U7大学英语基础教程答案第7单元

大学基础英语教程Unit SevenLead-in Listening Communicative Activity

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Ultimate ChallengeAccept the challenges, so you may feel the exhilaration of victory. victory ---Patton Patton 接受挑战， 接受挑战 ， 你就可以感 受成功的快乐。 受成功的快乐。 ---巴顿 ---巴顿

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Nowadays, more and more people are taking part in some risky activities called extreme sports. What makes extreme sports so popular? Loving to risk is perhaps one of the reasons. Maybe, human beings never stop trying to challenge themselves. In Text A, the writer informs us about bungee jumping. Text B tells us some basic knowledge of rock climbing.

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Listen to the following conversation and fill in the blanks with the correct words or phrases. You may choose the words or phrases from the list given.

popular, number, enjoy, extreme, common motor racing, skilled, practice, while, watching

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Tom: Are extreme sports ________ in your country? popular Bob: They’re not very popular. Only a small ________ of people actually do them. number enjoy Many people ______watching them on TV. There's a very popular TV program each week, which is about________ sports and the people who participate extreme in them. Tom: Which sports are usually featured in the program? Bob: Bungee jumping, skydiving, and cliff diving are the most ________, but there common motor racing are other kinds of sports, such as ____________ and skateboarding. Tom: I think that the people who do skateboarding are very ________. It must skilled take a lot of ________ to stay on the skateboard ______ doing so many jumps practice while and turns. Bob: The kids who do it are so young. Well, it's better for them than sitting at home watching TV all day! ________

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Starting a ConversationRead the following conversation and pay attention to what the speakers say. Mary: Hi, Jack, How was your vacation? Jack: Awesome. We went to Australia and New Zealand. Mary: That must have been wonderful. Tell me something interesting. Jack: Well, we went bungee jumping while in Australia. Mary: Wow! Isn't that dangerous? Jack: A little, but the rush was worth it. Mary: Tell me about it. Jack: We had jumped off a bridge and fallen 500 feet before the bungee cord caught us. Mary: 500 feet! I would never be able to do that. Jack: Yeah. It was scary, but exhilarating.

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Talk about extreme sports with the classmates sitting around you. You may use the following tips to help you. I’m sorry I missed it/couldn't go/was away for the weekend. We climbed up/fell off a 300-foot cliff. It was a very difficult climb because there are not many p

laces to put your hands and feet It is a very high cliff/the weather is very bad there this time of year. We went bungee jumping/rock climbing/ hiking when we were in… We had jumped off a bridge and fallen/dropped 500 feet before the bungee cord caught us. It was scary/frightening/terrifying, but exhilarating/exciting/a real rush. I am going for a hike/a drive/a bike ride in…bac k

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Pre-reading questions1. What kind of life do you prefer, an exciting one or a peaceful one? Why? 2. What's your opinion of bungee jumping? Do you want to have a try?

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Bunge Jumping

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Ultimate ChallengeBungee Jumping

Anyone can do it. You climb a high tower or crane. Or perhaps you go up in a hot-air balloon. Someone attaches a thick rubber band around your ankles. Then you leap out into the wild blue yonder. Your body plunges toward the earth below. Then, at the last moment, the rubber band stops you. This is not your day to die. The sport is called bungee jumping. It originated in the south Pacific island of Vanuatu with the natives performing it as part of their manhood ritual, leaping from bamboo towers with only vines tied to their ankles.

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Modern bungee jumping began in England on April Fools’ Day, 1979. The members of the Oxford Dangerous Sports Club were looking for a new thrill. So the men climbed up a high bridge, tied rubber cords to their ankles, and jumped. But it was a man from New Zealand who made bungee jumping a big sport. His name was Alan John Hackett. Hackett was quite a dare devil. He had once jumped off the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. Then, in 1988, he wanted to give others a chance to try bungee jumping. At that time, though, the sport was illegal. So Hackett made a deal with New Zealand police. Using his own money, he would fix up a bridge over a river gorge. In return, the police would let him open a legal bungee jumping center on the bridge.bac k

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The center was a huge success. Hackett gave each jumper a special T-shirt. Everyone wanted one of those shirts. And since the only way to get one was to make a jump, more and more people agreed to do it. Some jumpers did wild things. They asked to jump with an extra-long cord. That way they would dip into the river before the cord pulled them back. One man put shampoo on his head. When he bounced up out of the water, he was washing his hair!

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