unit13 lesson25TheKalenjin Newwordsandexpressions rek d win win dist ns reis tr k m sta b d h uml nd win winner distance race among star border record homeland track Theyarewinners racetrack star Musicstarrockstar JayChouisamusicstar Chinaisourhomeland motherland Englandisherhomeland north south west east northwest northeast southeast southwest Qinghai Tibet plateau pl t u metre meter mi t eg Thisruleris2metres Thisroadisabout500metres above b v 在 之上 超出eg Today stemperatureisabovezero sealevel si lev l 海平面nature neit 自然natural n t r l 自然的athlete li t Liuxiangisagoodathlete Guojingjingisanathlete too Theyareathletes hundredhundredsofthousandthousandsofmillion milj n millionsof300threehundred3 000threethousand3 000 000threemillion ModelsTheKalenjincanbreaktherecord Theyarewinners Theyarethestarsoftheracetrack Theyarenaturalathletes Theylovetheirhomeland Itisahot dryplateau Understanding Takealookatthe 記錄 ofinternationalrunningeventsinthelastfiftyyears Before1980 the 獲勝者 ofdistanceraceswereusuallyfromNorthAmericanandEurope Thereweresomewinnersfromeothercountries butthereweren tverymanyofthem TherewerenoAfricannames 在 之中 thewinnersthen butthingsareverydifferentnow records winners among Questionone Thereweresomewinnersfromothercountries weren tthere Questiontwo ButtherewerenoAfricannamesamongthewinners werethere Today the 明星 ofthe 跑道 aretheKalenjin stars racetrack TheKalenjinareanAfricanpeoplefromthe 邊界 of 西北部 KenyaandEthiopia borders NorthWest Their 祖國 家鄉(xiāng) isahot dry 高原 about2 500 米 公尺 在 之上 sealevel homeland plateau meters above Thesepeopleare 自然的 天生的 運動員 natural athletes Theyhavelong thinlegs Theirheartrateis 不尋常的 不一樣的 slow unusually Thereareonlythree 百萬 ofthem million Questionthree TheKalenjinarefromKenyaandEthiopia aren tthey Questionfour Theirhomelandisabout2 500meersabovesealevel isn tit Twelveoftheworld stoptwentymarathonrunnersarenowKalenjin Everyyear theywin40percentofthetop 榮譽 inallinternationaldistanceraces honours Andit snotjustthemen Good Questionfive Theywinalotofthetophonoursininternationaldistanceraces don tthey Afewyearsago thereweren tanydistanceracesforwomen Thesedays therearelotsofthem Kalenjinwomenwinalltheireventsaswell Questionsix Afewyearsago thereweren tanydistanceracesforwomen werethere afew少數(shù) 幾個 修飾可數(shù)名詞 eg afewdaysafewyearsafewapples alotof lotsof許多 大量 修飾可數(shù)名詞 不可數(shù)名詞 eg alotofapplesalotofcoffeealotofricealotofpens Summary TherewerenoAfricannamesbefore1980 Buttoday thestarsoftheracetrackaretheKalenjin TheKalenjinareanAfricanpeople Theyhavelong thinlegs Theirheartrateisunusuallyslow Twelveoftheworld stoptwentymarathonrunnersarenowKalenjin Nowadays therearemanyKalenjinwomenintherace snow sn u ice ais hill hil lake leik sheep i p none n n 沒有任何東西 沒有人eg Weretherestuden