Book 2 Unit 2 Learning the Olympic Standard for Love Text Reading Questions: How did the writer feel when she met Nikolai for the first time? Did Nikolai himself try very hard at skiing when he was young? What did they achieve through hard training? Did they participate in the Olympics as they had expected? What did the writer learn from Nikolai? I. Understanding The text is about the writer’s training experiences for Olympic Games with an ex-Soviet coach, through which the writer learned the Olympic standard for love. Text Study—Understanding Global Reading-main idea >> Text Structure Analysis Part Para. Main Idea 1 1~4 First Meeting with Nikolai 2 5~19 The Olympic Standard of Love as Shown by Nikolai 3 20 Visiting Nikolai after Stopping Training 4 21 Conclusion of the Whole Text Language Points Text Study—Understanding Part I. First Meeting with Nikolai (Para. 1-4) My impression and feelings about Nikolai: Nikolai’s high expectation of me: not half as intimidating as I had imagined; nervous “… for 2002 in Salt Lake City, you could be ready.” Was she ever thinking of participating olympic before he suggest? Part I (-4) First Meeting with Nikolai I was so nervous in his presence.() in sb’s presence/in the presence of sb: in the same place as someone else Translation: Don’t mention it in his presence. 这是他第一次当着那么多的观众演讲。 This is the first time that he has made a speech in the presence of a large audience. 2. I was a promising amateur skier, but by no means the top skier in the country.() by no means: (used to emphasize a negative statement) not at all 我们根本不满意他的回答。 We are by no means satisfied with their reply. 坐在他旁边的那个人确实发表过一些小说,但绝不是什么大作家。 The person sitting next to him did publish some novels, but he is by no means a great writer. 2. I was a promising amateur skier, but by no means the top skier in the country.() Notice: inversion 学校教育决不能脱离实践。 By no means can teaching in school be separated from practice.
