LESSON3GETTINGTOTHETOPeq\a\vs4\al([原文呈現])WhydoOlympicathletespushthemselvestothelimits①？AsoneoftheOlympicathletes,Imissbirthdayparties,ruin②familyholidaysandskip③nightsout,butthereisaverygoodreasonforgivingup④somuch.(1)“We'reworriedaboutyou，”saidmyfriendfromacrossthetable.HewasworriedthatIhadnolonger⑤becomefuntotrainwithandthatIwasindangerof⑥beingleftwithonlyaworldchampionshipmedalandnoonetoshareitwith.(1)本句是一個并列句。在第一個分句中含有三個并列的謂語動詞；在第二個分句中，含有一個固定句型thereisaverygoodreasonfor“沒有理由……”。Icouldhavebecomeangryordefensive⑦.Don'ttheyknowhowharditistobeatthetopinsport?Don'ttheyknowwhatittakestogetthere?However,deepdown⑧Iknewelements⑨ofwhathewassayingwereright.Iwasalwaystiredandeveryworkout⑩hadamentalintensity?thatseemedtoomuchformosttohandle.Iwaspushingthelimitsandextremesbeyondwhatmostthoughtwerehealthy.ThesearethefearsIfaceasaprofessionalathleteonaday-to-daybasis.WhoamIdoingthisfor?Howmuchistoomuch?WhyamIdoingthis?HowcanIbesoselfish?？Whatarethesacrifices?for?Ithinkofcountless?birthdaypartiesandnightsoutIhavemissed,ruiningafamilyholidayinFrancebecauseof?theendlesssearchfor?aswimmingpooltotrainin,almostmissingmybrother'sweddingbecauseIwastoobusyhiring?acarindowntownJohannesburganddrivingthroughthe“no-go”areasinordertodoagroupridewiththelocaltriathletes?.(2)Thelistisendless.(2)本句是一個主從復合句。其中分詞短語ruining...和almostmissing...作結果狀語；because引導原因狀語從句，從句中含有句型bebusydoing“忙于做……”。,①pushoneselftothelimitseq\a\vs4\al([讀文清障])①pushoneselftothelimits把某人推到極限②ruinvt.毀掉，毀壞③skipvt.不做(本來應做的事)；蹦跳著走④giveup放棄⑤nolonger不再⑥indangerof處于……危險之中⑦defensiveadj.戒備的，自衛的⑧deepdown內心深處⑨elementn.基本部分；要素⑩workoutn.訓練，鍛煉?intensityn.強度；強烈?selfishadj.自私的，自私自利的?sacrificen.犧牲?countlessadj.無數的，數不盡的?becauseof由于，因為?searchfor尋找?hirevt.租用?triathleten.鐵人三項運動員[第1～4段譯文]為什么奧林匹克運動員要將自己逼到極限呢？作為一名奧林匹克運動員，我錯過生日聚會、破壞家庭旅行、放棄夜晚外出，但是放棄這么多是有合理的理由的。“我們很擔心你，”坐在我對面的朋友說。他擔心和我一起訓練不再是一件愉悅的事情，擔心我處于只剩下世界冠軍的獎牌而無人可以分享的危險境地。,我本可以生氣或者辯解一下的。難道他們不知道在運動中處于頂峰有多難嗎？難道他們不知道走向頂峰需要付出多少嗎？然而，在內心深處，我知道他說的有一些是對的。我總是疲憊不堪，每次鍛煉帶來的心理壓力對于大多數人來說都難以應對。我把極限提升到了大多數人認為超出健康的程度。,這些是我作為職業運動員日常面臨的恐懼。我這樣做是為了誰？太多是多少？我為什么要這樣做？我怎么能這么自私？這些犧牲是為了什么？,我想到了曾經錯過的無數生日派對和本來可以外出狂歡的夜晚，因為一直尋找可以訓練的游泳池，而破壞了一次去法國的全家旅行；我忙于在約翰內斯堡市中心租車，開車闖過“禁行”區，以便和當地的鐵人三項運動員一起騎行訓練，差點錯過哥哥的婚禮。這樣的事情不計其數。Itboils?downtothis:Iwasbornwithanenormous?amountofdriveanddetermination.Fromasmallgirl,Iwouldstayineq\o(○,\s\up1(21))atlunchtimejusttogetaheadeq\o(○,\s\up1(22))onclassworkratherthaneq\o(○,\s\up1(23))gooutandplay;Iwouldgetthebusonmyownattenyearsoldandgotoswim100lengthseq\o(○,\s\up1(24))ofthepoolwhileotherkidsplayedpoolgames;Iwastheonlygirlinarugbyclubof250boys.Ihavealwayslivedmylifetoextremes.Callitunhealthyifyouwant,butthatisthewayIroll,nomatterwhatitisI'mapplyingmyselftoeq\o(○,\s\up1(25)).(3)(3)本句為并列句。but連接兩個并列分句；第一個分句是祈使句；第二個分句中含有nomatterwhat引導的讓步狀語從句。Beingaprofessionalathleteisnodifferent.IfyouwanttobeanOlympicchampion,it'sallaboutthatlittleextrathingyouhavedoneinyourpreparationthatwillsetyouapartfromeq\o(○,\s\up1(26))yourcompetitors.Canthisbeoverdone?Absolutely.Butifyourdreamistobethebestandreachthewinner'splatformeq\o(○,\s\up1(27))，youhadbetterbetotallycommittedtoeq\o(○,\s\up1(28))yoursport.InthewordsoftheBritishtriathleteAlistairBrownlee,evenifitmeansgettinginjuredeq\o(○,\s\up1(29))，“I'dprefertohavethreeorfouroutstandingeq\o(○,\s\up1(30))yearsofwinningstuffthanhavingtenyearsofbeingaverageeq\o(○,\s\up1(31)).”(4)Doingwhatwedoasathletessetsusapartbecausewearewillingtodothatextralittlebitthatmighttakeustothetop.Itiscertainlynotabalancedwaytoliveanditiscertainlynotnormaleq\o(○,\s\up1(32))butthosewordsaregenerallynotusedforanyonewhoisstrivingforgreatness.(4)本句是一個主從復合句。句中evenif引導讓步狀語從句，主句為直接引語。,?boilvi.&vt.(使)沸騰，煮沸boildowntosth歸結為；要點是?enormousadj.巨大的，龐大的eq\o(○,\s\up1(21))stayin待在家里eq\o(○,\s\up1(22))getahead取得進步eq\o(○,\s\up1(23))ratherthan而不是eq\o(○,\s\up1(24))lengthn.長度eq\o(○,\s\up1(25))applyoneselftosth努力；專心致志于某事eq\o(○,\s\up1(26))apartadj.&adv.分開；散開apartfrom...除……之外eq\o(○,\s\up1(27))platformn.舞臺；月臺eq\o(○,\s\up1(28))becommittedto全身心投入eq\o(○,\s\up1(29))injuredadj.受傷的eq\o(○,\s\up1(30))outstandingadj.杰出的，優秀的eq\o(○,\s\up1(31))averageadj.平庸的，普通的；平均的n.平均水平；平均數eq\o(○,\s\up1(32))normaladj.正常的，平常的[第5～8段譯文]歸根結底，我天生就是個特別有干勁和意志力的人。我還是個小女孩時，為了在課業上名列前茅，午餐時間我會留下來學習而不出去玩。十歲的時候，當別的孩子在泳池戲水時，我會自己乘公共汽車去游泳池游50個來回；橄欖球俱樂部里，有250個男孩，只有我一個女孩。生活中我一向把事情做到極致。你若說這是一種病態也行，但這就是我的做事風格，不管做什么我都會全力以赴。,成為一名職業運動員也不例外。如果你想成為奧運冠軍，就要在訓練中多付出那額外的一點點，它將使你從競爭者中脫穎而出。,這過分嗎？當然。但如果你的夢想是成為最棒的并站上勝利者的獎臺，你最好全身心投入運動項目中。用英國鐵人三項運動員阿利斯特爾·布朗利的話來說，即使這意味著受傷，“我也寧愿有三到四年的勝利輝煌，而不選擇十年的平庸無為。”,做運動員讓我們與眾不同，因為我們愿意做到那額外的一點點，以使我們走向頂峰。它當然不是一種平衡的生活方式，也肯定不尋常，但尋常、平衡這些詞是不會用來形容追求偉大的人的。Ⅰ.What'sthemainideaofthearticle?Thearticletellsthestoryofanathleteandthesacrificesshemakesforhersports.Ⅱ.ReadthetextfastandjudgethefollowingstatementsTRUEorFALSE.1．Olympicathletesgiveuptoomuchfunforworldchampionshipmedals.2．Theauthorwaspushingthelimitsandextremes,whichothersthoughthealthy.3．Theauthorwasaprofessionalathlete.4．Theauthorwouldplaypoolgamesattenyearsold.5．Goodextrapreparationwillsetaprofessionalathleteapartfromhiscompetitors.答案：1～5TFTFTⅢ.Readthetextcarefullyandchoosethebestanswer.1．Whatdidtheauthor'sfriendworryabout?A．Theauthorpushedherselftothelimitstoolittle.B．Therewasnogoodreasonforgivingupsomuch.C．Therewasnothing,onlymedalsintheauthor'seyes.D．Theauthormissedsomanybirthdaypartiesandholidays.2．Whatwasoneofthefearstheauthorfaced?A．Reasonsforpushingthelimits.B．Hercompetitors'efforts.C．Classworkatschool.D．Herfriend'sworries.3．Whatwouldtheauthordowhenshewasyoung?A．Gooutandplay.B．Playpoolgames.C．Takebusesalone.D．Takeholidaysoften.4．Whatshouldaprofessionalathletebe?A．Determined.B．Worried.C．Cheerful.D．Careful.答案：1～4CACAⅣ.Fillintheblankswithrightwordsorphrasesaccordingtothepassage.ThesituationthewriterfacesThingsshegivesupasanOlympicathleteBirthdayparties,1.familyholidays,2.nightsout.Herfriends'worriesandherreactionsShewilllose3.herfriends;sheknowstheywere4.right.ThefearsshefacesonthedailybasisWhethersheispushing5.thelimitstoomuch;whethersheisbeing6.selfish.ThereasonswhythewritercangettothetopBornwithanamountofdriveand7．determination.Getaheadonclassworkratherthan8.gooutandplay.Doalittle9.extrathinginpreparation；betotally10．committedtohercareer.Ⅰ.語境寫單詞1．striveforabreakthrough取突破2．ruintheirimage壞他們的形象3．skipoverthispage過這一頁4．elementsofagoodlife好生活的要素5．averygoodworkout個非常好的鍛煉6．greatintensityoffeeling烈的感情7．asacrificeforhiscountry國家犧牲8．hireexperiencedworker用有經驗的工人9．boilthemilk牛奶煮開10．enormousanimals大的動物11．threemilesapart隔三英里12．thestationplatform站月臺13．anoutstandingstudent名優秀的學生14．abovetheaverage于平均水平15．returntonormal復正常Ⅱ.拓展識變化1．extremen．極端→extremelyadv.極端地2．academicadj.學術的→academyn．學術3．defensiveadj.戒備的，自衛的→defendv．防衛；辯解→defenc(s)en．防衛；辯解4．selfishadj.自私的，自私自利的→selfpron.自己→selflessadj.無私的5．countlessadj.無數的，數不盡的→countv．重要；點數→countableadj.可數的6．lengthn．長度→longadj.長的；久的Ⅲ.語境記短語1．boildowntothis結為；要點是2．stayinonweekends在家里3．applyhimselftostudy力；專心致志于某事4．apartfromsomeaccidents……之外Ⅳ.仿寫練句式1．[教材原句]AsoneoftheOlympicathletes,Imissbirthdayparties,ruinfamilyholidaysandskipnightsout,butthereisaverygoodreasonforgivingupsomuch.[句式分析]thereisa(no)reasonfor/todosth“(沒)有做某事的理由”[佳句仿寫]他們沒有什么好的理由這樣認為。Thereisnogoodreasonforthemtothinkthatway.2．[教材原句]...almostmissingmybrother'sweddingbecauseIwastoobusyhiringacar...[句式分析]bebusydoingsth“忙于做某事”[佳句仿寫]過去的一周里，我們一直在忙著準備這次考試。Overthepastweek,wehavebeenbusypreparingforthisexamination.3．[教材原句]Callitunhealthyifyouwant,butthatisthewayIroll,nomatterwhatitisI'mapplyingmyselfto.[句式分析]nomatterwhat引導讓步狀語從句[佳句仿寫]無論你喜歡做什么，在地球日這一天有一種方式可以參與各種活動。Nomatterwhatyouliketodo,thereisawaytogetinvolvedinvariousactivitiesonEarthDay.4．[教材原句]InthewordsoftheBritishtriathleteAlistairBrownlee,evenifitmeansgettinginjured,...[句式分析]evenif引導讓步狀語從句[佳句仿寫]即使很困難，也要放輕松。Evenifitisverytough,takeiteasy.1．(教材p.36)AsoneoftheOlympicathletes,Imissbirthdayparties,ruinfamilyholidaysandskipnightsout,butthereisaverygoodreasonforgivingupsomuch.作為一名奧林匹克運動員，我錯過生日聚會、破壞家庭旅行、放棄夜晚外出，但是放棄這么多是有合理的理由的。ruinvt.毀掉，毀壞Don'tletnegativityruinyourmotivation.不要讓消極情緒毀了你的熱情。歸納拓展(1)ruinoneself掉自己(2)inruins為廢墟fallintoruin滅；毀壞bringsbtoruin某人失敗；使傾家蕩產bringruinupononeself取滅亡come/fall/gotoruin滅，滅亡；崩潰；破壞掉活學巧練⊙單句語法填空/補全句子①Whentherescuersreachedtheruins(ruin)ofayoungwoman'shouse,theysawherdeadbodythroughthecracks.②Alargenumberofchurchesfellintoruinafterthebigflood.③Thewholecitylayinruinsaftertheearthquake,whichmadeuslyingawakeallnight.地震之后整個城市成了一片廢墟，這使我們徹夜未眠。④Drunkdrivingnotonlyruinedhimselfbutalsokilledseveralpassers-by.酒駕不但毀了他自己，幾個行人也因此喪命。⊙小話題寫作⑤一些不好的因素正在破壞著電影產業的未來，因此電影產業應該做出更大努力來吸引更多的觀眾。Somebadfactorsareruiningthefutureoffilmindustry,sogreateffortsshouldbemadetoattractmoreaudience.2．(教材p.36)Whatarethesacrificesfor?這些犧牲是為了什么？sacrificen．&v.犧牲Youmustnotsacrificestudiesforpleasure.你不能為享樂而犧牲學業。歸納拓展(1)sacrificefor……而犧牲(2)atthesacrificeof犧牲……為代價makeasacrificefor……作出犧牲活學巧練⊙單句語法填空/補全句子①It'snotworthsacrificing(sacrifice)yourhealthforwealth.②Hesacrificedapromisingcareertolookafterhishandicappeddaughter.他為了照顧殘疾女兒犧牲了有前途的事業。③Hesavedthechildatthesacrificeofhislife.他為了救那個孩子而犧牲了自己的生命。3．(教材p.36)IthinkofcountlessbirthdaypartiesandnightsoutIhavemissed,...我想到了曾經錯過的無數生日派對和本來可以外出狂歡的夜晚……countlessadj.無數的，數不盡的Inearlyspringsunlightscatteredcountlessdust.初春的陽光散落無數的塵埃。歸納拓展(1)countvt.算；認為vi.按順序)數數；重要n.出總數；論點，觀點counton靠；依賴(2)countableadj.數的活學巧練⊙單句語法填空/補全句子①Ihavewarnedhercountless(count)times.②Inagoodrelationship，it'sreallythelittlethingsthatcount.在一種良好的關系中，細節真的很重要。③ThatwasthefirsttimeDadhadcountedonmeinamomentofemergency.那是父親第一次在危急時刻依賴我。4．(教材p.37)Callitunhealthyifyouwant,butthatisthewayIroll,nomatterwhatitisI'mapplyingmyselfto.你若說這是一種病態也行，但這就是我的做事風格，不管做什么我都會全力以赴。applyoneselftosth努力；專心致志于某事Ifyouapplyyourselftothejobinhand,you'llsoonfinishit.如果你盡全力做你手頭的工作，你將很快地把它做完。歸納拓展(1)applyvt.涂，敷；應用，運用；使致力(于)，使專心從事vi.請；應用，使用；適用applyfor請，請求apply(tosb)for...向某人)申請……apply...to...……運用到……中去；……涂抹到……上面(2)applicantn.請人(3)appliedadj.用的；實用的appliedscience用科學(4)applicationn.請；應用aletterofapplication份求職信活學巧練⊙單句語法填空①Butthefindingsdon'tapplytoenergyburntupbyexercise.②Youwillpassyourexamsifyoureallyapplyyourselftostudying(study)．③Youshouldattacharecentphotographtoyourapplication(apply)form.④Successfulapplicants(apply)oftenhaveexperienceincustomerservice,insidesales,outsidesales,orothercustomerfacingpositions.⊙根據提示完成小片段⑤Whenanideaoccurredtohim,hefirstapplieditto(把它應用于)hiswork.Healsoappliedforapatent(申請了一項專利)aboutit.Thenheappliedhimselfto(專心于)itandmadenecessarychanges.⊙小話題寫作⑥我是李華，我寫信是想申請英語協會志愿者的職位。I'mLiHua,andI'mwritingtoapplyforthepositionasavolunteeroftheEnglishAssociation.5．(教材p.37)IfyouwanttobeanOlympicchampion,it'sallaboutthatlittleextrathingyouhavedoneinyourpreparationthatwillsetyouapartfromyourcompetitors.如果你想成為奧運冠軍，就要在訓練中多付出那額外的一點點，它將使你從競爭者中脫穎而出。apartfrom...除……之外Apartfromanoccasionalnoisefromtheelephant'sstomach,theforestwassilent.除了大象胃里偶爾發出的聲音，森林里一片寂靜。[易混辨析]inaddition(to),apartfrom,except,exceptfor,besides(1)inaddition意為“加之，又，另外”，包括除去內容在內。(2)inadditionto是介詞短語，意為“加之，除……之外”，包括除去內容在內。(3)apartfrom是介詞短語，意為“除……之外”，包括或不包括除去內容。(4)except,exceptfor都有“除……之外”之意。except指從同類的人或物中排除；而exceptfor所排除的不屬于同一類。(5)besides意為“除……之外(還有)”，包括被除去內容，和inadditionto同義；疑問句、否定句中和except同義。活學巧練⊙補全句子①WegothereeverydayexceptMonday.除了星期一，我們每天都去那里。②Heisagoodmanexceptfor/apartfromhisbadtemper.他除了脾氣壞之外，倒是個好人。③Yourarticleisgoodexceptthattherearesomespellingmistakes.除了一些拼寫錯誤外，你的文章寫得很好。④Besidesthecost,itwilltakealotoftime.除了成本外，它還將耗費很多時間。⑤Apartfrom/Exceptforthat,everythinggoeswell.除了那之外，一切正常。6．(教材p.37)I'dprefertohavethreeorfouroutstandingyearsofwinningstuffthanhavingtenyearsofbeingaverage.我也寧愿有三到四年的勝利輝煌，而不選擇十年的平庸無為。averageadj.平庸的，普通的；平均的n.平均水平；平均數v．平均為；算出……的平均數Thisnewmodelofcarissoexpensivethatitisbeyondthereachofthosewithaverageincome.新款車如此昂貴，普通收入人群望塵莫及。歸納拓展on(an/the)average均withanaverageof均為aboveaverage一般水平以上，中上；在平均數以上belowaverage一般水平以下，中下；在平均數以下beuptotheaverage到一般水平活學巧練⊙寫出下列句中average的詞性和含義①Theaveragetemperaturehererangesbetween23℃and39℃and51%oftheislandiscoveredwithforests.adj.平均的②Freddywasanaveragestudent，butnotanaverageperson.adj.普通的adj.平庸的③Asurveyshowsparentsspendanaverageof$220ayearontoysinShanghai.n.平均數④DriversinLondoncanexpecttoaverageabout12milesperhour.v.平均為⊙根據提示完成小片段⑤Therewere90studentsgettingfullmarksintheexam,onaverage(平均)18studentsineachclass.Tom'sscorewasaboveaverage(在平均數以上)whileJohn'swasbelowaverage(在平均數以下)．⊙小話題寫作⑥在上一次機器人競賽中，你的測試成績高于所有參與者的平均水平。Inthelastroboticscompetition,yourtestscoreswereaboveaverageinallparticipants.1．(教材p.36)AsoneoftheOlympicathletes,Imissbirthdayparties,ruinfamilyholidaysandskipnightsout,butthereisaverygoodreasonforgivingupso