2019外研版高一英語必修二unit3課文

1、必修二unit3課文A game for the WOrld1. TheSe days, football is One Of the most POPUlar SPOrtS in the world. GiVen that Neil ArmStrOng Wanted to take a football to the Moon, We COUId even Say that it is also the most POPUIar SPOrt OUt Of this world! The history Of the game goes back OVer two thousand years

2、 to AnCient China. It WaS then known as CUjU (kick ball), a game USing a ball Of animal SkinS With hair inside GirIS Were hung in the air. FOOtball as We know it today Started in Great Britain, Where the game WaS given new rules.2. That football is SUCh a SilnPIe game to Play is PerhaPS the basis Of

3、 its POPUIarity It is also a game that is Very CheaP to PIay YOU don,t need expensive equipment; even the ball doesn,t have to COSt much money. AIl OVer the WOrId you Can See kids Playing to their hearts1 COntent With a ball made Of PIaStiC bags; just Iike Pele did When he WaS a boy.3. AnOther facto

4、r behind footba,s global POPUlarity is the CreatiVity and excitement On the field. It is fun enough to attract millions Of PeOPIe YOU do not have to be a fan to recognise the Skin Of PrOfeSSiOnal PlayerS- how they USe their bodies to pass, SCOre and defend Can be amazing to See- Or to feel the excit

5、ement Of a game engine With a SUrPriSing twist.4. WatCh more, football has become One Of the best WayS for PeOPle to COmmUnicate: it does not require words, but everyone UnderStandS it. It breaks down WanS and brings PeOPIe together On and Off the field. Take, for example, the famous football game O

6、n ChriStmaS Day 1914. WOrId War 1 had broken OUt months before, but BritiSh and Gennan SOIdierS PUt down their guns and PIayed football together- One InOment Of PeaCe to remember during years Of a conflict.5. SOme PeOPIe believe football is a Inatter Of Iife and death,.,t Said Bin Shankly, the famou

7、s footballer and manager. I Can assure you it is much, much more important than that." ThiS Inight SOUnCl funny, but One OnIy has to think about the Earth to realise that OUr Planet is ShaPed Iike a football.RUnlIing into a better IifeThiS global Site is a PlaCe for runners to ShOW you their St

8、OrieS about running So, if you are a runner With a StOry to tell, get in touch- we,d IOVe to hear from you!Li Yue, 16, BeijingI WaS born With asthma and I never thought d be the runner! I OnIy joined my IOCal athletics ClUb because my doctor told me that in Iny PartiCUlar CaSe exercise COUId improve

9、 how Iny IUngS WOrk BUt before I knew it, I WaS taking Part in IOCal races AS my fitness and my running improved, I Started running in national COmPetitiOnS ThiS year I WOn SilVer in the Under 18,s 10, OOO meters! And WhO knows, next year I COUId Win gold!Sarah, 36, MOIltrealNOt SO IOng ago, I didn,

10、t do any exercise - not even any jogging! Then I discovered an app Caned RUnning POWe匚 If IiStS your PerfOrmanCe against Other runners in your SOCial network. At first, I kept running just to See Iny name in the top five. Soon, I found that I WaS not alone-I Came across Other runners in the Same are

11、a running for the Same purpose! NOW I no IOnger USe the app, but ve fallen in IOVe With running, and Stiil do it With my running friends.David, 52, NeW YOrkAS a COmPUter engineer, there,s always a new Chanenge just around the corner! It Can be quite StreSSfUl at times, though, WhiCh in turn InakeS m

12、e feel anxious TO help deal With this, I go running as Often as I POSSibIy can. Whether Fm at the gym Or On the road, my nervous energy PUSheS me through IniIe one. By IniIe two, the tension has moved from my mind to my IegS By the end Of the run, all Iny StreSS has disappeared and Fm ready to face

13、the next day at work!Grace, 25, ManCheSterThiS year and entered the Great GOrilIa RUn in LOndOn. ThiS is a PrOgramme run by The GOrina OrganiZatiOn to raise money to SaVe the WOrId,s IaSt remaining gorillas from dying out. EaCh runner receives a gorilla suit, and Off they go! Ifs a bit hot and SWeat

14、y inside the suit, and my IegS ache, but it,s a IOt Of fun. The funniest moment WaS When SOmeOne WatChing the race Offered me a banana- a real treat for a running gorilla! I had a great day OUt in London, as Weil as helping to SaVe gorillas!Writing a SPOrtS StOryStOrieS WaIItedThiS new global Site i

15、s a PIaCe for SPOrtS IOVerS to Share their stories. We are IOOking for StOrieS to inspire OUr readers DO you Want to Share your story? Send it to US right now!I WaS SO PrOUd When my team WOn the ice hockey COmPetitiOn. It Inade me feel Iike I COUId achieve anything Only three years ago, I WaS terrified Of WaIking Or Skating On ice. TO deal With this, I decided to join the Skating CIUb My teacher WaS great and before I knew it, I WaS able to skate. He then PerSUadeCl Ine to try ice hockey