1. If you go into a school or university anywhere, the chances are you will see students in Li Ning tracksuits with the familiar logo.

2. Whenever Chinese athletes step out onto the track during the 2008 Olympics, they will be wearing Li Ning tracksuits.

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

Period 1 Introduction: Vocabulary and Speaking (Page 41)

Introduction Speaking

Step 1 Can you name some of sports

田径运动 track and field; athletics

田赛 field events 径赛 track events 跳高 high jump 撑杆跳高 pole jump; 跳远 long/broad jump 三级跳远 hop, step and jump; triple jump 马拉松赛跑 Marathon (race) 接力 relay race; Relay

跨栏比赛 hurdles; hurdle race 竞走 walking; walking race 体操 gymnastics 自由体操 floor/free exercises 单杠 horizontal bar 双杠 parallel bars 高低杠 uneven bars; high-low bars 吊环 rings 跳马 vaulting horse 鞍马 pommel horse 平衡木 balance beam

球类运动 ball games

足球 football; soccer 足球场 field; pitch 篮球 basketball 篮球场 basketball court 排球 volleyball 乒乓球 table tennis; ping pong 羽毛球运动 badminton 网球 tennis 棒球 baseball 垒球 softball 手球 handball 曲棍球 hockey; field hockey

I. Tools and the fields where sports played

(羽毛球/乒乓球/棒球等)球拍/棒 高尔夫球棒 (羽毛球/乒乓球/排球等) 网球

at club net ball

(足球/橄榄球)球场pitch/field 跑道track 体育场stadium 拳击台ring

logo标志/商标

运动服 运动鞋 slogan口号/标语(anything is possible一切