medal n. 奖牌 ; 奖章

abroad

adv. 在国外 ;

到国外study abroad

go abroad

doctor’s degree 博士学位

Listen and choose the correct

answer.

1.Who are the speakers? a) A student and a teacher. b) A person on the radio and a guest. c) Two students.

2. Where are the speakers? a) At a radio station. b) At home. c) In a classroom.3. What are they talking about? a) A famous person. b) A friend. c) A teacher.

Facts about Deng Yaping

When she was five, She _______________

_____________.

When she was

twenty-four,

she _______________

started playing

table tennis

stopped playing

table tennis.

Read and complete the table.

After she

stopped playing,

she began to _______

____________________

in Beijing.

After seven

years’ study

abroad,

she _________________

_____________________

____________________.

completed her

doctor’s degree at

Cambridge University

study at

Tsinghua University

Complete the sentences so that they are true for Deng Yaping.

1. She says she is not _____________

____________.

2. She has a very __________.

3. She helped _________________

________________________________.

4.Whatever she does, she

_____________.

anyone else

Olympics a victory for world sport

strong will

never gives up

cleverer than

make the Beijing

1 最好的乒乓球员之一2 喜欢打3. 开始打乒乓球4. 努力训练5. 停止打 6. 开始学习7. 上大学8. 再一次9. 完成她的博士学位10. 放弃 11. 一个坚强的意志12. 也 , 并且

one of the best table tennis playerslove playingstart playing table tennistrain hardstop playingbegin to studyonce againcomplete her doctor’s degreegive up a strong willas well as

3. Whatever she does, she never gives up!

whatever adv. 无论什么 , 不管什么e.g. Whatever you do, try your best.

无论你做什么，都要尽全力。give up 意为“放弃”。 e.g. David has decided to give up football at the end of this year. 戴维已经决定今年年底就不再踢 足球了。

give up doing sth.

表示“放弃做某事”。e.g. Why don’t you give up smoking?

你为什么不戒烟？

Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box.

Deng yaping is Daming’s hero. At first,

she was a table tennis player. Later, she

________ Tsinghua university and then

went to study _______. She says she is

not ________ than anyone else, but

attended

abroad

cleverer

abroad attend clever victory will

she has a very strong _____. She also

helped make the Beijing Olympics

a(n) ________ for world sport . She is

a true hero.

will

victory

A: Who’s your hero?

B: ……

A: When was he born?

B: ……

Work in pairs. Talk about your heroes.

完成课堂检测

Write a short report about your

heroes.