The younger Brother

Terry Jackson's father was a doctor and a very good tennis player, too. Terry's mother was very clever. She was a science teacher in a big school. Terry's brother, Sid, was four years older than Terry. His sister, Lousia, was two years older than him. Terry was the youngest person in the family. Sid and Lousia went to the same school- Kenton School.

People always said to Terry, 'You're very lucky. Both your father and mother are very clever. Your father's a very good tennis player. You'll be very clever and very good at tennis.' When Terry was twelve years old, he went to Kenton School, too. His class teacher was Mr Walker. Mr Walker was also the school tennis coach.

'We'll all know your brother and sister,' Mr Walker said to Terry on his first day at Kenton School. 'Sid's a very good tennis player and Lousia's very clever. Are you going to be tennis champion like your father? Terry was worried. 'I don't know, Mr Walker. I'm not a good tennis player,' he said.

Mr Walker laughed. 'The Jacksons are all good tennis players,' he said. 'I want you to play for the school tennis team.' You will have your first tennis lesson tomorrow.'

Soon Terry had play tennis for Kenton School. Mr Walker said, 'You're going to play against Ron Skipper. He's the best player at Belton School.'

Terry was very small. Ron Skipper was tall. Ron served very well. The ball hit the ground on Terry's side. Then it hit the wall behind Terry. Terry missed the ball! Mr Walker was very surprised. 'Come on, Terry,' he shouted. 'You're a good tennis player. You're going to win!'

Ron served again. Terry missed the ball again. Soon Ron won the game. Now Terry served. He served very badly and the ball hit the net.

Ron Skipper won the match in thirty minutes!

Terry was sad and angry. After the match, he ran away. He did not shake hands with Ron Skipper.

'Come back, Terry,' shouted Mr Walker. 'I want to talk to you.'

Buy Terry did not come back. He ran home. His mother was waiting for him. She did not ask Terry about the match. She said, 'Terry, you must do your homework now. You must work harder at school this year. You must work as hard as your sister!' Lousia was very clever. She wanted to be a vet.

Terry locked himself in his bedroom. He tried to do his homework but it was too difficult. He said to himself, 'I'm not like Lousia. I'm not clever!'

When Sid came home, she said to Terry, 'Why did you run away? Mr Walker was very cross. He wants to see you tomorrow.'

The next day Terry went to see Mr Walker. He was afraid.

'I talked to your father yesterday, Terry,' said Mr Walker.

'Your father and I want you to practise tennis more. You must have a tennis lesson with me every day after school.'

'But when will I do my homework, Mr Walker?' asked Terry.

'All the jacksons are clever. You can do it after the tennis lesson,' said Mr Walker.

So Terry practised tennis every day after school. And he played with his father and Sid every weekend.

Now Terry was very busy. He had to practise tennis every day after school and do his homework in the evening. He did not have time to play!

'You must do your homework,' his mother told him.

'You must practise tennis more if you want to be a good tennis player like me,' said his father.

Terry began to hate tennis. He did not want to play tennis any more.

One afternoon Terry ran away before his tennis lesson. Sid ran after him. ’Come back! You must come to your tennis lesson,' shouted Sid. But Terry did not want to go to his lesson. He ran home.

Terry's mother was at home when Terry came home. 'You're early today,' she said. 'That's good! Now you can do lots of homework.' Mrs Jackson gave Terry some extra homework. It was very difficult. About an hour later Mrs Jackson came into Terry's bedroom. She asked, 'Have you finished all the homework yet?'

'I can't do it,' said Terry.

'You can't do it?' said Mrs Jackson. 'Why not?'

'Because it's too difficult and I'm not like you and Lousia. I'm not clever,' said Terry.

'And... I'm not good at tennis like Sid and Dad. I'm not good at anything!'

Terry did not want to talk to anybody and everyone was angry with him.

One afternoon after school Terry was running home. He looked behind him and saw Mr walker. Mr Walker was running after Terry. Terry was very angry. 'I don't want to play tennis,' he told himself. 'I don't want to do my homework. I would rather run!' Terry ran faster and faster. Then he looked behind him. Mr Walker was not there.

That night Terry ran again. When he was running, he was happy. But when he went home, he felt afraid. 'Perhaps Mr Walker will make me play tennis again!' he thought.

The next day Mr Walker saw Terry in the school playground. Terry felt very afraid and wanted to run away. But Mr Walker smiled at him and said, 'I tried to catch up with you last night.' 'I'm sorry, Mr Walker, but...' said Terry. 'I'm a good runner, but you were too fast!' said Mr Walker. 'I couldn't catch up with you. You're a very good runner. Do you like running more than tennis, Terry?' Terry thought about this. When he played tennis, he was not happy. But when he ran, he was happy.

'Yes, Mr Walker,' said Terry. 'I would rather run.'

Terry saw Mr Walker again at lunch-time. Mr Walker said, 'I've talked to your father. I'm going to be your coach.'

'My tennis coach, Mr Walker?' asked Terry.

'No,' said Mr Walker, 'Your running coach. There'll be a race next month against Belton School. I want you to run for our school.' Mr Walker ran with Terry every day. Terry learned to start a race quickly. Mr Walker timed Terry with his stop watch. Terry was very fast!

It was the day of the race. Terry felt very afraid. Belton School had the best runners. Ron Skipper was their faster runner. He laughed when he saw Terry.

'What are you doing here?' Ron Skipper asked. 'I won our tennis match. And I'm going to win this race!'

The runners waited for the race to start. Terry looked around. All his family were watching him. Mr Walker was watching, too. He felt very afraid. The race started. Ron Skipper ran very fast, but Terry ran faster. Terry won the race！Everyone cheered.

Now Terry was very happy. He began to like his lessons. His mother and father were happy. Mr Walker was also happy. 'You have won all your races, Terry,' he said. 'I want to run with the fastest runners in the world,' said Terry. 'Where can I do that?'

Mr Walker smiled. 'At the Olympic Games, Terry,' he said, 'but you'll have to work very hard to run there. Only the best athletes go to the Olympic Games.'

'I will work hard, Mr Walker,' said Terry. 'And I will work hard at school, too. One day I want to be the best runner in the world.'

was a doctor and a very good tennis player, too. 并列表语

was four years older than Terry. be 数词 years older than sb. 比某人大多数岁

the same school。 same 前要加the， 同一所学校

said to Terry, say过去式，不及物动词

good at tennis. be good at sth 擅长做某事

coach n. 教练；私人教师；

like your father. 定语修饰 father

against Ron Skipper. prep 跟...对抗，作宾语

served ；对待；发球

in thirty minutes! in+一段时间，用在过去时态，表示花了多少时间

shake hands with Ron Skipper. shake hands with sb 跟某人握手

he did not ask Terry about the match. ask sb about sth. 询问某人某事

vet 兽医

work as hard as your sister. as hard as sb 向某人一样努力

very cross. 同义 angry

He did not want to play tennis any more. did not ... any more 再也不做某事。

Sid ran after him. ran after sb. 追赶某人

extra homework. adj. 额外的；另外收费的

everyone was angry with him. be angry with sb 生某人的气

He looked behind him。 强调方向， 往身后看。

I would rather run!' would rather 宁愿做某事

ran faster and faster. 跑得越来越快

When he was running, he was happy. 时间状语的动作跟主语是同时发生，与此同时。

Perhaps 副词，放在句首，相当于插入语

to catch up with you， 追上某人

more than tennis, 比起tennis 更喜欢...

at lunch-time. 在午餐时间

to start a race quickly. 在比赛中快速起步， quickly作宾补

timed 计时

cheered v. 欢呼

athletes n. 运动员；

The Olympic Games 奥运会

The Olympic Games happen every four years. Each time they are in a different city.

The first Olympic Games were more than two thousand years ago in a place called Olympia in Greece. There were races and lots of different sports. People from all over Greece came to the Olympic Games.

The Olympic Games stopped for a very long time. Then a man called Baron Pierre de Coubertin started them again in Athens in 1896. Athletes from all over the world came to the new Olympic.

Today more than 15,000 athletes from 160 countries go to the Olympics each time. Before the Olympic Games start, there is an opening ceremony with music, dancing and fireworks. All the athletes march into the Stadium. Each team carries the flag of its country. Some small countries have very small teams. Big countries like China and the USA have hundreds of athletes.

Then a runner runs into the stadium with the Olympic torch. The torch is always lit. The runner lights the Olympic fire in the stadium. Then the Olympic Games start.

The best athletes from each country go to the Olympic Games. There are three medals for each game. The gold medal is for the champion. If you win the gold medal, you are the best athlete in the world at your sport. The silver medal is for the first runner-up. The bronze medal is for the second runner-up. If you win a medal, everyone sees your country's flag and hears your country's song.

There are lots of running races at the Olympics. The shortest race is 100 metres. Today runners can finish the race in about ten seconds. There are races of 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres. The longest race is the marathon. The marathon is 4,2195 metres long. In the marathon the athletes run in the streets. Then the race ends in the stadium. Today marathon runners are very fast. In 1988 Belavneh Dinsamo from Ethiopia finished the marathon in 2 hours.

There are lots of different sports at the Olympics. Some are throwing games. To win a throwing game, the athletes must throw something very far. In the hammer, each athlete throws a very heavy ball with a long wire. The athlete holds the wire in his hands, spins it and himself, then releases it. In the discus, each athlete holds a very heavy discus in one hand. The athlete spins himself/herself and then throws the discus. In the shot-put, each athlete holds a very heavy ball close to the neck. Then he/she pushes it away very fast. In the javelin, each athlete throws a javelin to make it strike the round.

There are different jumping games, too. There is the long jump, the triple jump, the high jump and the pole vault. In the long jump, the jumpers run, step and jump into a sandpit. In the triple jump, the jumpers run and then hop, step and jump into a sandpit. In th high jump, the jumpers jump over a high bar. In the pole vault, the jumpers jump with the help of a long vaulting pole.

There are also some team games at the Olympics, for example, basketball and football. You can also watch boat races and bicycle races.

Most of the athletes at the Olympic are very good at one sport, but the athletes in the decathlon must be good at running, jumping and throwing. The decathlon takes two days. There are four different races, the long jump, the high jump, the pole vault, the shot-put, the discus and the javelin. The athletes get points for each sport. Then the points for all ten games are added up. The winner is the person with the most points.

The Olympic Games. The+专有名词

every four years. 每四年

Each time 每一次

were more than two thousand years ago 是在两千多年前

called Olympia in Greece. 在希腊叫做奥林匹亚。 过去分词短语做后置定语

from all over Greece 来自希腊各地; 后置定语

more than 15,000 more than 修饰数词，超过15000

Before the Olympic Games start = 从句

opening ceremony 开幕式；开学典礼；开幕仪式；开幕典礼

march v. 齐步走，行军；

with music, dancing and fireworks. 介词短语，并列宾语。作定语。

hundreds of athletes. 成百上千的运动员。hundreds of 定语

Olympic torch. 奥运火炬；奥运圣火

medals 奖章；勋章

first runner-up 第二名，亚军

second runner-up. 季军，第三名

of 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres. 后置定语

throwing games. 投掷比赛

In the hammer, 链球项目

In the discus 铁饼运动

In the shot-put 在掷铅球项目

In the javelin, 在标枪项目

to make it strike the round. strike = hit 插在地上

jumping games 跳远项目

the long jump, the triple jump, the high jump and the pole vault. 跳远、三级跳、跳高和撑杆跳。

step 跨步走

sandpit n. 沙坑；采沙坑

hop v. 单脚跳行

vaulting pole 撑竿

in the decathlon 在十项全能

Young sports Stars 年轻的体育明星

Some very young people become sports stars when they go to the Olympics.

The youngest Olympic champion was Joy Foster from Jamaica. She became a table tennis champion in 1958 when she was only eight years old! A boy from France won a boat race at the Olympic in 1900. He was not more then ten years old.

Barbara Pearl Jones from the United States was a runner. She won a gold medal at the 1952 Olympics. She was fifteen years old.

Many people all over the world like playing football. The most important football match is the World Cup. It happens every four years. Norman whiteside was the youngest football player to play in the world Cup. He played in the 1982 World Cup. He was only seventeen!

Pele was the best football player in the world. He started to play for Brazil when he was seventeen. Brazil won the World Cup three times in 1958. 1962 and 1970 when Pele was a player.

Today tennis is one of the most popular sports. In women's tennis some of the stars are fourteen or fifteen years old. In men's tennis the stars are usually older. Jennifer Capriati from the United States was fourteen in 1990 when she became a tennis star. Michael Chang is also from the United States. He became a tennis champion and tennis star in 1989 when he was only seventeen years old.

Many young people want to be sports stars. Some want to play football in the World Cup. Some want to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games. It is not easy to be a young sports star. Young sports starts must work very hard. They must practise for many hours a day, Sometimes they do not have time to do their homework so they have to study at weekends. Sometimes they do not have time to play and to meet other children. Some young sports starts are very lonely.

Which sport do you like? Do you want to be a sports star?

was the youngest football player to play in the world Cup. 有形容词最高级，修饰player 后面可以加 动词不定式短语作后置定语

tennis is one of the most popular sports. one of +形容词最高级， 最什么之一