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Look at these pictures:

What are they doing ?

They are diving.

dive v. 跳水 diving n. 跳水 diver n. 跳水者

伏明霞

郭晶晶

田亮

Lesson 35 The Dream TeamThe Dream Team

Read carefully and answer the questions:

1. What is a “Dream Team”?

2. Is there a “Dream Team” in basketball?

3. Why is China’s diving team called the “Dream

Team”?

4. Who is Fu Mingxia?

5. What do you know about her?

6. Which team won the most gold medals at the

Olympics for many years?

7. What countries want Chinese diving coaches?

Why?

Language notes:1. In basketball, the U.S. has the “Dream Team”: the team

with the best athletes.

Who is the girl with yellow hair and dark eyes? The woman with a camera was a journalist. 2. But China has the “Dream Team” in diving.

having

dive v.. diver n. diving n.

carrying

3. At Atlanta in 1996, she won gold medal in the women’s 10-metre platform and the 3-metre springboard events. 10 米跳台 the 10-metre platform 一个 8 岁大的孩子 an 8-year-old child 一根 3 米长的绳子 a 3-metre rope 一篇 2000 字的文章 a 2000-word article

with prep. 意思是“有或带…”根据语言环境，可用 having 或 carrying 替换。

Language notes:

at age 13 = at 13 = at the age of 13 “ 在 13 岁时” She went to college when she was 13. = She went to college at age 13.

4. She was the first woman in 36 years to win both events.

5. Fu Mingxia won her first victory in 1991.

7. But not anymore!= But they don’t win the most gold medals at the Olympics anymore. not … anymore(any more) = no more 强调次数 not … any longer = no longer 强调时间 He doesn’t smoke anymore. = He no more smokes.

6. Then, at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, she became the youngest Olympic champion at age 13.

victory victories

Language notes: 8.They want Chinese diving coaches!

include vt. “ 包括” including prep. “ 包括” 其后所跟的内容是句子 包含 内容的一部分，常做插入语 置于句末，用逗号隔开。

coach coaches

My family my father,my mother and me . My classmates visited the Great Wall, myself.

9. These countries include Canada and the U.S.

includes

including

Fill in each blank with the proper word from the brackets:1. She was the first woman in 36 years ______(win) both

events.

2. China ____________(win) many gold medals in diving since 1984.

3. Li Lei studies very well. I do my _______(good) to catch up with _________(he).

4. China’s ping-pong players have the most ___________ (victory).

5. China wants more foreign football _________(coach).

6. She always practise __________(dive) on Sunday.

7. Fu Mingxia is one of China’s best __________(dive).

8. She won gold medals in the _________(woman) 10-metre platform.

9. Everybody in the village, ___________(include) the old men and women, took part in the meeting.

to win

him

coaches

best

victories

diving

divers

women’s

including

has won

won diving since

one of the singers

was able to at age 10

to catch up with

the first to finish

根据汉语意思完成句子：1. 自 1984 年以来，中国获得了许多跳水金牌吗？ Has China ____ many gold medals in _____ _____

1984?

2. 王菲是中国最著名的歌手之一。 Wang Fei is ____ ___ ___ most famous ______ in China.

3. 林琳在 10 岁的时候就能说一口流利的英语了。 Lin Lin _____ _____ ______ speak English fluently ____

______ _______.

4. 玛丽正尽最大努力追赶同学们。 Mary is doing her best _____ _____ _____ ______ her

classmates

5. 曲宁是第一个完成作业的学生。 Qu Ning is ______ _______ student ______ ________

the homework.

A task:

Talk about the 2008 Olympics with a Talk about the 2008 Olympics with a partner. Try to using the flowing phrases partner. Try to using the flowing phrases or any others you can think of: dream or any others you can think of: dream team, catch up with, not … anymore, good team, catch up with, not … anymore, good luck, give upluck, give up..

Thank you !