Unit 9 Facing Life’s ChallengesI. New words and expressions New words1. hurdle n. hurdles [pl.]跨栏赛；栏架，跨栏；难关，障碍2. negative n. 否定词；否定；拒绝 adj. 坏的；有害的3. despair v. 绝望；失去希望；丧失信心4. petty adj. 小的：琐碎的；次要的5. individual adj. 一个人的；供一个人用的6. lane n. （比赛的）跑道，泳道7. spot n. 地点；场所；处所8. symbolize v. 象征；是…的象征；代表symbol-ize常用的动词后缀：modernize, globalize, economize9. incredibly adv. 极端地；极其credible 可靠的，可信的credibly变副词时需省略-e的形容词有simple, true, credible, believable simply, truly, (in)credibly, (un)believably10. positive adj. 良好的；正面的11. tough adj. 艰苦的；艰难的；棘手的12. arise v. 发生；产生；出现arise from sth.区分：arouse / arisearouse one's anger / respect / sympathy13. lost adj. 不知所措的；一筹莫展的14. leap v. 跳跃15. yard n. 码16. inch n. 英寸17. cinch n. 很容易的事；小莱Phrases and Expressions1. line up 排成一行；站队；排队（等侯）2. end up最终成为；最后处于end up (in) doing sth. end up begging / being arrestedend up as a beggar / prisoner / millionaireend up in prison / debts3. keep up with （与…）齐步前进；并驾齐驱；跟上4. pace oneself 调整自己的工作（或活动）节奏5. fit in （与…）合得来；适应6. get over 解决；克服；控制7. wear out 使疲乏；使筋疲力尽；使厌烦8. with ease 轻而易举地9. make it 获得成功10. fall over被…绊倒；几乎被…绊倒11. get lost 不知所措；一筹莫展12. look back on回首(往事)；回忆；回顾13. inch by inch 缓慢而谨慎地；一步一步14. at a time 每次；逐一；依次II. Text Learning300 Hurdles① Life may give you a negative, but don't despair - it may just develop into a beautiful picture one day. This year, I realized my theory that I have on life.Life is like a 300m hurdle race. Since I run the 300m hurdles, I would know what the race is like.② The first thing to any race is worrying about whether you are going to win or not. This relates to worrying about the petty things in life. Does it really matter if you win? Is it really going to be the end of the world?Or will you be upset if you lose and then forget about it? (1)In life we worry too much and live in the moment too little. （承上总结句）③ (2)Next is the lining up in our own individual lanes. We each start at different spots, but the race is still the same distance for everyone.（承上启下句） (3)This relates to our lives taking us to different places and putting us in different situations, but hopefully we will end up in the same place, but maybe at different times.④ Now comes the beginning of the race. We all try to keep up with everyoneand pace ourselves with other people. (4)This symbolizes that at times in everyone's lives we worry, about fitting in or being the same as other people, instead of worrying about being unique. If everyone were the same, the world would be incredibly boring.本部分重点及难点：1. In life we worry too much and live in the moment too little.生活中，我们担心得太多，而活在当下太少。

2. Next is the lining up in our own individual lanes.接下来的一步就是在我们自己的跑道站好，也就是各就各位。

3. This relates to our lives taking us to different places and putting us indifferent situations, but hopefully we will end up in the same place, but maybe at different times.(1) relate to 涉及，有关(2) taking us to different places和putting us in different situations的逻辑主语都是our lives，作relate to的宾语。

(3) end up in the same place 在同一个地方结束，即有同样的结局end up in prison / in debtsend up beggingend up as a beggar / prisoner4. This symbolizes that at times in everyone's lives we worry, about fitting in or being the same as other people, instead of worrying about being unique.(1) at times: sometimes(2) fit in:合得来，适应(3) instead of: rather than⑤ Now comes the first hurdle. This hurdle is the easiest to get over becauseyou are not worn out from running. We all make it over this hurdle withease. This symbolizes those obstacles in life that we struggle to get over, but we always manage todo so. You can look at that hurdle in two ways: "I can't make it over, I'm too tired" or "I am one more hurdle closer to finishing this race". This is an example of taking a negative situation and seeing something positive in it.（承上句）⑥The next part of the race is every hurdle between the first and last one.（主题句）These hurdles get tougher and tougher and you may feel as though you can't go on. This happens a lot in life too.（承上启下句）There may be a situation that arises where youfeel as though you can't make it and all you can think about is giving up. Youmay fall over that "hurdle" or struggle getting over it, but somehow you find it in yourself to jump over it and move on with the race.⑦ Next is that last 100m of the race. You feel as though you just want to say, "NoI can't do this." (5)Again, you must find it in yourself that you can do it, and you must finish the race stronger than when you had started it.本部分重点及难点：5. Again, you must find it in yourself that you can do it, and you must finish the race stronger than when you had started it.(1) find it in yourself that you can do it，it是形式宾语，真正的宾语是that从句。