,Further reading,Culture points,Culture points,Survival of the fittest,Warming up,Listen to a dialogue. Work in pairs and explain the meaning of the phrase with examples and guess what “blow the whistle on” means.,Look at the first paragraph of the passage and answer the questions.,Warming up,1 What is the woman doing? 2 What is the writer doing? 3 Do they know each other?,She is out jogging.,He might also be jogging but do it with a lot more energy.,No, or he would be unlikely to refer to her simply as “the woman”. They are strangers being polite to one another.,Warming up,4 Do you think the woman is a good runner? 5 Do you think the writer is a good runner?,The writer seems to laugh at her running style, so maybe she is not a good runner.,He is very likely a good runner as he thought “You have no idea.”,Task,Browse the passage within 8 minutes and find out which questions on the previous page the passage answers in full. Answer the questions of Activity 2 and 3 on page 36.,Skimming & Scanning, Choose the best description of the writer of the passage.,1 This is the story of a man who discovers the value of sport only in adult life, and finds that running regularly can help him to feel fit both physically and mentally. He is also determined, since a bad accident does not make him give up sport.,Skimming & Scanning,2 The writer is a man who has always hated sports. This negative attitude goes back to his childhood. However, he is able to overcome this problem by forcing himself to go running regularly even though he doesnt enjoy it very much.,Skimming & Scanning,3 This is the personal story of a man who wants to be a winner in life. Competition excites him, and as he gets fitter and better he sets himself targets. But he doesnt achieve his ambition of winning the London Marathon.,Answer: 1, Choose the best answer to the questions.,Answer: (c),Skimming & Scanning,1 Why did the writer hate sport at school? (a) Because he didnt get on well with the captain of sports. (b) Because he wanted to play a different sport. (c) Because he was no good at it. (d) Because they played sport too often.,2. What did the writer do after university? (a) He began running occasionally. (b) He began running long distances. (c) He began skiing. (d) He started going for walks in the countryside.,Answer: (b),Skimming & Scanning,3 What did the writer do while he was running? (a) He solved mental challenges. (b) He visited lots of new places. (c) He began thinking about all his problems. (d) He worked out how to deal with challenges in his life.,Answer: (a),Skimming & Scanning,4 What did the writer discover about himself in a charity race in a park? (a) He was interested to find he could run fast if he wanted to. (b) He felt foolish in the middle of a group of runners. (c) He was embarrassed because he wasnt supposed to be in the race. (d) He felt pleased with himself for beating everyone else.,Answer: (a),Skimming & Scanning,5 What happened after the ski accident? (a) He couldnt move for six months. (b) He had to walk with sticks for three years. (c) He was unfit and unhappy for a long time. (d) He became fitter than he had been before the accident.,Answer: (c),Skimming & Scanning,6 Why did he take part in the London Marathon? (a) To prove to himself that he was still fit. (b) Because it gave him a chance to be on television. (c) Because he thought he had a chance of winning. (d) Because he lived not far away, in Oxford.,Answer: (a),Skimming & Scanning,1 “Thank you,” said the woman, as I held open the gate for her to pass ahead of me along the path by the river in Oxford. She started to run with more vertical movement than horizontal. “Have a nice jog!” she called as she jumped up, down and away. A nice jog! You have no idea, I thought.,Digging,译文,Survival of the fittest,句子分析,2 I hadnt always been like this. At school, I was useless at sport, and when youre useless at something, you hate it. When the two captains chose the best players for their football teams, I was always the last to be called or tennis, or cricket, you name it, I was no good.,译文,Digging,3 But I began to run when I was at university. In fact, my first runs were along the same stretch of river in Oxford. There was a feeling that to be intellectually successful you had to be physically fit too. But I didnt like competitive sport. The sports I did with enthusiasm, like running and skiing, were ones which provided me with fun and good company.,译文,Digging,4 After university, I ran every day, not fast but quite far. I increased the distances gradually, so that half a marathon was the equivalent of a gentle walk. I also felt mentally acute, and some of my very best work was done while running. When I started a run, I would have a problem to solve, a mental challenge to face, a string of thoughts in knots. By the end of the run, everything had fallen into place.,译文,Digging,5 One day, I went for a run through countryside which I hardly knew. A