian v. 记录 n. 最佳记录 n. 方法；办法 n. 跨栏赛跑 日本 v. 打破（记录）；打碎 n. 运动员 adj. 亚洲的；亚洲人的 Reading and vocabulary Look at the picture and the title of the passage in Activity2. Say what you know about Liu Xiang and how he became a sports hero. Readthe passage and choose the sentence which best expresses the main idea. a) Liu Xiang was helped by his sports school to win a gold medal. b) Liu Xiang will be a star and not a sports hero. c) Liu Xiang has trained for many years and won many gold medals. √ Liu Xiang—trained to be the best in the world! For Liu Xiang，life as a sports hero began in 2004.First，he was invited to competitions around the world. Then, he was chosen for the Chinese team at the Athens Olympic Games and won a gold medal. Liu Xiang was not a successful sportsman at first. He was born in Shanghai on 13th July 1983, and started training when he was very young. In Grade 4, he went to the Sports School of Putuo District of Shanghai. Liu was encouraged at first to train for the high jump. In 1998, Liu Xiangs ability in hurdling was noticed by Sun Haiping, who later became his coach. In 2001, a special programme was set up to help young sportsmen and sportswomen. Liu Xiang was among them. His races were recorded，and he was compared with the worlds best sports stars. Sun Haiping used the information to change his training methods for Liu Xiang. In May 2001, Liu Xiang won his first international 110m hurdles race in Japan. In 2004，he won the first Olympic gold medal for China in the 110m hurdles race，and at the same time broke the Olympic Games record. It was also the first time an Olympic gold