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Unit
1
That
must
be
a
ing
2.
Listen
to
part
one
and
complete
the
two
pictures
below
with
information
from
the
often
matters
in the big and
strong has its it may also be
a
good
thing
to
be
small
and
Ming,China's
most
famous
basketball
player,is a tall
2.26 meters,he taller of his most of the other
compare to the world's tallest
person,Yao Ming isn't that
world's
tallest living man is almost a hand taller than
Yao
is incredible 2.35 tallest living
woman in the world
is 2.31 most doors
are only about 2 meters, being that tall
isn't
always
about
the
world
heavy-weight
champion?
No,we
don't
mean
mean
how
heavy
is
the
world's
heaviest
living
person?
The
answer
is......Are
you
ready?
Six
hundreds
and
thirty-five
is
about equal to the weight of thirty TVs and almost
the same weight as
a horse.
The London Marathon is an
annual event and of the thousands of runners
who
take
part,
many
of
them
have
a
story
to
tell
as
to
why
they
are
running
the
26.2 mile (42.2 km) course around year the
pressure was
on for many of the
athletes in the elite race. With the Beijing
Olympics
just around the corner, they
wanted to ensure their places as Olympic
marathon hopefuls for their countries.
If they perform well in the
marathon,
they have a very good chance of being in the
Olympic marathon
event and doing well
in men's race was won by Kenyan, Martin Lel,
who
finished
the
race
in
just
two
hours
and
five
minutes,
a
personal
best
time
for
him.
Irina
Mikitenko
was
the
winner
of
the
women's
race
and
this
was
astonishingly
only
her
second
race
at
marathon
distance!There
was
also
a
group
of
24
runners
who
have
competed
in
every
single
one
of
the
28
London
marathons. Jeff Aston is one of them
and at 60 years old, he finished in
just
over
three
and
a
half
hours.A
lot
of
the
non-competitive
runners
take
part
in the marathon to raise money for charity. Jeff
estimates he has
raised about
£25,000 (350,000 RMB) over the 28 years he
has been
Tomlinson
is
a
well-known
name
in
the
UK.
She
raised
millions
for charity doing
long cycle rides, marathons and triathlons whilst
battling
terminal
cancer,
a
battle
she
sadly
lost
last
year.
As
a
tribute
to
Jane,
her
husband
and
daughter
took
part
in
the
marathon.
They
managed
to raise
£20,000 (280,000 RMB) for a charity set up
in Jane's
r
astonishing
feat
was
blind
runner
Dave
Heeley
completing
the
marathon.
As
if
that
wasn't
enough,
this
was
his
seventh
marathon
in
seven
days, as he took part in a special
challenge which took him to seven
done
to all the inspirational runners on the challenges
they met and the money they
raised.-------------------------------------------
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OSSARY
词汇表
annual
年度的，每年一次的
athletes
运动员
just around the
corner
近在眼前，很近
hopefuls
种子选手
asto
nishingly
令人惊讶的
to raise
money
募捐
estimates
估计
battling
terminal
cancer
和晚期癌症做斗争
set up in
Jane's name
以简
(Jane)
命名
的
blind
盲人，失明的
course
路线
the elite
race
精英赛
to
ensure
确保
personal
best
个人最好成绩
non-
competitive
非竞争的
（不是为了赢比赛）
charity
慈善机构
triathlons
三项全能运动
a
tribute
（
表示敬意的）
礼
物
feat
壮举
inspirational
鼓舞或激励人的
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How
would you cope if you had a terminal illness? What
if your son or
daughter
had
no
hope
of
ever
having
a
normal
life
due
to
a
life-
threatening
condition?
In
the
UK,
the
question
of
assisted
suicide
or
refusing
medical
treatment
is
extremely
divisive
and
controversial;
euthanasia
is
illegal
in
Britain, as is the act of helping a terminally-ill
person to kill
r,
a
13-year-old
English
girl
has
won
the
right
to
refuse
medical
treatment
this
week
after
a
hospital
dropped
a
legal
bid
to
force
her to
have a heart Jones, who has spent eight years
in
and
out
of
hospital
battling
leukaemia
and
heart
problems,
told
child
protection officers
she wanted to die with dignity rather than face
the
operation
and
have
to
take
constant
medication
e
initial
efforts
by her local health authority to remove Hannah
from her family
and force her to
undergo the transplant, legal and medical experts
said
that a child of her age was able
to make an informed decision to refuse
’s
decision
to
stop
treatment
and
spend
the
rest
of
her
life at home with her family was made
entirely by herself, according to
her
father,
who
spoke
of
his
admiration
for
her.
made
that
decision
consciously on her own, a bit like a
grown up, even though she was only
12
at the time, and she has maintained that
decision,
headmaster
of
Hannah’s
schoo
l
described
her
as
intelligent
and
capable of making her own
decisions.
inspiration
to
us
all
through
the
courage
and
dignity
that
she
displays,
he
said.
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----------------GLOSSARY
词汇表
terminal illness
晚期疾病
assisted
suicide
（被）协助自杀
divisive
导致分裂的
euthanasia
安乐死
heart
transplant
心脏移植
child protection officers
保护儿童官员
operation
手术
undergo
接受
grown
up
成年人
source
of
inspiration
精神鼓舞的源泉
life-
threatening condition
威胁生命的状况
refusing medical
treatment
拒绝治疗
controversial
有争议的
legal bid
法律命令
leukaemia
白血病
dignity
尊严
health authority
医疗
admiration
仰慕
maintained
保持
courage
勇气
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For
shopoholics,
the
post-Christmas
period
means
only
one
thing
–
sales!
Across the country, prices are slashed
on clothing, electronics, home
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