Answers: Rick 不能讲话。 Rick 是如何能够参加铁人三项比赛的呢？
b. Look at the text on page 70 again. Underline other examples with can or can’t.
C. Complete the table.
Answers:
cannot/can’t Can Can’t
D. Make sentences.
Listen and mark the statements T or F
3 Listen
4 Pronunciation
can/can’t
a. Listen to the sentences. What’s the difference between the sounds in can and can’t? (CD) b. Listen and repeat. c. Listen to the short conversations. Repeat.
In the running, his father…. In the swimming,… In the cycling,….
2 Grammar can/can’t(ability)
能/不能 （强调一种能力）
A. Look at the examples. How do you say these sentences in Chinese?
wheelchair n.
['wiːltʃeə]
Rick sits in a wheelchair. Rick is in a wheelchair.
cerebral palsy n.
['serɪbrəl]
名词，大脑性麻痹
['pɔːlzɪ]
The boy has got cerebral palsy.
B. Listen to the article. Answer the questions.
1.How does Rick talk to people? 2.What do people do in a triathlon?
He uses a computer to talk to people.
People swim 4 km, cycle 180 km and run 42 km.
3.How does Rick’s father help him in a triathlon?
They always take about 15 or 16 hours.
4.How long do Rick and Dick take to finish a triathlon? 5.Why do you think Dick says, ’Rick and I think that we always win.’
A. Read the article
1. What are their relation (关系)?
Father and son
2. What do you think about them?
Brave, strong, good, excellent, wonderful, amazing…
Rick is in a wheelchair because he’s got cerebral palsy.
He also loves sports, and he takes
part in triathlons.
triathlon n.
[traɪ'æ
θlɒn]
名词，铁人三项全能运动
take part in
动词词组，参加，参与（某项运动）
Rick takes part in a triathlon.
Unit 10
Team Hoyt
See a video
Then answer the questions:
1. Who do you think the man in the wheelchair is?
Rick Hoபைடு நூலகம்t
2. Who is the man pushing him?
Dick Hoyt