Newwordsandexpressions rek d win win dist ns reis tr k m sta b d h uml nd win winner distance race among star border record homeland track Theyarewinners racetrack star Musicstarrockstar Zhoujielunisamusicstar Chinaisourhomeland motherland Englandisherhomeland North北 South南 West西 East东 northwest northeast southeast southwest Qinghai Tibet plateau pl t u metre meter mi t eg Thisruleris2metres Thisroadisabout500metres above b v 在 之上 超出eg Today stemperatureisabovezero sealevel si lev l 海平面natural n t r l 自然的athlete li t LiuXiangisagoodathlete GuoJingjingisanathlete too Theyareathletes hundredhundredsofthousandthousandsofmillion milj n millionsof300threehundred3 000threethousand3 000 000threemillion unit13 lesson25TheKalenjin Thekalenjin 让我了解 卡兰津人是来自肯尼亚西北部 NorthWestKenya 和埃塞俄比亚 Ethiopia 边境 border 的非洲民族 Africanpeople 他们的家乡是海拔大约2500米的干热的高原 hotdryplateau 现今全球名列前 名的长跑健将中 有 人都是卡兰津人 卡兰津人是天生的运动员 naturalathlete 心跳 heartrate 很慢 他们有像 鸟一样的又细又长 longandthin 的腿 这令他们跑步有如弹跳 这个民族只有300万人 threemillion where ThebordersofNorthWestKenyaandEthiopia Howmanydistanceracesaretherenowforwomen Listen answertheQ Thesedays therearelotsofdistanceracesforwomen Takealookattherecordofinternationalrunningeventsinthelastfiftyyears Takealookat take祈使语气therecordofinternationalrunningevents 这里使用定冠词是因为records受后面的of短语限制 runningevents 复合名词 第一个词告诉我们是哪一种赛事 inthelastfiftyyears in表示在一段时间内 thelastfiftyyears即thefiftyyearsuptopresent 最近的50年 Before1980 thewinnerofdistanceraceswereusuallyfromNorthAmericaandEurope Thereweresomewinnerfromothercountries butthereweren tverymanyofthem Before1980 时间短语 由介词 某一时间构成 用于主语之前或动词短语之后 thewinnerofdistanceraces distanceraces复合名词意为长跑 短跑为sprintraceWere 一般过去式be动词复数形式 Therewere 表示 有 或 存在 Thereweren t 不存在 没有 TherewerenoAfricannamesamongthewinnersthen butthingsareverydifferentnow Amongthewinners among 在 中间 复数名词 用于三者或三者以上的 在 中间 between用于二者之间的 Then atthattimeThings 零冠词 泛指verydifferent 形容词作补语 Today thestarsoftheracetrackaretheKalenjin ThekalenjinareanAfricanpeoplefromthebordersofNorthWestKenyaandEthiopia Theirhomelandishot dryplateau about2 500metresabovesealevel Thesepeopleareusuallynaturalathletes Theyhavelong thinlegs Theirheartrateisunusuallyslow Andit snotjustthemen Afewyearsago thereweren tanydistanceracesforwomen Afew表示不定数量的量词 后跟复数可数名词意为少量的 eg afewdaysafewyearsafewapples Afewyearsago表示 notmanyyearsbackfromnow 意为 几年前 Understanding Takealookatthe 记录 ofinternationalrunningeventsinthelastfiftyyears Before1980 the 获胜者 ofdistanceraceswereusuallyfromNorthAmericanandEurope Thereweresomewinnersfromeothercountries butthereweren tverymanyofthem TherewerenoAfricannames 在 之中 thewinnersthen butthingsareverydifferentnow records winners among Questionone Thereweresomewinnersfromothercountries weren tthere Questiontwo ButtherewerenoAfricannamesamongthewinners werethere Today the 明星 ofthe 跑道 aretheKalenjin stars racetrack TheKalenjinareanAfricanpeoplefromthe 边界 of 西北部 KenyaandEthiopia borders NorthWest Their 祖国 家乡 isahot dry 高原 about2 500 米 公尺 在 之上 sealevel homeland plateau meters above Thesepeopleare 自然的 天生的 运动员 natural athletes Theyhavelong thinlegs Theirheartrateis 不寻常的 不一样的 slow unusually Thereareonlythree 百万 ofthem million Questionthree TheKalenjinarefromKenyaandEthiopia aren tthey Questionfour Theirhomelandisabout2 500meersabovesealevel isn tit Twelveoftheworld stoptwentymarathonrunnersarenowKalenjin Everyyear theywin40percentofthetop 荣誉 inallinternationaldistanceraces honours Andit snotjustthemen Good Questionfive Theywinalotofthetophonoursininternationaldistanceraces don tthey Afewyearsago thereweren tanydistanceracesforwomen Thesedays therearelotsofthem Kalenjinwomenwinalltheireventsaswell Questionsix Afewyearsago thereweren tanydistanceracesforwomen werethere Summary TherewerenoAfricannamesbefore1980 Buttoday thestarsoftheracetrackaretheKalenjin TheKalenjinareanAfricanpeople Theyhavelong thinlegs Theirheartrateisunusuallyslow Twelveoftheworld stoptwentymarathonrunnersarenowKalenjin Nowadays therearemanyKalenjinwomenintherace Thankyou