Unit 7
Sports and Hobbies
Having Some Fun
I was having dinner at a restaurant when Henry came in. Henry worked in a lawyer's office years ago, but now he is working at a bank. Henry gets a good salary, but he always borrows money and never pays it back. Henry saw me and came to sit down beside me at the same table. He has never borrowed money from me. While he was eating, I asked him to lend me 2 dollars. To my great surprise, he gave me the money immediately. "I have never borrowed any money from you", Henry said, "so now you can pay for my dinner".

Additional Vocabulary About Olympic Games
Aquatics [ ə'kwætiks ](水上运动) |
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Swimming |
游泳 |
freestyle |
自由泳 |
backstroke |
仰泳 |
breaststroke |
蛙泳 |
butterfly |
蝶泳 |
individual medley |
个人混合泳 |
freestyle relay |
自由泳接力 |
medley relay |
混合泳接力 |
Water polo |
水球 |
Diving |
跳水 |
10m platform event |
十米跳台 |
3m springboard event |
三米跳板 |
synchronised diving from 10 m platform |
双人十米跳台 |
synchronised diving from 3 m springboard |
双人三米跳板 |
Synchronised swimming |
花样游泳 |
Archery [ 'ɑ:tʃəri ](射箭) |
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Individual events |
个人赛 |
Team events |
团体赛 |
Athletics(田径) |
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Track |
径赛 |
100 m, 200 m, 400 m |
100米,200米,400米 |
800 m, 1,500 m, 5,000 m, 10,000 m |
800米,1500米,5,000米,10,000米 |
110 m hurdles, 400 m hurdles |
110米栏,400米栏 |
3,000 m steeplechase |
3000米障碍赛 |
4 x 100 m relay, 4 x 400 m relay |
4×100米接力,4×400米接力 |
Jumping |
跳跃 |
high jump |
跳高 |
pole vault |
撑杆跳高 |
long jump |
跳远 |
triple jump |
三级跳远 |
Throwing |
投掷 |
shot put |
推铅球 |
discus |
掷铁饼 |
hammer |
掷链球 |
javelin |
标枪 |
Decathlon |
男子十项全能 |
Heptathlon |
女子七项全能 |
Road events |
公路赛 |
marathon |
马拉松 |
walk |
竞走 |
Ball Games(球类运动) |
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Badminton |
羽毛球 |
men's singles |
男子单打 |
women's singles |
女子单打 |
men's doubles |
男子双打 |
women's doubles |
女子双打 |
mixed doubles |
混合双打 |
Baseball |
棒球 |
Basketball |
篮球 |
Football |
足球 |
Handball |
手球 |
Hockey / Field Hockey |
曲棍球 |
Softball |
垒球 |
Table Tennis |
乒乓球 |
Tennis |
网球 |
Volleyball |
排球 |
Beach Volleyball |
沙滩排球 |
Cycling(自行车) |
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Road cycling |
公路自行车赛 |
Track cycling |
场地自行车赛 |
sprint |
追逐赛 |
time trial |
计时赛 |
points race |
计分赛 |
pursuit |
争先赛 |
Mountain bike |
山地自行车赛 |
Equestrian [ i'kwestriən ](马术) |
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Jumping |
障碍赛 |
Dressage |
盛装舞步 |
Eventing |
三日赛 |
Fencing(击剑) |
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Foil |
花剑 |
Epee |
重剑 |
Sabre |
佩剑 |
Gymnastics(体操) |
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Artistic Gymnastics |
竞技体操 |
Floor Exercises |
自由体操 |
Pommel Horse |
鞍马 |
Rings |
吊环 |
Vault |
跳马 |
Parallel Bars |
双杠 |
Horizontal Bar |
单杠 |
Uneven Bars |
高低杠 |
Balance Beam |
平衡木 |
Rhythmic Gymnastics |
艺术体操 |
Gymnastics Trampoline |
蹦床 |
Sailing(帆船) |
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Windsurfer men / women - Mistral one design |
男子/女子帆板米氏级 |
Single-handed Dinghy Women - Europe |
女子帆船欧洲级 |
Single-handed Dinghy men - Finn |
男子帆船芬兰人级 |
Single-handed Dinghy open - Laser |
激光级 |
Double-handed Dinghy men / women - 470 |
男子/女子帆船470级预赛 |
Double-handed Dinghy open - 49er |
49人级 |
Multihull open - Tornado |
龙卷风级 |
Keelboat men - Star |
男子星光级 |
Keelboat women - Yngling |
女子索林级 |
Shooting(射击) |
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10 m air rifle |
10米气步枪 |
10 m air pistol |
10米气手枪 |
Men's 10 m running target |
男子10米移动靶 |
Men's 50 m rifle prone position |
男子50米步枪卧射 |
50 m rifle three positions |
50米步枪3种姿势 |
Men's 50 m pistol |
男子50米手枪 |
Women's 25 m pistol |
女子25米手枪 |
Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol |
男子25米手枪速射 |
Trap |
多向飞碟 |
Double trap |
双多向飞碟 |
Skeet |
双向飞碟 |
Weightlifting(举重) |
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Snatch |
抓举 |
Clean and jerk |
挺举 |
Wrestling(摔跤) |
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greco-roman |
古典式摔跤 |
free style |
自由式摔跤 |
Rowing(赛艇) |
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Boxing(拳击) |
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Canoeing(皮划艇) |
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Judo [ 'dʒu:dəu ](柔道) |
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Taekwondo(跆拳道) |