New words and expressions,rek:d win win distns reis trk m sta: b:d humlnd,win,winner,distance,race,among,star,border,record,homeland,track,They are winners.,race track,star,Music star rock star,Zhou jielun is a music star.,China is our homeland/motherland. England is her homeland.,North 北,South 南,West 西,East 东,north west,north east,south east,south west,Qinghai-Tibet,plateau pltu,metre/meter mi:t eg:This ruler is 2 metres. This road is about 500 metres. above bv 在.之上,超出 eg:Todays temperature is above zero. sea level si:levl 海平面 natural ntrl 自然的 athlete li:t,Liu Xiang is a good athlete. Guo Jingjing is an athlete, too. They are athletes.,hundred hundreds of thousand thousands of million miljn millions of 300 three hundred 3,000 three thousand 3,000,000 three million,unit 13 -lesson25 The Kalenjin,The kalenjin,让我了解,卡兰津人是来自肯尼亚西北部（North West Kenya）和埃塞俄比亚（Ethiopia）边境（border）的非洲民族（African people），他们的家乡是海拔大约2500米的干热的高原（hot dry plateau）。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（natural athlete），心跳（heart rate）很慢，他们有像“鸟一样的又细又长（long and thin）的腿”，这令他们跑步有如弹跳。这个民族只有300万人（three million）。,where,The borders of North West Kenya and Ethiopia.,How many distance races are there now for women ?,www,378700000.com,Listen answer the Q,These days, there are lots of distance races for women.,Take a look at the record of international running events in the last fifty years.,Take a look at take 祈使语气 the record of international running events这里使用定冠词是因为records 受后面的 of 短语限制；running events：复合名词 （第一个词告诉我们是哪一种赛事） in the last fifty yearsin 表示在一段时间内， the last fifty years即the fifty years up to present（最近的50年）,Before 1980, the winner of distance races were usually from North America and Europe. There were some winner from other countries, but there werent very many of them,Before 1980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。 the winner of distance racesdistance races 复合名词 意为长跑，短跑为sprint race Were一般过去式be动词复数形式。 There were表示有或存在。 There werent不存在 没有,There were no African names among the winners then, but things are very different now,Among the winnersamong（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 = at that time Things 零冠词，泛指 very different形容词作补语,Today, the stars of the race track are the Kalenjin. The kalenjin are an African people from the borders of North West Kenya and Ethiopia.,Their homeland is hot, dry plateau, about 2,500 metres above sea level. These people are usually natural athletes.,They have long, thin legs. Their heart rate is unusually slow.,And its not just the men. A few years ago, there werent any distance races for women.,A few 表示不定数量的量词，后跟复数可数名词意为少量的。 eg: a few days a few years a few apples,A few years ago 表示 “not many years back from now”意为（几年前）,Understanding,Take a look at the (记录）of international running events in the last fifty years. Before 1980,the (获胜者）of distance races were usually from North American and Europe. There were some winners frome other countries,but there werent very many of them. There were no African names (在之中)the winners then,but things are very different now.,records,winners,among,Question one: There were some winners from other countries, werent there?,Question two: But there were no African names among the winners, were there?,Today,the (明星）of the （跑道）are the Kalenjin.,stars,race track,The Kalenjin are an African people from the （边界）of (西北部）Kenya and Ethiopia.,borders,North West,Their （祖国，家乡）is a hot,dry （高原） about 2,500 （米，公尺） （在.之上）sea level.,homeland,plateau,meters,above,These people are （自然的，天生的） （运动员）.,natural,athletes,They have long,thin legs. Their heart rate is （不寻常的，不一样的）slow.,unusually,There are only three （百万）of them.,million,Question three: The Kalenjin are from Kenya and Ethiopia, arent they?,Question four: Their homeland is about 2,500 meers above sea level, isnt it?,Twelve of the worlds top twenty marathon runners are now Kalenjin.,Every year, they win 40 percent of the top （荣誉）in all international distance races.,honours,And its not just the men.,Good,Question five: They win a lot of the top honours in international distance races, dont they?,A few years ago,there werent any distance races for women.,These days, there are lots of them.,Kalenjin women win all their events as well.,Question six: A few years ago,there werent any distance races for women,were there?,Summary,There were no African names before 1980.,But today,the stars of the race track are the Kalenjin.,The Kalenjin are an African people. They have long,thin legs. Their heart rate is unusually slow.,Twelve of the worlds top twenty marathon runners are now Kalenjin.,Nowadays,there are many Kalenjin women in the race.,Thank you,