外研社英语课文：Module 3 Sporting life

Hi, Tony. You look tired.

Yes. I'm training with BIG, the Beijing International Globetrotters, for the School Basketball Competition. It's the big match next week.

Who's it against?

HAS.

What does HAS stand for?

Haidian All Stars.

Oh, yes. You were defeated last time.

What was the score?

All Stars 98 points to Globetrotters 52. So when will the match be held?

Next Saturday. Are you coming?

Yes. It's going to be a tough match. I'm going to write a report for New Standard.

I agree. Are you in the team, Daming?

No, I wasn't chosen this time. Why are you smiling, Betty?

Well, I've seen HAS play several times this season, and they're brilliant! And if you want my opinion…

No, I don't…

…you've got no chance! What do you reckon, Lingling?

I think you're right, Betty.

Well, you won't be allowed to watch with our fans if that's what you think!

It's true, Daming.

Well, I don't agree. We're playing really well this season. I think we're so good that we'll be asked to play in the Olympic Games.

Don't let them get to you, Tonny!

(They leave)

Hee hee! Nice work, Betty!

Of course. They're so mad with us that they'll try harder to win, just to show we're wrong!

Liu Xiang --- trained for gold

Sports yearbook 2004

For Liu Xiang, life as a sporting hero has just begun. First of all, he'll be invited to competitions around the world. He'll be chosen to represent China at the Olympic Games. He's a symbol of China's international sporting success.

And now that he's well known all over the world, Liu Xiang will also be asked to appear in advertisements and films, and even to record music. But his coach Sun Haiping is making sure that he trains regularly. Liu Xiang will be advised by his coach on how to be a great sportsman, and by his manager on how to be a star.

Liu Xiang is not an overnight success. He was born in Shanghai on 13th July, 1983 and, like many Olympic sports stars, he started training when he was very young. In Grade Four, he went to the Junior Sports School of Putuo District of Shanghai. Liu was encouraged at first to train as a high jumper. Then, in 1998, his skill at hurdling was noticed by his coach Sun Haiping.

Liu Xiang was helped by a special programme. It was set up in 2001 to help young sportsmen and sportswomen. Liu's races were recorded, and his performance was compared with the world's best sports stars. Sun Haiping used the information to change Liu's training programme. In 2002 he won his first international 110m hurdles event in Switzerland, and in the same year, a gold medal at the Asian Games in Korea. In 2004, Liu won the first Olympic gold medal in the same event for China in Athens, Greece. #p#分页标题#e#

So what's next for Liu Xiang? Has he found out that there's more to life than training?Will he be encouraged to spend more time away from sport?

No, Liu Xiang will go for more medals for China because he was trained for gold!

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