Competitive sports⑲， for example, baseball, are probably the most popular of all the after­school activities. This is because⑳， for many American parents, it is important that\s\up1(21(21) their children , particularly\s\up1(22(22) boys, learn how to\s\up1(23(23) compete\s\up1(24(24) successfully. Young people are encouraged\s\up1(25(25) to take part in team sports such as football and basketball, since these games teach\s\up1(26(26) you to have the "winning spirit"\s\up1(27(27). For some students and their parents, high school sport is considered more important than academic\s\up1(28(28) achievements.

　　During the long summer holidays, it is a custom for American children to spend\s\up1(29(29) several weeks at summer camps. There are thousands of camps, and they can be found all over the country\s\up1(30(30). What these camps offer\s\up1(31(31) is an opportunity to\s\up1(32(32) take part in many different kinds of outdoor\s\up1(33(33) activities, for example, horse riding and water skiing\s\up1(34(34). Older teenagers are more likely to\s\up1(35(35) get summer jobs or go camping with a group of friends. Many go backpacking in the mountains of the west. 　　⑲competitive sports 竞技体育运动

　　⑳This is because ...这是因为......，because引导表语从句。

　　\s\up1(21(21)it is important that ... ......是重要的，that引导主语从句。

　　\s\up1(22(22)particularly adv.尤其(＝in particular)

　　\s\up1(23(23)learn how to do学会怎样做

　　\s\up1(24(24)compete v．竞争；对抗

　　\s\up1(25(25)encourage v．鼓励

　　encourage sb. to do sth.鼓励某人做某事

　　\s\up1(26(26)teach sb. to do教某人做

　　\s\up1(27(27)since these games ...是原因状语从句。

　　\s\up1(28(28)academic adj.学术的

　　\s\up1(29(29)it is a custom for sb. to do ...对某人来说，做......是一种习惯。

　　\s\up1(30(30)all over the country整个国家　\s\up1(31(31)offer v．提供

　　\s\up1(32(32)an opportunity to do做......的机会

　　\s\up1(33(33)outdoor/ˌaʊt'dɔː/adj.户外的；用于户外的

　　\s\up1(34(34)water skiing滑水运动，水橇运动

　　\s\up1(35(35)be likely to do ...有可能做......

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　　竞技体育运动，比如棒球，可能是所有课外活动中最受欢迎的。这是因为，对许多美国父母来说，他们的孩子，尤其是男孩，学习如何成功地竞争是很重要的。年轻人被鼓励参与团队性的体育运动，比如足球和篮球，因为这些运动教你拥有"胜利精神"。对一些学生和他们的父母来说，高中体育运动比学业成绩更重要。

　　在漫长的暑假期间，在夏令营度过几个星期已成为美国孩子的习惯。有数千个营地，在全国的各个地方都能找到。这些野营提供的是参加各种不同的户外活动的机会，例如骑马和滑水运动。年龄稍大的青少年更有可能找到暑期工作或者和一帮朋友去野营。许多人到西部山区背包旅行。

　　Step 1　True (T) or False (F). (Passage on P25)

　　1．The schooldays are the happiest time for the author.__F__

　　2．The author slept in the dormitory with five lovely boys together in the "big school"．__T__

　　3．One of the regulations of the school is that every student must be punctual for classes.__T__

　　4．All the boys of the school must attend morning assembly every weekday.__F__

　　5．The writer's parents wrote to him once a week.__F__

　　Step 2　Fill in the chart with the information in the passage.(Passage on P27)

1.Cheerleader A member of a team that dances and does 2.gymnastics before and during competitive games to encourage crowds to cheer their sports teams. The history of

3.cheerleading In the 1920s 5.Pompoms began to play an important part in cheerleading. 4.By_the1950s Most American high schools had cheerleading 6.squads. In 1978 ·The National Cheerleading Championships were shown on television.

·Universities began offering 7.courses in cheerleading. How do Americans feel about cheerleading？ ·Many Americans 8.see_it as rather a stupid activity.

· Cheerleaders need a lot of training to do the dance and gym 9.routines.

·Cheerleading is so important in America 10.that several movies have been made about it.