In China, there is a famous woman table
tennis player, she won Gold Medal of
singles and doubles, 1992 & 1996 Olympic
Games. And she is reputed as the “Table
Tennis Queen” and “Short Giantess”. Do
you know who she is and why she is
famous?
medal n. 奖牌; 奖章
doctor’s degree 博士学位
abroad
adv. 在国外;
到国外
He is travelling abroad.
他要到国外旅行。
victory n. 成功; 胜利
win a victory 获得胜利
Listen and choose the correct
answer.
1.Who are the speakers?
a) A student and a teacher.
b) A person on the radio and a
guest.
c) Two students.
2. Where are the speakers?
a) At a radio station.
b) At home.
c) In a classroom.
3. What are they talking about?
a) A famous person.
b) A friend.
c) A teacher.
Listen and answer the questions.
1. Who is Daming’s hero?
Deng Yaping.
2. When did she start playing table tennis?
When she was five years old.
3. How many gold medals has she won in
the Olympics?
Four.
Read and complete the table.
Facts about Deng Yaping
When she was five,
When she was
twenty-four,
started playing
She _______________
table tennis
_____________.
stopped playing
she _______________
table tennis.
___________________
After she stopped
playing,
she began to _______
study at
Tsinghua
University
____________________
in
Beijing.
After seven years’
study abroad,
completed her
she _________________
doctor’s degree at
_______________________
Cambridge University
__________________.
Complete the sentences so that they
are true for Deng Yaping.
1. She says she is not _____________
cleverer than
anyone else
____________.
strong will
2. She has a very __________.
make the Beijing
3. She helped _________________
________________________________.
Olympics a victory for world sport
never gives up
4.Whatever she does, she _____________.
1. …including four gold medals in the
Olympics.
……包括四枚奥运会金牌。
including prep. 包含; 包括
including是include的现在分词形式,
用作介词, 多用来对句子说明的情况
进行详细补充。
e.g. There are five boys playing the
guitar, including Jack.
有五个小孩在弹吉它，包括杰克。
2. She began to study at Tsinghua University in
Beijing and then attended university abroad.
她开始在北京读清华大学，后来到国外大学
深造。
attend v. 上(学); 出席, 参加(事件或活动)
e.g. to attend a wedding
参加婚礼
Our children attend the same school.
我们的孩子上同一所学校。
attend, take part in与join都可表示“参加”，
区别如下：
attend是正式用语，主要指参加会议、听报
告、讲座等；take part in主要指参加某项群
众性的活动等，并在其中起积极作用；
join主要指加入某个团体、组织（如军队、党
派）等，并成为其中的一个成员。如：
Tim is going to attend that report tomorrow.
提姆明天要参加那个报告会。
May I take part in the contest?
我可以参加比赛吗？
My brother joined the Party in 2003.
我哥哥2003年入党。
3. Whatever she does, she never gives up!
她无论做什么，都不放弃。
whatever adv. 无论什么, 不管什么
e.g. Whatever you do, try your best.
无论你做什么，都要尽全力。
give up 意为“放弃”。
e.g. David has decided to give up
football at the end of this year.
戴维已经决定今年年底就不再踢足球了。
give up doing sth.
表示“放弃做某事”。
e.g. Why don’t you give up smoking?
你为什么不戒烟？
4. That’s amazing!
真是太不可思议了！
amazing adj. 惊人的; 极好的
可以作定语或表语
e.g. an amazing discovery /
performance
一个令人惊奇的发现/表演
5. Deng says that she isn’t cleverer than
anyone else, but she has a very strong will.
邓亚萍说她并不比任何人聪明，但她拥
有非常坚强的意志。
will n. 意志; 决心
e.g. Where there’s a will, there’s a
way.
有志者事竟成。
6. I think she’s a good student as well as
a good player.
我觉得她不仅是一位出色的运动员，而且
还是一个好学生。
as well as 表示“不仅……而且……”, 强调as
well as前面的内容。
e.g. On Sundays, the landlord provided him
with dinner as well as breakfast.
每逢星期天，房东不仅为他提供早
餐，还为他提供正餐。
Complete the passage with the correct
form of the words in the box.
abroad attend clever victory will
Deng yaping is Daming’s hero. At first, she
attended
was a table tennis player. Later, she ________
Tsinghua university and then went to study
abroad She says she is not ________
cleverer than
_______.
anyone else, but she has a very strong _____.
will
She also helped make the Beijing Olympics
victory for world sport . She is a
a(n) ________
true hero.
Listen and mark the pauses.
1. She’s my hero because she’s one of the best
table tennis players in the world.
2. She started playing table tennis when she
was five.
3. Whatever she does, she never gives up!
4. Deng says that she isn’t cleverer than
anyone else, but she has a very strong
will.
Listen again and repeat.
Work in pairs. Talk about your heroes.
A: Who’s your hero?
B: It’s Jackie Chan!
A: Why?
B: Because he’s a great film star. I think
his films are fantastic!
Who’s your hero?
It’s Yuan Longping.
Why?
Because he is …
Who’s your hero?
It’s Liu Yang.
Why?
Because she is …
Now talk about each other’s heroes
with the whole class.
My friend Jim likes Jackie Chan best.
Jackie Chan is his hero because he’s a great
film star and his films are fantastic.
I. 根据语境及首字母提示补全所缺单
词。
victory in
1. Our team is confident of v______
Saturday’s football match, because
there are lots of great players in our
team.
2. He had a strong w___
will and he won the
first prize at last.
whatever happens,
3. Remember, Sally: w________
keep calm and quiet.
4. My grandparents never travelled
abroad
a______ when they were children.
5. This story is very a_______.
amazing I have
never read it before.
attend the meeting
6. Jenny didn’t a_____
yesterday because she was ill.
II. 根据汉语意思完成英语句子, 每空一词。
1. 为了照顾她的孩子们, 这位妇女放弃了
她的工作。
gave ____
up her job to
The woman ______
look after her children.
2. 这个商店既卖食品又卖衣服。
The store sells clothes ___
as _____
well ___
as
food.
1. Remember the new words and
expressions in this unit.
2. Write a short dialogue about your
heroes.