7. Find a sentence which has a similar meaning with the following one.

If you are in a school, you will see people wearing Li Ning tracksuits.

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8.What has Li Ning continued to do since he opened a school for gymnasts?

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Step 2. Read the passage again and do activity 3 on Page43.

Answers to activity 3 on page 43

1.______ 2. ____ 3. _____ 4 ____ 5.____6.____ 7. ____ 8. _____

Step 3. Analyze the following important sentences.

1.When he retired at the age of 26 , he had won 106 gold medals in major competitions across the world .

2.When sports journalists met in 1999 to make a list of the greatest sportsmen and sportswomen of the twentieth century, Li Ning's name was on it, together with footballer Pele and boxer Muhammad Ali.

3.But even though he had won everything it was possible to win in his sport , Li Ning retired with a feeling that he had failed .

4.But it was this sense of failure that made him determined to succeed in his new life.

5.He decided to launch a new brand of sportswear, competing with global giants like Nike and Adidas .

6.He made the unusual choice, for a Chinese person, of choosing his own name as the brand mark.

8.Like Pele and Muhammad Ali before him, who have worked with the United Nations for children's rights and peace, Li Ning has discovered that the work of a great sportsman does not finish when he retires from the sport.

9.And if you are a great sportsperson, anything is possible, as Li Ning's advertising says.

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Step1. Summary

Li Ning was called the _______ of gymnasts. He won 106 gold medals in all and was one of the greatest sportsmen of the 20th century. After he________ , he began a new career _______a businessman, launching a new brand of sportswear and_________ his own name _________the brand mark. Li Ning's sports clothes came____ _ the market just the right time and gained ____ __ quickly. In just a few years Li Ning won more than fifty percent of the market and his company has also grown internationally. But Li Ning's was not to make money when he retired. In 1991, he opened a school for gymnasts to help young people to _____ _ their sporting ambitions. If you are a great sportsman, anything is _________ .

Step2. What have you learned from Li Ning's experiences? Please write it