Young sports Stars

Some very young people become sports stars when they go to the Olympics.

The youngest Olympic champion was Joy Foster from Jamaica. She became a table tennis champion in 1958 when she was only eight years old! A boy from France won a boat race at the Olympics in 1900. He was not more than ten years old.

Barbara Pearl Jones from the United States was a runner. She won a gold medal at the 1952 Olympics. She was fifteen years old. Many people all over the world like playing football. The most important football match is the World Cup. It happens every four years.

Norman Whiteside was the youngest football player to play in the World Cup. He played in the 1982 World Cup. He was only seventeen!

Pele was the best football player in the world. He started to play for Brazil when he was seventeen. Brazil won the World Cup three times in 1958,1962 and 1970 when Pele was a player.

Today tennis is one of the most popular sports. In women's tennis some of the stars are fourteen or fifteen years old. In men's tennis the stars are usually older.

Jennifer Capriati from the United States was fourteen in 1990 when she became a tennis star.

Michael Chang is also from the United States. He became a tennis champion and a tennis star in 1989 when he was only seventeen years old.

Many young people want to be sports stars. Some want to play football in the World Cup. Some want to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games.

It is not easy to be a young sports star. Young sports stars must work very hard. They must practise for many hours a day. Sometimes they do not have time to do their homework so they have to study at weekends. Sometimes they do not have time to play and to meet other children. Some young sports stars are very lonely.

Which sport do you like? Do you want to be a sports star?

Questions

Page27 a) How many children are there in the family?

1. Who was the youngest person in the family?

2. Who was a very good tennis player?

Page 28 a) What was the name of Terry's new school?

b) Who wants Terry to play for the school tennis team?

Page 29 True or false?

1. Ron Skipper was from Kenton School.

2. Terry always missed the ball.

3. Terry won the match.

Page 31 a) Mrs Jackson said, 'You must do your now. '

1. Lousia wanted to be a

2. Terry said to himself, 'I'm not like Lousia. I'm not

.'

Page 32 a) Who did Mr Walker talk to?

1. When did Terry practise tennis?

2. Who did Terry play tennis with every weekend? Page 33 a) 'You must

   do your homework,' said Mr Jackson / Mrs

Jackson.

b) Terry began to like/ hate tennis.

Page 35 a) Was Mrs Jackson at home when Terry came home?

1. Did Terry finish all the homework?

2. Was Terry happy?

Page 36 a) Mr Walker was walking / running / climbing after Terry.

1. Terry ran faster / slower than Mr Walker.

2. When Terry was running, he was sad / afraid happy.

Page 37 a) Was Mr Walker angry with Terrv?

b) What did Terry like?

Page 39 a) Mr Walker became Terry's coach.

b) Mr Walker timed Terry with a .

Page 40 a) Who was the fastest runner at Belton School?

1. Who won the race?

2. What did everyone do?

Page 41 a) Terry wanted to run with the slowest / fastest

runners in the world.

1. Only the best/ worst athletes go to the Olympic

Games.

1. Terry wanted to be the school / world champion.

Page 43 a) How often do the Olympic Games happen?

b) Where did the first Olympic Games happen? Page 44 True or false?

1. All the athletes march into the stadium before the Olympic Games start.

2. Each team carries the flag of its country.

3. All teams have the same number of athletes. Page 45 a) How many

   medals are there for each game?

1. Who is the gold medal for?

2. Which medal is for the second runner-up?

Page 47 a) The longest race at the Olympics is the marathon

/ 100 metres.

b) Marathon runners end the race in the streets

stadium.

Page 48 a) What does an athlete use in the shot-put?

b) Does an athlete spin himself in the hammer? Page 49 a) How many jumping games are there?

b) Where does a jumper jump onto in the triple jump? Page50 a) How many games are there in the decathlon?

b) How many days does the decathlon take? Page52 a) How old was Joy Foster in 1958?

b) When did Barbara Pearl Jones win a gold medal? Page53 True or false?

1. Pele is from Brazil.

2. The World Cup happens every year.

Page 54 a) Women tennis stars are often younger / older than men tennis stars.

b) Michael Chang is from China / the United States.

Page 55 a) What do many young people want to be?

b) Is it easy to be a young sports star?

Page 30 练习

·答案

1. 看图画，写出正确的单词。

2. 特里给他的朋友写了一封关于网球赛的信，但缺了一些单词。在空格内填上这些单词。

   1. Kenton e)best

   2. tennis f)missed

   3. team g)net

   4. played h)match

Page 34 练习

·答案

1. 谁说了这些话？写出正确的名字。

   1. Mr Walker d) Mr Jackson

   2. Sid e)Terry

   3. Mrs Jackson

2. 一天下午，特里逃走不去上网球课，锡德追赶他。下面将会发生什么呢？在一幅或几幅图画上打“√”。

（学生可以选择任何图画。）

Page 38 练习

·答案

1. 在字母方块中找出左边这些单词，把它们圈起来。

tennis

talk faster afraid runner clever homework everyone afternoon

1. 看图画，填入正确的单词。

   1. after c)up

   2. behind d)with

Page 42 练习

·答案

1. 这些图画是按正确顺序排列的，它们讲述的是本书中的故事。在方格里填入正确的字母来叙述这一故事。

Terry played tennis against Ron Skipper and Ron won the match. Terry wanted to go to the Olympic Games.

Mr Walker became Terry's running coach. Terry went to a new school.

terry ran away from his tennis lesson. Terry won the race against Ron Skipper.

1. 特里会怎么样？在一句或几句句子旁的方格里打“√”。

（学生可以选择任何句子。）

Page 46 练习

• 答案

1. 把下列句子的前后两部分用线连起来。

1. 谁赢了金牌、银牌和铜牌？读句子并填表。

Page 51 练习

·答案

1. 每幅图画都少了一样东西，把它们画上去。

2. 他们是什么人？写出正确的词来。

   1. a runner c)a discus athlete

   2. a marathon runner d)a decathlon athlete

Pages 56 - 58 问题Page 27 a) Three.

1. Terry.

2. Terry's father. Page 28 a) Kenton School.

b) Mr Walker. Page 29 a) False.

1. True.

2. False.

Page 31 a) Mrs Jackson said, 'You must do your homework now.

'

1. Lousia wanted to be a vet.

2. Terry said to himself, 'I'm not like Lousia. I'm not

clever. '

Page 32 a) Terry's father.

b) Every day after school. ' His father and Sid. Page 33 a) 'You must do your homework,' said Mrs Jackson.

b) Terry began to hate tennis. Page 35 a) Yes, she was.

1. No, he did not.

2. No, he was not.

Page 36 a) Mr Walker was running after Terry.

1. Terry ran faster than Mr Walker.

2. When Terry was running, he was happy.

Page 37 a) No, he was not.

b) He liked running.

Page 39 a) Mr Walker became Terry's running coach.

b) Mr Walker timed Terry with a stop-watch. Page 40 a) Ron Skipper.

1. Terry won the race.

2. Everyone cheered.

Page 41 a) Terry wanted to run with the fastest runners in the world.

1. Only the best athletes go to the Olympic Games.

2. Terry wanted to be the world champion. Page 43 a) Every four

   years.

b) In Olympia. Page 44 a) True.

1. True.

2. False. Page 45 a) Three.

b) It is for the champion.

tennis stars.

b) Michael Chang is from the United States.

Page 55 a) Sports stars.

b) No, it is not.