1、Unit 1 Breaking records我们大家都知道身体健康的重要性。青少年时代是否坚持体育运动，对我们一生的大脑健康都有深远的影响。那么就让我们了解更多的锻炼与健康的关系吧。Unit 1 Breaking recordsPhysical activity in teens linked to mental skills in late lifeHow active you are early in life may affect how ableminded you are late in life.That was the finding of a new study of cog
2、nitive impairment(认知损害)Unit 1 Breaking recordsThe study involved more than nine thousand women in the United States over the age of sixty-five.They answered questions about their level of physical activity as teenagers and at thirty，fifty and late in life.Laura Middleton of the Health Sciences Cente
3、r in Canada led the study.Unit 1 Breaking records“People who were physically active on a regular basis had a lower risk of a loss in mental abilities in late life.It seemed that teenage physical activity was particularly important in terms of the prevention of cognitive impairment，”Laura Middleton s
4、aid.Laura Middleton noted two long-lasting effects that physical activity can have on teenagers.Exercise could help strengthen the blood vessels(血管)that carry blood and oxygen to the brain.Also，physical activity is known to improve the brains ability to repair itself.Unit 1 Breaking recordsWomen who
5、 said they were physically active even once a week showed less loss in mental abilities as measured by a test.There was not a strong link between the amount of physical activity and the extent(程度)of loss.But the link was the strongest among those who were active as teenagers.Laura Middleton says oth
6、er studies of exercise and cognitive skills have found a stronger link in women than in men.Still，she says，there is no reason to suggest that the finding about teenage physical activity should not apply to men as well.Section Warming Up&ReadingPreparingUnit 1 Breaking records栏目导引自学导引语篇理解Unit 1 Break
7、ing records1_ n拳击2_ adj.极端的；偏激的3_ adv.近似地；大约地4_ adj.不适宜的；不太健康的5_ adj.习俗的；传统的6_ n.动机boxingextremeapproximatelyunfitconventionalmotivation栏目导引自学导引语篇理解Unit 1 Breaking records7_ adj.强硬的；困难的adv.顽强地8_ adj.精神上的9devotion n._10fascinate vt._11accomplish vt._12hurdling n._toughspiritual热爱；投入使着迷；入迷完成；实现跨栏运动栏目导
8、引自学导引语篇理解Unit 1 Breaking records1_ reality实际上；现实2burst into _突然大笑起来3make an _做调整4_ sb.to do督促/劝说某人干某事5regret _后悔做了某事inlaughteradjustmenturgedoing栏目导引自学导引语篇理解Unit 1 Breaking records6_ Guinness records打破吉尼斯纪录7_ sb.to do容许/允许某人干某事8_ than而不是9as _ as也；和一起10give _放弃breakallow/permitratherwellup栏目导引自学导引语篇理
9、解Unit 1 Breaking records1Over the last 25 years，he _ 93 Guinness records.在过去的 25 年里，他大约已经打破了 93 项吉尼斯世界纪录。2While these activities might seem childish and cause laughter _ respect，in reality _ as well as determination.虽然这些活动看起来孩子气且令人发笑而不是让人肃然起敬，但实际上，这些活动却需要强大的力量、健康的体格和坚定的决心。has broken approximatelyrat
10、her thanthey require an enormous amountof strength and fitness栏目导引自学导引语篇理解Unit 1 Breaking recordseven though he had done no training3He had been urged by his spiritual leader to enter the marathon _尽管从没有训练过，他还是受到他的精神领袖的敦促参加了马拉松比赛。栏目导引自学导引语篇理解Unit 1 Breaking records Scan the text and then choose the
11、best answer according to the text.1Whats the main idea of the text?AActions speak louder than words.BThere is only one perfect roadtry your best.CYou can use your spirit to accomplish anything.DA bad beginning makes a bad ending.栏目导引自学导引语篇理解Unit 1 Breaking records2From the text，we know Ashrita has_A
12、broken the most Olympic Games recordsBhad the most Guinness records Cset imaginative and interesting records Dbroken 93 Guinness records栏目导引自学导引语篇理解Unit 1 Breaking records3According to the text，which one is TRUE?ASomersaulting is an easy event.BA Swiss ball looks easy but needs a lot of concentratio
13、n and a great sense of balance to stay on it.CAs a teenager Ashrita was healthy.DAshrita is English.栏目导引自学导引语篇理解Unit 1 Breaking records4Which event that he has experienced needs strength most?ADoing gymnastically correct lunges.BWalking with a bottle of milk on his head.CStanding on top of a Swiss b
14、all.DSomersaulting.栏目导引自学导引语篇理解Unit 1 Breaking records5It is known from the text that Ashrita is grateful to his teacher because he_Athinks he can accomplish anything without spiritBthinks that he should be devoted to his teacher or he cannot be successfulCthinks it is his teacher who makes him succ
15、essfulDthinks he can do anything if he is willing to答案：15.BBBAC栏目导引自学导引语篇理解Unit 1 Breaking records Read the passage carefully and tell the statements True(T)or False(F)1Over the last 25 years，Ashrita Furman has broken more than 93 Guinness records.()2Ashrita Furman achieved his dream of breaking a r
16、ecord in all seven continents including hula hooping in Austria.()3Ashrita is not a born talent in sports.()栏目导引自学导引语篇理解Unit 1 Breaking records4Sri Chinmoy has been the teacher of Ashrita from the time when Ashrita was 16 years old.()5In a 24-hour bicycle marathon in 1978，Ashrita got into the Guinne
17、ss Book of World Records.()答案：15.FFTTF栏目导引自学导引语篇理解Unit 1 Breaking records Fill in the blanks according to the text.Over the last 25 years，Ashrita Furman 1._(break)approximately 93 Guinness records，2._are not made in any 3._(convention)sport.4_these activities might seem childish and cause laughter，i
18、n 5._(real)they require an enormous amount of strength and 6._(fit)as well as determination.栏目导引自学导引语篇理解Unit 1 Breaking recordsHe was fascinated by the GuinnessBookofWorldRecords.And his teacher kept 7._(tell)him that it is just as important for people to develop their bodies as it is to develop the
19、ir minds，hearts and 8._(spirit)selves.Every time Ashrita tries to break a record，he reaches a point 9._he feels he cannot physically do any more.10._he always remembers，“There is only one perfect road.It is ahead of you，always ahead of you.”栏目导引自学导引语篇理解Unit 1 Breaking records答案：1.has broken 2.which 3.conventional4While 5.reality 6.fitness 7.telling 8.spiritual 9.where 10.But栏目导引自学导引语篇理解Unit 1 Breaking records本部分内容讲解结束 按ESC键退出全屏播放
