本书立足于选择国外原汁原味的文章，注重在文章中渗透体育元素，让课文的内容贴近学生的生活和专业学习，激发他们的学习热情；同时，考虑到国外原版文章的语言过难，我们又邀请了外籍专家进行了精心改写，使课文既保持原貌特色又具有可读性、可教性和可学性；针对体育术科专业学生活泼、外向的特点，我们在课文教学的多个环节设计了丰富多彩的活动，让他们在轻松愉快的氛围中学习英语，真正能在模拟的语言环境中习得语言，加强他们的语言交际能力；针对体育术科专业学生形象思维发达、抽象思维相对较弱的特点，我们在语法学习中没有过多地罗列语法规则，而是给出大量例句，有的还配了图片，让学生在语言实例中感知语言，同时也锻炼了学生的自学能力，培养学生良好的学习习惯。可供各大专院校作为教材使用，也可供从事相关工作的人员作为参考用书使用。

Unit One

 Passage A

Pablo Picasso

 Grammar

Simple，Compound and Complex Sentences

 Passage B

Steven Spielberg

 Fast Reading

Louganis' Headache

Unit Two

 Passage A

Howto Keep Fit?--Swimming!

 Grammar

Infinitive

 Passage B

How to Keep Clean in Space?

 Fast Reading

How to TraveI for Less?

Unit Three

 Passage A

Time Across Cultures

 Grammar

Infinitive and Gerund Puncluation

 Passage B

Time Management

 Fast Reading

A MemorableOlympic Event--The Perfect Ten

Unit Four

 Passage A

TV Broadcasting Rights of Olympics

 Grammar

Present Perfect Terise

 Passage B

Fast Food for Fast Olympic Athletes

 Fast Reading

The Art of Eating Out-Chinese Diet

Unit Five

 Passage A

Animal Einsteins

 Grammar

PreSent Perfect and Past Simple

 Passage B

Why Are Dogs Important for Our Life?

 Fast Reading

English Idioms and Baseball

Unit Six

 Passage A

Pray for My Mother

 Grammar

Attributive Clauses

 Passage B

The Iron Lady Sobbed--Margaret Thatcher

 Fast Reading

9 Prevention Tips forSchool Sports Injuries

Unit Seven

 Passage A

Life's Struggles

 Grammar

Past Peffect Tense

 Passage B

The Rarest Medal in the Olympics Was a Bolt

 Fast Reading

Parable of Two Frogs

Unit Eight

 Passage A

Body Language

 Grammar

AdverbiaI Clauses(reason，result，purpose，concession)

 Passage B

Body Language Says It All

 Fast Reading

Great Golfer's Body Language

Unit Nine

 Passage A

Betty Robinson—The FirstWoman toWin an Olympic Gold MedaIin Track and Field

 Grammar

Passive Voice

 Passage B

Cotton and Coca-Cola--Things That Changed the World

 Fast Reading

Full Court Press

Unit Ten

 Passage A

 Grammar

Not So Stupid

Direct and lndirect Speech

 Passage B

Importance

 Fast Reading

You Can't Change the Future

Unit Eleven

 Passage A

Love is Just a Thread

 Grammar

Object Clauses

 Passage B

Seed and Love

 Fast Reading

AGlass of Milk

Unit Twelve

 Passage A

I Know You Would Come

 Grammar

Past Progressive Tense，Past Future Tense

 Passage B

Angel on Thanksgiving Day

 Fast Reading

The Spirit Will Live on