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Sun Yang
He is an outstanding Chinese athelte who has won 13 gold medals at international games.
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1.Can you swim? How old were you when you began to swim?
B. Babies are unwilwlinilglintogenter the water.

C. ASollmLeos Angeles children learn to swim when they are very young.
D. Children can only learn to swim after they have learnt to
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What kind of race do the children compete in?
An underwater tricycle race.
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TASK 2 DETAILED READING
1 One of these statement is true. Which one?
A. Children can learn to swim much earlier than is commonly supposed.
3. not long before = soon
4. be accustomed to doing sth. = be used to
doing sth.
5. be reluctant to do sth. = be unwilling to
do sth.
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TASK 1
1.Watch a video. 2. Answer a question: What kind of race do the children compete in?
swimming that they can pick up __________ from the floor of
the pool. A game that is very populatrriwcyitchlethese young swimmers is the underwater __________ race.
2.Can you believe a baby can be instructed in swimming even before they can walk?
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New words
instruct
teach
Los Angeles
weight underwater
tricycle
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TASK 3 DETAILED READING
Experiments have proved that children can be _____i_n_s_tr_u_cted
in swimming at a very early age. At a special swimming pool in Los Angeles, children become ______e_x_p_e_r_t _ at holding
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TASK 3 DETAILED READING
Tricycles are lined up on the floor of the pool seven feet under water. The children ____c_o_m__p_e_teagainst each other to reach the other end of the pool. Many _____p_e__d_a_l their
become
Olympic
champions
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READING SKILL
When we come across words like “only, all, none, certainly, never...”, we must pay special attention to them. Generally speaking, choices including these words are wrong.
FUTURE CHAMPIONS
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LEAD IN
Wu Dajing
At Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, he broke the world record and won the gold medal in 500-meter short track speed skating
their breath under water even before they can walk. Babies of
two months water). It is
old not
do not appear to be long before they are
s_o_w___e__r_ige__hl__uat__scc__tc_a_u_n_st_tot_oe_mn_teetodr the
work.
Nonsense
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TASK 2 DETAILED READING
2. One of these statement is true. Which one?
A. NoSnoemofethe children can cover the length of the pool without coming up for air.
B. Not all the children ride their tricycle during the underwater
race.
C. The children don’t like picking up weights.
D.
These children one day.
will
certaminalyy
tri-: three triangle
compete
reluctant
unwilling
yard
gasp
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Useful expressions
1. be instructed in doing sth.= be taught to
do sth.
2. become expert at = be good at