Unit2Lesson3GettingtotheTop课件高二英语北师大版选择性必修第一册

discuss v.讨论discussionn.

讨论athleten.

运动员admirev.钦佩v.推limitn.

极限

v.限制extremeadj.极度的；n.

极端adv.全部地extraadj.额外的littlebit一点点

v.努力Readparagraphs1-4.Completetheinformationinthetable.Thendescribethewriter'ssituationtoyourpartner.

v.描述

n.情况

Birthdayparties,familyholidays,nightsoutShewillloseherfriends;Sheknewtheywereright.Whethersheispushingthelimitstoomuch;whethersheisbeingselfish.Answerthequestionsbasedonwhatyouhaveread.No,hedidn't,becausehewasafraidthatwhenshereachedthetopshewouldhavenofriends.No,shedidn't,becausesheknewwhatherfriendsaidwasrightandshewaspushingthelimitstoohard.Shedidnottrytoexplainbecausemostpeoplewouldnotunderstand.Yes,shewas.Fromthedescriptionofhersacrificewecouldknowsheisa“go-getter"withanenormousamountofdriveanddeterminationtobethebest.Wecanseethatthroughherdescriptionssuchas"ruiningafamilyholidaybecauseoftheendlesssearchforaswimmingpooltotrainin","almostmissedmybrother'sweddingbecauseIwasbusyhiringacaranddrivingthroughthe'nogo'areasinordertodoagroupridewiththelocaltriathletes."Readparagraphs5-8.Identifythereasonswhythewriterwasabletogettothetop.Useadiagramtoillustrateandtalkaboutyouranalysis.illustratev.解释；加插图于

analysisn.分析Reasons:getaheadonclassworkratherthangooutandplaygetthebusonherownattenyearsoldgotoswimlengthsofthepoolwhileotherkidsplayedpoolgamestheonlygirlinrugbyclubof250boysencyclopaedian.

百科全书entryn.

条目adj.

学术的博客WhydoOlympicathletespushthemselvestothelimits?AsoneoftheOlympicathletes,Imissbirthdayparties,ruinfamilyholidaysandskipnightsout,butthereisaverygoodreasonforgivingupsomuch."We'reworriedaboutyou,"saidmyfriendfromacrossthetable.ruinv.毁灭；破坏skipv.略过;蹦跳地走n.蹦跳理由skipnightsout晚上不出去玩nolonger不再trainwith和…训练indangerof处于…危险之中leavev.离开，留下

beleft被留下championshipn.锦标赛;冠军medaln..奖章defensiveadj.防御的；保护的；保卫的；戒备的

defendv.防御；保卫

defensen.防御；保卫

it形式主语

todo真正主语deepdown

在内心深处elementn.元素;元件;成分thatworkouthadamentalintensitythatseemedtoomuchformosttohandle.Iwaspushingthelimitsandextremesbeyondwhatmostthoughtwerehealthy.workoutn.锻炼；练习intensityn.强度；紧张wealthyadj.富有的ThesearethefearsIfaceasaprofessionalathleteonaday-to-daybasis.WhoamIdoingthisfor?Howmuchistoomuch?WhyamIdoingthis?HowcanIbesoselfish?Whatarethesacrificesfor?thatadj.专业的，职业的onabasis

以……为基础day-to-day日常的

selfishadj.自私的self-evidentadj.显而易见的IthinkofcountlessbirthdaypartiesandnightsoutIhavemissed,ruiningafamilyholidayinFrancebecauseoftheendlesssearchforaswimmingpooltotrainin,almostmissingmybrother'sweddingbecauseIwastoobusyhiringacarindowntownJohannesburganddrivingthroughthe"no-go"areasinordertodoagroupridewiththelocaltriathletes.Thelistisendless.countlessadj.无数的；数不尽的thatsearch

n./v.搜索train

n.火车

v.训练n.婚礼bebusydoing忙于做某事hirev.雇用；租用downtown市中心inorderto为了Itboilsdowntothis:Iwasbornwithanenormousamountofdriveanddetermination.Fromasmallgirl,Iwouldstayinatlunchtimejusttogetaheadonclassworkratherthangooutandplay;Iwouldgetthebusonmyownattenyearsoldandgotoswim100lengthsofthepoolwhileotherkidsplayedpoolgames;Iwastheonlygirlinarugbyclubof250boys.Ihavealwayslivedmylifetoextremes.Callitunhealthyifyouwant,butthatisthewayIroll,nomatterwhatitisI'mapplyingmyselfto.boildownto

(被)归结起来是…boilv.烧开；煮沸

enormousadj.巨大的；大量的drive

v.驾驶

n.动力，干劲

n.决心stayin待在家里onone’sown靠自己lengthn.长度thatrollv.滚动applyoneselfto致力于；专心从事applyv.申请professional

adj.专业的，职业的profession

n.专业,职业professorn.教授V-ing做主语apartadv.分开；adj.(与众)不同的setsb.apart使某人与他人区分开overdone

v.把…煮得过久；把…做得过度（overdo的过去分词）

adj.煮得太久的；做得过分的absolutely

adv.

绝对地

int.当然V1reachv.达到V1V系n.平台；月台

hadbetter最好+do原preferv.较喜欢adj.杰出的stuffn.东西；物品averagen.平均水平;平均数adj.平均的Doingwhatwedoasathletessetsusapartbecausewearewillingtodothatextralittlebitthatmighttakeustothetop.Itiscertainlynotabalancedwaytoliveanditiscertainlynotnormalbutthosewordsaregenerallynotusedforanyonewhoisstrivingforgreatness.VV-ing做主语certainly

adv.当然；肯定normal

adj.

正常的

strivev.努力；力求

strivefor...Completethesummaryusingthecorrectformofthewordsandphrasesbelow.summaryn.总结

巨大的,极大的adj.强烈,剧烈n.归结为...adj.杰出的,优秀的长度n.专心(从事)adj.极度的/极限的

n.极限adj.自私的adj.数不清的adj.正常的/普通的boilsdowntoenormouscountlessextremesnormaloutstandingselfishlengthsapplyingmyselfintensityCompletethesentenceswithdefinitearticletheorzeroarticles.the/thethe//thetheFindexamplesfortherulesaboutdefinitearticletheandzeroarticlesfromthesentencesinActivity10.withpropernouns,i.e.thenamesofpeopleandplaces(e.g.

)withpluralcountablenounsreferringtothingsingeneral(e.g.

)withuncountablenounsr