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1、Have you heard about Venus and Serena Williams? What is special about them?background informationVenus Williams was born in 1980 and became a tennis professional in 1994.Serena Williams was born in 1981 and turned professional in 1995.Venus broke the womens world record for the fastest serve at Wimb

2、ledon in 2008, with a stroke measuring 129 miles per hour. In the Wimbledon 2008 womens singles matches, they both reached the final without losing a set-when they played each other un the final, Venus won the championship. Partnering each other for the Wimbledon doubles, they won the final, again w

3、ithout losing a set in the match.Before learning the passage, you may be interested in The passage was written by Ria Higgins, published by The Sunday Times on June 27, 2004. It centres on two sisters-international tennis stars-talking about their tennis and about their close-knit family in an inter

4、views. The oral style is quite chatty as each sisters thinks back over their early introduction to the sport and their close relationship to their parents and to each other. 这篇文章是由希金斯在2004年6月27日发表的。是一个以两姐妹（国际网球明星）谈论她们的网球和其亲密家庭的一个访谈。两姐妹以口语化的形式回忆了她们早期的体育状况和他们的父母以及彼此之间的密切关系了。Read through the whole pass

5、age as fast as possible and find out the correct answers for the following questions 1. What is the passage mainly about? a) achievements of Venus and Serena b) Venus and Serenas childhood c) Venus and Seranas parents d) Venus and Seranas tennis and their close-knit family 2. What s the style of the

6、 whole passage? a) formal b) informalReading and understanding 1. Serena is _. a) the same age as Venus b) a little older than Venus c) younger than Venus d) a lot older than Venus 2. Whatever she dose, Serena wants to _. a) do her best b) do better than Venus c) please her parents d) earn moneyCa 3

7、. Serena was encouraged to do well by _. a) her family b) her mother c) the whole family d) both her parents 4. When they were growing up, the Williams sisters_. a) didnt have any money b) had to work hard for their success c) earned a lot of money from their jobs d) didnt need to worry about moneyd

8、b 5. Venus is different from Serena because she _. a) is quiter b) has a stronger sense of humour c) is more private d) says what she thinks 6. The two sisters_. a) dont get on with each other b) are exactly like each other c) get on with each other almost all the time d) look after each otherdcStep

9、 1: outline the following expressions in the passage think back over and over play a role in think of as get oneself together be born with a silver spoon in your mouth go without come ones way take a risk try out on the other hand store sth up get sth off your chest for sure come along to begin with

10、 in play start off what with laugh sbs head off Step 2: Then go back to the passage, and guess the meaning of the expressins mentioned accroding to the context.Step 3: look up your vocabulary handbook to check your answers.think backIf you think back, you make an effort to remember things that happe

11、ned to you in the past 回想，回忆eg: The photographs made me think back to my schooldays. 这些照片使我想起我的学生时代。 Thinking back to the past, Im chocked by a gamut of emotions. 回想过去，我内心百感交集。over and over (again) do sth repeatedly 一再地，再三地 I read the report over and over, till I almost knew it by heart. 我一遍又一遍地看这篇报

12、告，知道我烂熟于心。think of sth as I think of lawn as a carpet, a place for running and playing. We often think of museums as dry places full of stuff you cant touch. Most kids often think of super stars as heroes. 认为，将看做get oneself together organize yourself for an activity, especially if you have been relu

13、ctant（不情愿的） or unable to do it. 平静下来，镇定下来 He stood and looked at the seascape （海景）, killing what he figured was enough time for Gloria to （计算）get herself together, and then walked back to the car, where she was finishing a cigarette. go without 缺少（所需之物），没有（生活所需品） If office visits are free for the pa

14、tients and Medicare only paid doctors $1 an office visit, demand still would be greater than supply, and the costs would still go up. If demand is greater than supply, rationing (平均配给)is the inevitable result, and someone is going to have to go without come ones way Wonderful career opportunities wi

15、ll come your way this year. But we wanted to see the love come our way a little more. I knew even in my teens that any success to come my way would be due in large measure to the time, advice and instruction from my father. When you give back, good things do come your way. Im just being me and takin

16、g advantage of the opportunities that come my way. something, espacially good things, happen to sbon the other hand On the one hand, he clearly understands the opportunities David has been given: He will get chances I did not have. That is good, says Banda. But, on the other hand, he talks fondly（温柔

17、地） about his own childhood, in this very same village, and notes that, despite the poverty, he was happy. 一方面.另一方面get sth off ones chest to talk to someone about sth that has been bothering you, so that you feel better after talking about it. 倾吐心事，说出心里话 If somethings bothering you, get it off your c

18、hest. 如果你有什么不痛快的事情，把它说出来吧！for sure But without a big study, he says, nobody can say for sure what the results might be. I thought I would die for sure at 30. Researchers will never know for sure whether a particular product or type of learning actually increases intelligence。 Ritter said there are t

19、oo many variables（变量） to say for sure whether that would make a difference to someone in Ginsbergs situation. For sure, it has to be this young man, says Najjat. For sure, we all suffered from（患有） cabin fever(幽居病). Theyre going to be two spoiled（溺爱） boys, thats for sure. Nobody ever wanted to see hi

20、m go, thats for sure.start off If you start off by doing something, you do it as the first part of an activity. But you can start off with whatever weight youre comfortable with. 但是你可以从自己感到舒适的任何重量开始锻炼。 To start someone off means to cause them to begin doing something. Her mother started her off acti

21、ng in childrens theatre. 她母亲先是让她在儿童剧院里演出。what with what with is used when you are giving a number of reasons for a particular situation. 由于，因为（用于列举某种状况或问题的各种原因） What with dishes to wash and children to put to bed, mother was late to the meeting. 母亲因为要洗碗碟，又要哄孩子睡觉，以致开会迟到。 get yourself together go with

22、out come ones way what with born with a sliver spoons in ones mouth for sure get things off ones chest laugh ones head off giving a lot of reasons sth is certain to happen born in a rich family talk about sth which has been bothering you be very funny sth happens to sb make yourself calm you dont ha

23、ve things you needTranslate And Im thinkful for that because ,even though were still relatively young,I can already see how its been an important building block in both our characters. 我对此心存感激，因为我们还年轻，可我已经认识到这对塑造我们的性格起了很大的作用。 What with playing tennis together and sharing bedrooms until I was 15,Serena and I have always been close. 在15岁以前，我都和塞雷纳一起打球，还和她睡在同一个卧室里，所以我们一直亲密无间。