UNIT 1 The Olympics Lesson 7 Don't Fall off the Pizzas!

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[0:01.505]UNIT 1 第一单元
[0:02.911]The Olympics 奥运会
[0:05.106]Lesson 7: 第七课:
[0:06.720]Don't Fall off the Pizzas! 不要从比萨饼上掉下来！
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[0:16.742]Classroom Olympics 教室奥运会
[0:18.781]Date: 时间：
[0:19.649]15/09 9月15日
[0:21.619]4:18 PM 下午4:18
[0:23.665]Hello, Li Ming! 你好，李明！
[0:25.307]This week in school, we had a classroom Olympics! 这周我们在学校举行了教室奥运会！
[0:29.129]Our class invented five different events. 我们班发明了五个不同的比赛项目。
[0:32.675]Then, everyone competed¹ in each event, one by one. 然后，大家一个接一个地参加每个项目。
[0:37.741]The events were fun! 这些比赛项目很有趣！
[0:39.490]Some of my classmates had very good ideas. 我的一些同学有很好的想法。
[0:42.729]But my favourite event was Danny's. 但我最喜欢的是丹尼的项目。
[0:45.446]He called it "Jump over the Dinosaur²." 他管它叫“跳恐龙”。
[0:48.700]Danny's event was a race. 丹尼的项目是赛跑。
[0:50.895]Each person walked on some paper "pizzas," climbed through a cardboard³ "donut," 每一个人在一些纸做的“比萨饼”上走过，爬过一个纸板“油炸圈，”
[0:56.314]and then jumped over a toy dinosaur. 然后跳过一个玩具恐龙。
[0:59.476]We used⁴ a watch to see who was the fastest. 我们用表看谁最快。
[1:03.620]What was the result? 结果是怎样的呢？
[1:05.324]Danny won the race! 丹尼赢了比赛！
[1:06.928]None of us caught up with him. 我们当中没有人赶上他。
[1:09.176]But I was close: 但我跟他很接近：
[1:10.824]I was two seconds behind Danny. 我就差丹尼两秒。
[1:13.566]Few of the other students were so fast. 其他没有几个同学跑得这么快。
[1:16.803]Brian was sad, because he lost. 布赖恩很伤心，因为他输了。
[1:19.389]He came in twentieth. 他是第20个到的。
[1:21.272]He did his best, but he kept falling off the pizzas! 他尽力了，但还是不断地从“比萨饼”上掉下来！
[1:25.585]Jenny 詹妮
[1:26.987]Poor Brian! 可怜的布赖恩！
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[1:36.190]Re: Classroom Olympics 回复：教室奥运会
[1:38.860]Date: 日期：
[1:39.719]16/09 9月16日
[1:41.246]4:10 PM 下午4:10
[1:43.440]Hi, Jenny, 嗨，詹妮：
[1:44.720]Thanks for your e-mail. 谢谢你的邮件。
[1:46.576]I laughed when I read about "Jump over the Dinosaur." 当我看到关于“跳恐龙”的情景时都笑了。
[1:49.959]Only Danny would think of an event like that! 只有丹尼会想出那样的项目！
[1:52.784]Please tell me about some of the others. 请告诉我其他比赛项目的情况吧。
[1:55.134]Was ping-pong an event in your classroom Olympics? 在你们的教室奥运会上乒乓球是一个比赛项目吗？
[1:58.379]I really like ping-pong. 我真的非常喜欢乒乓球。
[2:00.308]Maybe I will play ping-pong in the real Olympics someday. 或许有一天我会在真正的奥运会上打乒乓球。
[2:04.194]Danny's victory⁵ in his event doesn't surprise me. 我对丹尼在他的项目中取得胜利并不感到惊讶。
[2:06.955]He's a good athlete. 他是一名优秀的运动员。
[2:08.829]How many other events did he win? 其它项目中他赢了几项？
[2:11.453]I hope Brian wasn't too sad. 我希望布赖恩别太难过了。
[2:13.857]If he practises walking on pizzas, he'll do better next time! 如果他能在“比萨饼”上做行走练习，下次他会做得更好的。
[2:18.410]Li Ming 李明
[2:20.368]I don't think "Jump over the Dinosaur" will ever be an Olympic event. 我认为“跳恐龙”不会成为奥运项目。
[2:24.144]Do you? 你觉得呢？
[2:25.167]LET'S DO IT!
[2:26.535]Imagine you have a pen pal⁶ in Canada.
[2:29.938]Send an e-mail to him or her telling about your classroom Olympics or a school sports meet.
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1 competed   

v.竞赛( compete的过去式和过去分词 )；竞争；比得上；参加比赛（或竞赛）

参考例句：

• The two girls competed with each other for the highest mark. 这两个女孩为夺得最高分而竞争。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Some 1000 athletes competed in 20 events. 约1000名运动员参加了20个项目的比赛。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 dinosaur   

n.恐龙

参考例句：

• Are you trying to tell me that David was attacked by a dinosaur?你是想要告诉我大卫被一支恐龙所攻击？
• He stared at the faithful miniature of the dinosaur.他凝视著精确的恐龙缩小模型。

3 cardboard   

n.硬纸板，卡纸板

参考例句：

• She brought the shopping home in a cardboard box.她将买的东西放在纸箱里带回家。
• There is a sheet of stiff cardboard in the drawer.在那个抽屉里有块硬纸板。

4 used   

adj.用旧了的，旧的；习惯于…；过去惯/经常

参考例句：

• I used to work until nearly 6:00 o'clock each day.我过去常常工作到6:00左右。
• He used to walk anywhere from two to five miles an hour.他过去经常一小时走二至五英里。

5 victory   

n.胜利，成功

参考例句：

• Victory will never come if we only wait for it.如果我们光是等待，胜利永远不会到来。
• It can't be questioned that we will win the final victory.我们将最终取得胜利，这是确定无疑的。

6 pal   

n.朋友，伙伴，同志；vi.结为友

参考例句：

• He is a pal of mine.他是我的一个朋友。
• Listen,pal,I don't want you talking to my sister any more.听着，小子，我不让你再和我妹妹说话了。