step-by-step-3000第二册unit6答案

Unit 6

Part I

A

1. straight 2. apart 3. by your sides 4. Relax

1. breath 2. your arms to shoulder height /them out

sideways

3.

your

right

arm

down

to

touch

your

left

toes /

your

left

arm stretched out

Your knees

5. your left hand down to touch your right toes

6. up again

Right everyone. Stand straight ---- feet apart --- hands

by your sides. Relax. Everybody ready? Right ---- a nice

deep

breath

---

now

raise

your

arms

to

shoulder

height

and

stretch tem out sideways. Good --- now swing your right

arm down to touch your left toes --- keep your left arm

stretched

out.

Don

’

t

bend

your

knees

---

your

legs

should be straight --- and up straight again. Now your

left hand down to touch your right toes --- and up again.

Everybody happy? Now let

’

s do this with a bit of rhythm.

Right down, touch your toes and up --- left down, touch

your

toes

and

up

---

and

again.

Right

down,

touch

your

toes

and

up

---

left

down,

touch

your

toes

and

up

----keep

those

knees straight. Now keep going until I tell you to stop.

B

1.

In

track

events,

Usain

Bolt

from

Jamaica

is

the

fastest

man in 100 meters dash. His recod is 9.69 seconds and

was set on August 16, 2008.

2.

Florance

Griffith-Joyner

from

the

USA

set

the

record

for

the

women

’

s

100

meter

dash

in

10.49

seconds

on

July

16,

1988.

3.

The men

’

s 1,500 meter race world record was set by

Hicham El Gurerouj from Morocco on July 14, 1998, and

his record is 3 minutes 26 seconds.

4.

The fastest woman in the world in 1,500 meters race is

Qu Yunxia from China. Her record is 3 minutes 50,46

seconds and she set the record on September 11, 1993.

5.

The world record for men

’

s 110 meters hurdles was set

by Dayron Robles from Cuba on June 13, 2008. the record

is 12.87 seconds.

6.

The

gold

medal

winner

for

the

women

’

s

100

meters

hurdles

is Yordanka Donkova from Bulgaria, and her record is

12.21 seconds. That was set on August 20, 1988.

7.

in 20 kilometers race walk for men, Vladimir Kanaykin

from Russia is the gold medal winner. His record is 1

hour 17 minutes

16 seconds. It was set on September 29,

2007.

8.

in 20 kilometers race walk for women, the record is 1

hour

25

minutes

and

41

seconds,

which

was

set

by

Olimpiada Ivanova from Russia on August 7, 2005.

9.

Who

is

the

wrodl

record

holder

for

men

’

s

marathon?

It

’

s

Haile Gebbrselassie from Ethiopia, and his record is 2

hours

4

minutes

26

seconds.

He

set

the

record

on

September 30, 2007.

10.

Fro women

’

s marathon, Paula Radcliffe from Great

Britain holds the record in 2 hours 15 minutes and 25

seconds. The record was set on April 13, 2003.

11.

In field events, Javier Sotomayor from Cuba is the

man who jumps highest in the world. His record is 2.45

meters. It was set on July 27, 1993.

12.

Stefa

Kostadianova

from

Bulgaria

seized

the

gold

medal fro wome

n’

s high jump on August 30, 1987. her

record is 2.09 meters

13.

The world record fro men

’

s long jump owes to Mike

Powell from the USA, whose recored is 8.95 meters. He

set his record on August 30, 1991.

14.

The

world

record

fro

women

’

s

long

jump

owes

to

Dalina Chistyakova from the fromer Soviet Union, whose

record is 7.52 meters. She set this record on June 11,

1988.

15.

In

the

men

’

s

javelin

throw,

the

world

record

holder

is

Jan

Zelezny

from

Czech

Republic. His

record

is

98.48

meters, which was set on May 25, 1996.

16.

Osleidys Menendez from Cuba is the world holder for

the

women

’

s

javelin

throw.

Her

record

is

71.70

meters,

which was set on August 14, 2005.

C.

China/ 110-meter hurdles / Switzerland / finish line

/ 12.88 seconds / shared with / three one hundredth

/

old

record

/

12.90

seconds

/

13.02

seconds

/

22-year-old // gold medalist / 2004

Part II

A:

After 13 years and 46, 000 miles (75,000 km) a British

adventurer has completed a round-the- world journey using

human power alone.

Jason Lewis, 40, crossed five continents , two oceans

and

a

sea

to

become

the

first

person

to

circumnavigate

the

globe under his own steam.

He finally returned to the UK on Saturday, crossing the

Greenwich Meridian Line, in his custom-designed, 26ft (8

m),

pedal-powered

boat,

< br>“

Moksha

”

.

It

was

the

same

point

where his journey began on 12 July, 1994 when he was just

26 years old.

Jason used a variety of modes of transport during his

epic journey, including cycling, swimming, kayaking, and

in-line skating. His route took him west from Britain to

the USA and then on to Australia, Asia, and Africa before

returning to Europe from the east.

The journey was not without dangers: in Colrado Jason

was run over by a drunk driver while in-line skating at

the side of the road. He spent six weeks in hospital an

nearly had a limb amputated.

As well as surviving the car accident, Jason was robbed

and

beaten

several

times

on

his

journey,

chansed

by

a

giant

crocodile

in

Australia,

and

arrested

by

the

Egyptian

military as a suspected spy. But on the way he has raised

money fro children

’

s charities around the world as well

as

developing

an

education

program

for

schoolchildren

based on his travels.

What now for the world traveler?

Jason is happy to be back and may hang up his boots for

a while.

“

I

’

ve

seen

enough

deserts.

I’

ve

missed

green

rolling

hills and cozy pubs, sitting by the fire drinking a pint

of warm beer,

”

said Jason.

“

I do miss British humor. It

’

s nice to be with people

who take the Mickey out of each other.

”

B:

German

ace

Michael

Schumacher

is

widely

recognized

as

being

the

world

’

s

best

ever

racing

driver.

In

1995

Michael