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课件网) NCE 2A Unit 13 The Kalenjin Reading Time Part 1 黑人运动员有长跑天赋 科学界和体育界对黑人天生善于长跑一向半信半疑，但丹麦研究人员证明了这种说法千真万确。丹麦研究人员为解开黑人善于长跑的秘密，特别到肯尼亚进行了长达18个月的研究。他们将对象集中于肯尼亚中西部埃尔多雷特的卡兰津，因为现今全球名列前20名的长跑健将中有12人是卡兰津人，研究人员在山区找来两名从未接受过长跑训练的男孩与丹麦一流长跑高手诺兰一比高下，结果诺兰输得一败涂地，研究人员认为卡兰津人在长跑上富有天赋。他们以时速15英里跑上一段距离后心跳仍慢得惊人。另外，他们还有“鸟一样的腿”，这令他们的跑步有如弹跳。 Say the countries I know… What do you know? Blocking Words null Kenya Ethiopia The Kalenjin 卡兰津人 Kenya Ethiopia They live in the plateau. 高原 They run on the race track. He is the winner of the game. record 纪录 Do you want to know more about the Kalenjins? Let’s watch the video! How many distance races are there for the women? There are lots of them. 1. There were some winners from other countries. 2. But there were no African names among the winners. 3. Things are very different now. 4. The Kalenjin are from Kenya and Ethiopia. 5. Their homeland is about 2,500 meters above sea level. 6. These people are natural athletes. T F T T T T Listen again and answer: null Read and answer: Today, who are the stars of the race track? Where do the Kalenjin come from? What’s the population(人口) of the Kalenjin? Write complete answers to the four questions about the first part of the text to make one paragraph. 1、Must we take a look at the records of international running events in the last fifteen or the last fifty years? 2、Before 1980, where were the winners of distance races usually from? 3、Were there any winners from other countries? Were there many of them? 4、Were there any African names among the winners? Are things the same now or different? Who are the stars of the race track today(use ……but………and……but)? Read and complete the text. A. These days, there are lots of them. B. Twelve of the world's top twenty marathon runners are Kalenjin. C. There were also some African names among the winners . D. There were no African names among the winners then, but things are very different now. E. These people are natural athletes. Vocabulary Time Part 2 TFboys are music stars. north west north south west east (north west) 西北 (north east) 东北 (south west) 西南 (south east) 东南 sea level The plateau is 2500 meters above sea level. reservoir How do you say the numbers? 3000 – three thousand 30000- thirty thousand . . . . . How do you say 3,000,000? million millionaire n. 百万富翁 n. 一百万 one million 两百万 two million Millionaire above on 在… 之上，接触物体 There is a bird on the roof. above 在… 之上，不接触物体 There is a bird above the house. over 在… 之上，指正上方 There is a bird over the house. The cat is between the dogs. between 两者之间 三者或三者以上 The cat is among the dogs. among null Match game among above ... ...
