Unit21Lesson 1

Lesson1SuperAthletesPracticeonkeywordsandphrases1.Thelittleboywantedtohavethenewbikeintheshopwindowbought________.A.atallcostsB.atrandomC.atalossD.atasight2.Thematchwascancelledbecausemostofthemembers______amatchwithoutastandardcourt.A.wereopposedtohaveB.wereobjectedtohaveC.wereopposedtohavingD.objectedtohave3.Theresults______histheorysowehadtodoexperimentagain.A.seemedB.provedC.disagreedD.contradicted4.It’sdoubtful______Johnwillcomeontime,forheisalwayslate.5.Thereisnodoubt____Johnwillcomeontime.6.I’mdoubtful______shewillagreetothis.whetherthatwhether7.Althoughmostofthemhavenodoubt______hewillpasstheexam,Istillthinkthereissomedoubt________hehasreallygoteverythingready.whetherthatIdoubtwhether/if......Idon’tdoubtthat......Thereisnodoubtthat......bedoubtfulabout......bedoubtfulwhether/if......withoutdoubt;indoubtWhatchampionathletescanyouname?Whatweretheirachievements?Readthetextquickly.Whatisthegeneralidea?a)TheathleteswhotookpartinthefirstOlympicGamesarenotasfastasathletestoday.b)Dopingisahugeprobleminthesportingworld.c)Thepresentandfutureofthesportingworldisbeingseriouslyandnegativelyaffectedbydopingandgene-therapy.d)BenJohnson,FlorenceGriffithandFloydLandishaveallshockedtheworldbytheirspeed.Readthetextagainandanswerthefollowingquestions.1.Whywouldathletestodayhavebrokenrecordsifthey’dtakenpartinthefirstOlympicGames?AthleticarestrongerandfastertodaythantheywereduringthetimeofthefirstOlympicGames.2.Whatreasonsaregivenforimprovedperformance?Betterequipment,traininganddiet.3.Whatisdopingandwhyisitillegal?Dopingisusingperformance-enhancingdrugsanditisillegalbecauseitischeating.4.Howdiddrugsaffectworldrecordsinthe1980s?BenJohnsonwascaughttakingdrugswhenhebrokethe100mworldrecordinthe1988andnooneknowsifFlorenceGriffithwastakingdrugswhenshesetthewomen’s100mrecordthesameyear.5.Whyaredrugtestsatsportingeventsoftenonstepbehind?Drugstestsareonlydevelopedafterthenewdrugsarebeingused.Thismeansthatthereisatimeperiodwhenpeopleareusingthenewdrugsandnooneknowsaboutthem.6.Whatwouldtheeffectofgene-therapybeonsport?Itwouldcreatesuperathleteswhocoulddothe100minjust8secondsforexample,andnoonewouldknowifthey’dhadgene-therapyornot.Thiswouldspoilthespiritofsport.7.WhatistheOlympicspirit?Thespiritofcompetitionthatemphasizestakingpartratherthanwinning.1.IfAmericanathleteMarionJoneshadn’ttakendrugs,wouldshehavemadeittotheOlympicsatall?2.Ifpeterwasamoreskillfulplayer,hewouldhavescoredmorepoints.Mixedconditional3.BenJohnsonwouldstillbethe100metresworldrecordholder,ifhehadnotbeencaught.4.Ifhehadbrokenthatrecord,hewouldbeaworld-famousrunnernow.错综条件句是指条件从句中的动作和主句的动作发生的时间不一致。e.g.Ifyouhadfollowedmyadvicejustnow,youwouldbefinenow.注意这个句子,条件从句的时间状语是justnow,而主句的时间状语是now,构成了错综条件句。课文中的例子也是如此。解题技巧:确定是否是虚拟语气;将句子中的时间所对应的时态往后退一步。Ifhe__hislegsyesterday,he__withusnow.A.hadn’thurt;wouldgoB.hadn’thurt;wouldhavegoneC.didn’thurt;wouldgoD.didn’thurt;wouldhavegoneIfshehadn’tstudiedsohardinthelastterm,shewouldn’tspeaksowellnow.•Whatwouldthesituationbenowifperformance-enhancingdrugshadn’tbeendeveloped?•Whatwouldthesituationbenowifpenicillinhadnotbeendiscovered?OralPracticebetweenpartners.•Whatwouldthesituationbenowifthecomputerhadnotbeeninvented?•WhatwouldthesituationbenowiftheSecondWorldWarhadneverbrokenout?•Whatwouldthesituationbenowifperformance-enhancingdrugshadn’tbeendeveloped?•Someoftheworldrecordswouldnotbebrokennow.•Whatwouldthesituationbenowifpenicillinhadnotbeendiscovered?•Mostofthepatientswoulddie.1.Johnweighs300pounds.hehadtohavetheseatinhiscarrepaired.hejoinedabasketballteamatschool.hehadproblemslosingweightbutisnowofaveragebuild.Jointhesentencestogether.IfJohnweren’tsofat,hewouldn’thavehadtohavetheseatinhiscarrepaired.IfJohnweren’tsofat,hewouldhavejoinedabasketballteamatschool.IfJohnweren’tsofat,hewouldn’thavehadproblemslosingweighteventhoughheisnowofaveragebuild.2.Jessicahasbeenaworld-classdancersinceshewas11.shesuffersfrombackproblems.sheisafamouspersonnow.sheisabletosupportherfamily.IfJessicadidn’tsufferfrombackproblems,shewouldhavebeenaworld-classdancer.IfJessicawasafamouspersonnow,shewouldbeabletosupportherfamily.Doathletesneeddopingorgene-therapyinthesports?Why？Todopeornottodope?Whatmakessuperathletes?hardtraining,strongwill,courage,commitment,……TheOlympicspiritiseverlasting.