Period 2 Reading and Vocabulary

1. Some other important words in the passage:

prince王子, win-won-won赢得/获胜, competition比赛/竞赛, include包括/包含, career职业/生涯, launch发射/开办, global环球的/全世界的, giant巨人/伟人, attractive有吸引力的/有魅力的,

rival竞争者/对手, product产品/成果, percent/per cent百分比, second第二/秒,

familiar众所周知的/熟悉的, employ雇佣, company公司, ambition抱负/雄心；right权利；

peace和平；advertising广告

2. Important phrases:

at the age of...在...岁时 six out of seven七分之六 gold medal金牌

as well as ...和/也 make a list of列出...单子 together with一起

even though即使/虽然/尽管

It's possible to do sth做某事是可能的。the sense of failure失败感 the sense of ... ...感/觉

make sb determined to do sth使某人决心做某事 succeed in (doing) sth在(做)某方面成功

decide to do sth决定做某事 It is sb/sth that do sth.就是是某人/某事做了某事。

compete with与...竞争 make a choice做出选择 be made up of...由...组成/构成

come onto进入/得到 at just the right time在恰当的时候

the number of... ...的数量(+可数n复数)( 谓语用单数) on the increase正在增加/长 have an advantage over优于a pair of...一双/对... for example例如up to...多达/取决于...

...times as much as... ....的...倍 make money赚钱 step out走出去 be able to do sth能够/有能力做某事 since then自从那时 retire from从...退休/退出

Fast reading: Read the passage quickly match the main idea with each