M8U2（9分钟）

Unit 2  He was invited to competitions around the world.

Liu Xiang―trained to be the bestin the world!

1.For Liu Xiang, life as a sports hero began in 2004.

2.First, he was invited to competitions around the world.

3.Then, he was chosen for the Chinese team at the Athens Olympic Games and won a gold medal.

4.Liu Xiang was not a successful sportsman at first.

5. He was born in  on 13th July 1983, and started training when he was very young.

6. In Grade 4, he went to the Sports School of  Putuo District of  shanghai.

7. Liu was encouraged at first to train for the high jump.

8.In 1998, Liu Xiang’s ability in hurdling was noticed by Sun Haiping, who later became his coach.

9. In 2001, a special programme was set up to help young sportsmen and sportswomen.

10.Liu Xiang was among them.

11. His races were recorded, and he was compared with the world’s best sports stars.

12.Sun Haiping used the information to change his training methods for Liu Xiang.

13.In May 2001, Liu Xiang won his first international 110m hurdles race in Japan.

14. In 2004, he won the first Olympic gold medal for  in the 110m hurdles race, and at the same time broke the Olympic Games record.

15. It was also the first time an Olympic gold medal for hurdling was hung round the neck of a sportsperson from an Asian country.

16.Liu Xiang trained very hard.

17.In fact, he trained so hard that he hurt his foot.

18.From 2008 on, he suffered a lot from his foot problem, but he did not give up.

19.Though he missed some competitions, he still returned to first place in the world 110m hurdles race in 2012.

20.It is a pity that his foot problem stopped him from completing the 2012 London Olympic Games.

21.But he is still a symbol of courage and success, and we continue to take great pride in him.

生词表：

1. life 生活

as作为

 hero英雄

 began开始

2.First首先

 competitions 比赛

around the world 世界各地

3. team队

won赢

 gold medal金牌

4. successful成功的

 sportsman 运动员

at first开始

5.  training 训练

young年轻的

6. Grade年级

  Sports School 体校

District 地区

7. was encouraged被鼓励

the high jump 跳高

8. ability能力

  hurdling 跨栏赛跑

coach教练

9. special 特殊的

programme 项目

 set up成立

 helps帮助

10.among 在……中

11. races 赛跑

 was compared with 和……做比较

sports stars运动明星

12. information信息

 change 改变

 methods 方法

13. won赢

 international 国际的

14. Olympic gold medal奥运会金牌

 hurdles 跨栏赛跑

 at the same time 同时

broke 打破了

 record记录

15. hung 挂悬挂

neck脖子

 Asian 亚洲的

16.trained 训练

hard刻苦

17.In fact事实上

 hurt 受伤

foot脚

 18. suffered from 受（某种疾病）折磨

 problem问题

 give up放弃

 19.Though 尽管

 competitions比赛

 first place 第一名

in the world世界

20.pity 遗憾的是

stop sb from  doing sth阻止某人做某事

 completing 完成

 21.symbol 象征

courage 勇气

 success成功

continue 继续

汉语译文：

刘翔――受训成为世界最出色的(跨栏运动员)!

1.对刘翔来说，作为一位体育英雄的生活开始于2004年。

2.首先，他被邀请参加世界各地的比赛

3.然后他被选入雅典奥运会国家队，并赢得一枚金牌。

4.一开始刘翔并不是一名成功的运动员。

5.他于1983年7月13日出生于上海，当他很年轻的时候就开始训练。

6.在4年级时，他去了上海普陀区的体校。

7.起初，刘被鼓励训练跳高。

8.在1998年刘翔跨栏赛跑的能力被孙海平注意到了，孙海平后来成为他的教练。

9.2001年创立了一个特殊的项目，用来帮助年轻运动员。

10.刘翔就在他们之中。

11.他的赛跑被记录，并且他被和世界上最好的体育明星作比较。

12.孙海平用这些信息改变对刘翔的训练方法。

13.在2001年5月，刘翔在对日本赢得了他首个国际110米跨栏比赛。

14.在2004年，他为中国赢得了第一枚110米跨栏比赛的奥运会金牌，并且同时打破了奥运会记录。

15.这也是跨栏比赛的奥运金牌第一次被挂在了来自亚洲国家的运动员的脖子上。

16.刘翔训练非常刻苦。

17.事实上，他训练如此刻苦，以至于伤了他的脚。

18.从2008年开始，他饱受脚伤的折磨，但是他没有放弃。

19.尽管他错过了一些比赛，但是在2012年他仍然重返世界110米跨栏比赛第一名的位置。

20.遗憾的是，他的脚伤阻止了他完成2012年伦敦奥运会。

21.但是他仍然是勇气和成功的象征，并且我们继续以他为骄傲。