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Slide 2: Yao Ming
Slide 3: NBA star Yao Ming‘s image and in tegrity( 正直，诚实 ) have won him the right to carry China's flag at the opening ceremony of the Athens Olympics. Yao Ming will carry the flag during Friday's opening ceremony, , ,dele gation. leading the Chinese The Houston Rockets' center was selected because of his character, Chinese officials said. “He is a man of integrity and has a good sense of humor,” delegation official Xiao Tian said, “He is the perfect one to be the flag-bearer." ,
Slide 4: iu Xiang will bear the flag for China at the closing ceremony of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.
Slide 5: • Basketball fans paint car of Yao Ming, a Shanghai native and an NBA player, on walls in the Yao Ming Basketball Park in the city October 12, 2004. Yao will lead his team, , the Houston Rockets, to the park for charity( 慈善 ) activities Wednesday afternoon. The Rockets will play the Sacramento Kings in Shanghai and Beijing on October 14 and 17 , res pectively ( 分别地 ) the first ever NBA games in China. ,toon figures
Slide 7: • Basketball fans paint car of Yao Ming, a Shanghai native and an NBA player, on walls in the Yao Ming Basketball Park in the city October 12, 2004. Yao will lead his team, , the Houston Rockets, to the park for charity( 慈善 ) activities Wednesday afternoon. The Rockets will play the Sacramento Kings in Shanghai and Beijing on October 14 and 17 , res pectively ( 分别地 ) the first ever NBA games in China. ,toon figures
Slide 8: • There's little wonder that the Little Giant (Yao Ming's Chinese nickname) would grow up to be a real giant. Both Yao's parents were renowned basketball stars in China in the 1970s and even his uncles are two meters tall, on average. • Entering a Shanghai sports school in 1989, the nine-year-old , em braced basketball. He was selected for Shanghai's youth team at age 14 and later played for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese professional league. • In 1998, Yao was awarded his first chance to play in the 1999 Asian Cup and 2000 Sydney Olympic Games for the team under former national team coach Wang Fei. • On October 21, 2002, Yao signed a contract with the Houston Rockets as the Top NBA(the National Basketball Association ) , Draf tee( 应征者 ).
Slide 9: • • • • • • • • • • Club: Houston Rockets, NBA Height: 226 cm Weight: 134 kg Born : Shanghai, China on Sept. 12, 1980 Position: Center In 1989, began to play basketball At age 14, Shanghai's youth team Later, the Shanghai Sharks the 1999 Asian Cup and 2000 Sydney Olympic Games On October 21, 2002, signed a contract with the Houston Rockets
Slide 10: How to describe an athlete • • • • • • • What to write about: 1.Who(whose, whom)-question 2.When-question 3.Where-question 4.Why-question 5.What-question 6.How-question
Slide 12: Newly crowned Olympic hurdle champion Liu Xiang will bear the flag for China at the closing
Slide 13: Writing Liu Xiang Born ： July.13, 1983 in Shanghai, China Height ： 1.88m Weight ： 74 kg Item ： Track and field(110 metre hurdles) his father a truck driver and mother an out-of-work housewife, loved sports when he was very little. selected to the Junior Sports School of Putuo District as a fourth grader in the primary school 1998, a turning point for Liu's career, attracted coach Sun Haiping's attention as a 15-year-old jumper 2003, bronze medalist at world indoor and outdoor championships won Asia's first 110 meter hurdles gold at the Athens Olympic Games.
Slide 14: • Liu Xiang was born in Shanghai in July 13, _____ _____ _____ 1983. When he is in Grade 4, he was selected( 选择 ) to the Junior Sports School _____ to practise jump. The year of 1998 was a _____ _____ turning point for him, which he attracted _____ his coach’s attention as a 15-years-old _____ jumper. Later on, he was chose for his great performance in the Athens Olympic _____ Games and won Asia's the first 110 meter _____ hurdles gold. It is the first golden medal _____ Chinese athletes have ever won from the track and field in the Olympic history.
Slide 15: _____ _____ _____ • Liu Xiang was born in Shanghai in July 13, 1983. When he is in Grade 4, he was selected( 选择 ) to the Junior Sports School to practise jump. The year of 1998 was a turning point for him, which he attracted his coach’s attention as a 15-years-old jumper. Later on, he was chose for his great performance in the Athens Olympic Games and won Asia's the first 110 meter hurdles gold. It is the first golden medal Chinese athletes have ever won from the track and field in the Olympic history. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
Slide 16: Homework • • • • Liu Guozheng Be born in Wuhan, Hubei Province; on May the 7th, 1980; begin to play table-tennis, at six; in 1994, be chosen to the National Team. 1.66 metres tall; 63kilogrammes. Work hard at training; be strict with himself. Has won several championship in the national and world matches; in his spare time, like music and computer; now training still harder to win more honor.