The Olympic spirit is about sportsmanship, personal sacrifice, and a strong will to reach your goals.
The importance of the Olympic spirit goes far beyond the sports events. And it’s not just for professional athletes, either.
It’s not easy to describe the Olympic spirit in words. Yet everyone who meets it probably knows what it means. One central aspect is having the knowledge that the greatest reward doesn’t lie in getting to a particular goal or victory.
Of course, we’re not trying to suggest that victory means nothing to an athlete or that goals aren’t important. When we speak of personal or professional dreams or goals, we’re aware that reaching the objective is always one’s greatest wish.
Nevertheless, we shouldn’t forget that victory is the result of a long process. It’s only possible through the effort that leads up to it.
Let’s take a track and field race as an example-just to keep going along the line of this sports thread.
| A．Always try to achieve perfection. |
| B．The Olympic spirit speaks to all of us. |
| C．It’s about the promotion of certain values. |
| D．There are no people who are born champions. |
| E．Instead, the process itself is the greatest reward. |
| F．Another person’s success is no reason to give up or envy. |
| G．There can only be one winner at the end of every track or trial. |
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Kids Club in Beau Rivage (9 a.m. to 10 p.m.)
The club has a lovely atmosphere, with a large room for activities and a fenced, grass play-area outside. The qualified hostesses really know how to get on with children, as they look after and entertain youngsters from 3 to 12.
Activities are adapted according to children’s ages and talents and include:
●Glass-bottom boat trips to see the brightly colored games
●Drawing and painting
●Making things and a whole host of indoor games
●Learning how to snorkel and water-ski
A baby sitting service is also available on request, for a fee. Children’s dinner is served in the main restaurant at 6:30 p.m.
Kids Club in Legends (9 a.m. to 10 p.m.)
Three qualified hostesses entertain youngsters from 3 to 11 years old. For children under 3, a baby sitting service is also available on request, for a fee.
Children’s lunch is served between 12:30 and 1:30 p.m. in the main restaurant or in the Kids Club depending on the day. The children have dinner in the main restaurant between 6:30 and 7:30 p.m.
Kids Club in Les Pavillons (9:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.)
Friendly, experienced, well-trained staff keep youngsters from 3 to 11 happy and occupied throughout the day and evening. Activities include:
●Learning the local dance, the Sega
●Gathering crabs on the beach by torchlight
●Making things and a whole host of indoor games
●Learning to play a traditional musical instrument
A special children’s dinner is served from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Baby sitting service can also be provided, for a fee.
Kids Club in Diva
The ideal arrangement for both parents and their youngsters! Qualified staffs look after children aged from 3 to 11 from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily and organize a whole range of activities to keep them busy and happy.
Children have dinner between 6 and 7 p.m. A baby sitting service is also available, for a fee.
1. If you have a 12-year-old child, you can choose ______ for your Family holidays.
| A．Diva | B．Legends | C．Beau Rivage | D．Les Pavillons |
| A．Legends | B．Beau Rivage | C．Les Pavillons | D．Diva |
| A．Les Pavillons | B．Beau Rivage | C．Diva | D．Legends |
| A．the staff in all hotels can get along well with the youngsters |
| B．all the hotels open daily from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. |
| C．all the hotels provide baby-sitting service for fee |
| D．parents have to play with their children in the activities |
【推荐2】Last weekend in Washington, D.C. 30 young researchers from across the nation were preparing for a competition. In a sense, all were winners already. After all, each had to beat out hundreds of others for the chance to arrive in the final. But only one competitor would take home the top prize: an educational award worth $25,000. Finally, Alaina Gassler, 14, won the top prize.
Alaina was one of the 30 finalists from 13 states who competed in the ninth yearly Broadcom MASTERS competition. Alaina and the other finalists had to be in sixth, seventh or eighth grade to attend the competition. What’s more, their research had to be judged within the top 10 percent of all projects. As usual, those projects all fell within the fields of science, technology, engineering or mathematics. Fifteen of the finalists took home major awards. For the first time this year, 60g% of the finalists were women.
Alaina developed a system whose goal is to improve driving safety. “Congratulations to Alaina, whose project has the possibility of reducing the number of traffic accidents,” said Maya Ajmera, president of Science and the Public, the organization that created the competition.
Alaina goes to school in West Grove, Pennsylvania. “I didn’t think I’d win an award this big.” she said. For her project, Alaina developed a system that could reduce blind spots for drivers. Such areas can hide objects or other cars from a driver’s view, and thus easily lead to accidents.
Alaina’s system depends on a camera fixed on the front part of the passenger-side window. It can monitor (监视) things a driver can’t see. The camera records a video of what it’s seeing and at the same time sends it to a projector (投影仪) fixed over the driver’s head. That projector plays the video on a screen, which is fixed on the passenger-side roof support. In this way, the blind spots are decreased.
1. What do we know about the competition?| A．It encourages teamwork. | B．It is meant for college students. |
| C．It encourages theory exploration. | D．It is a fierce national competition. |
| A．More winners stand out. | B．More girls perform better. |
| C．All of the projects are more useful. | D．Half of the competitors are awarded. |
| A．Surprised. | B．Satisfied. | C．Encouraged. | D．Puzzled. |
| A．The projector. | B．The monitor. | C．The camera. | D．The screen. |
【推荐3】With innovative (创新的) ideas, 10 teams of student groups competed at UR’s Hult Prize competition on Nov. 3 to skip the selection process for the regional competition. “If you ever had a crazy idea, now it is time to explore it.” senior and Hult Prize competitor Sharfuz Shifat said. The Hult Prize is an international competition where undergraduate and graduate students alike compete to win a $ 1 million prize to start a company based on their ideas.
For many competitors, this competition is an outlet for innovative ideas that can speed up change in the world. “I believe in social entrepreneurship and the power of business to create social change,” said senior Shelly Chen from Team Boodana.
In addition to wanting to make a lasting social effect, some competitors have personal connections to their ideas and a strong motivation to bring them to reality. “We’re enthusiastic about this because it comes from our life,” sophomore Cherine Ghazouani and Team Forty-Two member said. “We’re trying to make our family’s, our country’s and our people’s lives better.”
After the event, the award ceremony announced the winner: the first and second runner-ups as Team BestBeing, Team Forty-Two and Team Boodana, respectively. Although the ruling ideas of the winners were mainly meant to provide jobs for unemployed youth, many of the proposed solutions also handled other problems in today’s society. Team Forty-Two worked on re-inventing the impractical tutoring system in Mediterranean countries;Team BestBeing aimed to provide a solution for the lack of availability of mental health services all over the world.
“Usually some of the most simple and practical solutions are the ones that are the most beautiful and effective,” judge Anna Schreyer said. “The challenge is being able to look at things in a completely new way that’s very simple. Try to step out of the box of how we do things and how we think about things.”
1. What is the purpose of the UR’s Hult Prize competition?| A．Not to let go of innovative ideas. |
| B．To award the most hardworking students. |
| C．Not to be crazy about changing the reality. |
| D．To stress the importance of regional competition. |
| A．A graduate degree. | B．A job in a company. |
| C．A position in UR’s Hult Prize. | D．A starting fund of a company. |
| A．The impractical tutoring system. | B．A solution to mental health. |
| C．Youth unemployment. | D．The way of innovative thinking. |
| A．Effective and old. | B．Simple and practical. |
| C．Long-lasting and simple. | D．Changeable and practical. |
【推荐1】Danielle Waterman, an English woman rugby (橄榄球) player is interviewed and talks about her experience and opinions about the sport.
Having two older brothers taught me a lot about survival.
I was lucky to have supportive parents, especially my mother, who was my role model.
A few years ago, I got hurt in my knee and was told I couldn’t play again.
| A．That’s what women’s sport needs. |
| B．Sometimes I did feel different to other girls. |
| C．I never thought of myself as different from them. |
| D．Playing rugby is my passion, and it enriches me. |
| E．However, I decided to insist on and to get to the Olympics. |
| F．As well as the physical side, the sport also leads me to a happy life. |
| G．There weren’t many female role models in sport when I was growing up. |
【推荐2】In the sport of track and field, athletes compete not only with one another but against themselves, and in each race they try to achieve the new personal best.
For one Nebraska teen running in what would likely to be his final cross-country outing before graduating from high school, his personal best turned out not to be marking the fastest time but displaying the biggest heart.
Although it was a long shot when he came out from the starting position last Thursday, Brandon Schutt from Bellevue East High School knew if his time was good enough that day, he still had the potential to qualify for the upcoming state meet. A mile into the 3.1-mile race, however, Schutt realized he wasn’t going to be able to keep up the necessary momentum (势头). Rather than risking injury, he slowed to a comfortable pace that would allow him to simply get pleasure from the moment and the day.
Meanwhile, Blake Cerveny from Omaha Burke High School was running a very different kind of race. Aiming to beat his own personal record, after a fast start, he continued to push himself hard.
With less than 400 meters to go, Cerveny’s legs cramped up (抽筋), but he didn’t give up. Cerveny rose from the ground and continued on, only to fall again after another 150 meters and again…About 100 meters away from the finish line, he lay curled on the ground. His legs had simply given out.
Before Cerveny’s dad could reach his son, Brandon Schutt was at his side to offer a helping hand. The two completed the final meters of the course. Schutt even made sure the injured runner crossed the finish line first, securing his opponent a faster time.
In today’s competitive world, while the emphasis in athletics is so often on breaking records, it is inspiring to see an athlete like Brandon Schutt.
1. What does the underlined phrase “a long shot” in Paragraph 3 mean?| A．Simple to compete. | B．Unlikely to succeed. |
| C．Exciting to be qualified. | D．Surprising to break records. |
| A．To enjoy the competition. | B．To help Blake Cerveny. |
| C．To have a final push. | D．To examine his wounds. |
| A．He didn’t cross the finish line. | B．He was generous to help others. |
| C．He was affected by his physical disability. | D．He was a person of determination. |
| A．The Importance of Perseverance | B．The Love for Sports |
| C．The Value of True Sportsmanship | D．The Sport of Track and Field |
A sports role model is a sportsperson who inspires other people in a certain way. In this spirit, the Laureus World Sports Awards is an annual ceremony to honour remarkable sportspeople. The first ceremony was held in 2000 in Monaco, where Pelé was given the Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2003, Yao Ming became the first Chinese sportsperson to win the award, and in Shanghai in 2015 Yao Ming and Li Na both won awards. These sports role models show us what sporting spirit really means-that is, faster, higher and stronger!
1. Who do the Laureus World Sports Awards honour?2. What other sports role models do you know? Share some examples with the class.
