2018秋九年级英语全册 Unit 4 I used to be afraid of the dark时文阅读.ppt

* Unit 4 I used to be afraid of the dark. 时文阅读 一、运动员武大靖 (时文阅读) 题型 体裁 词数 难度 建议完成时间 正确率 短文填空 议论文 265 words ★★★★☆ 9 min _____/10 Chinese skater Wu Dajing, 23, introduced himself to the skating world by winning a silver medal at the Sochi Olympic Winter Games(俄罗斯索契冬奥会)in 2014. Then in 2018 PyeongChang Olympics(韩国平昌冬奥会), Wu not only returned, but 1. _________ made history. (时文阅读) On February 22, 2018, Wu won the gold medal in the men’s short-track 500-meter 2. _________. He set a new world record with a time of 39.584 seconds. He also became the first 3. _________ man to take home an Olympic short-track gold medal. The news reported that Wu’s win was perfect, (时文阅读) as he was 4. _________ faster than all of the other skaters. “I didn’t give them a chance 5. _________ I kept my speed from the start,” he told the media after the match. But China’s short-track teams didn’t do 6. _________ in general at the games. (时文阅读) Chinese skaters in the women’s 500 meters all failed to take home the gold. Wu was China’s biggest hope, which put a lot of pressure 7. _________ him. But he successfully proved himself with 8. _________ performance. Wu 9. _________ known as a highly talented skater. (时文阅读) But things were not always that way. When Wu joined the national team in 2010, he was seen as almost “nothing” compared to gifted skaters like Zhou Yang and Fan Kexin, as his coaches said at the time. Their comments made him quite upset. (时文阅读) But Wu didn’t want to 10. _________ up and worked as hard as he could. He practiced skating all year round. He even didn’t return to his hometown for the holidays for 10 years. “I believe in myself,” he told the media after his match at the Olympics. (时文阅读) 1._________ 2._________ 3._________ 4._________ 5._________ 6._________ 7._________ 8._________ 9._________ 10._________ also race Chinese much because well on great is gi