牛津上海版高二上英语 第3讲---阅读拓展训练之体育赛事

1对3辅导讲义

1、上次课后巩固作业复习；

2、互动探索

track and field (田径)

跨栏比赛hurdles；hurdle race 体操gymnastics

乒乓球table tennis；ping pong

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The History of Table Tennis

Like many other sports，table tennis began as a mild social diversion. Descending，along with lawn tennis and badminton，from the ancient medieval game of tennis. It was popular in England in the second half of the nineteenth century under its present name and various trade names such as Gossima and Whiff-Whaff. After the name Ping-Pong (an imitation of the sound made by the ball striking the table and the vellum bats that were used) was introduced by J. Jaques & Son，the game became a fashionable craze.

The game was popular in Central Europe in 1905-10，and even before this is a modified version had been introduced to Japan，where it later spread to China and Korea. After a period when it had dropped out of favor in Europe，the game was revived in England and Wales in the early twenties. By that time ‘Ping-Pong’ had been registered as a trademark，so the earlier name of table tennis was re-introduced. National associations were formed and standardization of the rules began，both in Europe and the Far East. Then，over the next sixty years，table tennis developed into a major worldwide sport，played by perhaps thirty million competitive players and by uncountable millions who play less seriously. However，the game itself has not changed in essence since its earliest days，though it is faster，more subtle and more demanding than it was even only twenty years ago.

Ping-Pong Diplomacy

One of the first public hints of improved U.S.-China relations came on April 6，1971，when the American Ping-Pong team，in Japan for the 31st World Table Tennis Championship，received a surprise invitation from their Chinese colleagues for an all-expense paid visit to the People’s Republic. Time magazine called it “The ping heard round the world.” On April 10，nine players，four officials，and two spouses stepped across a bridge from Hong Kong to the Chinese mainland，ushering in an era of “Ping-Pong diplomacy.” They were the first group of Americans allowed into China since the Communist takeover in 1949.

In various Ping-Pong games，the most famous is the world championship competition，which was held once a

year at the beginning，now，it is held twice a year ever since 1957.

In 1904，a shanghai shop keeper called Wang Dao WU，brought 10 sets of table tennis tools home，the game was therein introduced to china.

Questions

1)What do you feel about the performance of Chinese athletes?

2)Why they can achieve such great honors?

3)What impact of the athletes on you do you think?

4)Will you take an active part in physical exercise? Why or why not?

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Columbus College，241 Queen Elizabeth Drive，Kowloon City Memo

To: All Stall

From: Jalie Mok，Secretary；Sports Development Committee

Date: May 20，2019

A week ago，“Sports for Life” programme was sent to the parents，requiring them to select a sport they wanted their child to play. Since then，our staff have received lots of calls from parents asking for more information about it. Here