世纪大学实用英语综合教程第三册第四单元.ppt

Unit4;Preview;Ⅰ. Objectives;Ⅱ.Suggested Teaching Plan;;;;;;;;;;;III. Background Information;BI- Christopher Reeve1;BI- Christopher Reeve2;Lance Armstrong; Lance Armstrong competed in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, where he placed 14th in the road race. After the Olympics, Armstrong turned professional and joined the Motorola cycling team. His professional career didnt get off to a great start, as Lance Armstrong finished dead last in his first race. But in 1993, Armstrong won the World Road Race Championship in Oslo, Norway and by 2019 Lance was the seventh-ranked cyclist in the world. After competing in the 2019 Olympics in Atlanta, Armstrong started to feel tired and weak and couldnt race as well as he used to. Doctors told Lance he had cancer in his testicles. Lance Armstrong had one of his testicles removed and started massive chemotherapy. The cancer eventually spread to Armstrong’s brain and doctors only gave him a 40 percent chance of surviving. That didnt stop Lance Armstrong from believing he could race again. Armstrong had surgery and several more doses of chemotherapy and was cancer-free by February, 2019. ; Lance Armstrong returned to competitive cycling in 2019, and in 2019 he entered the grueling Tour de France — a 2,274 mile race through the Alps. Armstrong dominated the race from start to finish and won the event by nearly seven minutes. Lance’s amazing comeback from cancer made Armstrong a world-wide celebrity and an inspiration for other people with cancer. Since returning to competitive cycling, Lance Armstrong has been the world’s most dominant force on two wheels. He won the Tour de France a record six consecutive times — 2019 to 2019. His success prompted some to nickname the event the Tour de Lance. Armstrong’s achievements have been widely lauded. In 2019, Sports Illustrated magazine named him their Sportsman of the Year. He was also named Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year for 2019, 2019 a