雅思口语Part2＆3：有名的运动员

雅思口#Part2 话题

Describe a famous athlete you know

You should say:

Who he/she is

How you knew him/her

What he/she has achieved

And explain why he/she is famous

#话题分析

想必这道题对大家来说不会太难，东京奥运会刚过去，我们一定有自己比较喜欢的运动员吧？可以是足球运动员、篮球运动员、乒乓球运动员、跳水运动员等......下面为大家整理了有关“运动员”的词汇，一起往下看吧~

Who he/she is ?

需要你交代这位有名的运动员是谁，他/她是哪个体育项目的运动员。

How you knew him/her  ？

这里需要把你知道这个运动员的契机交代清楚，可以是在任何一场比赛中了解的，也可以是朋友给你安利的。

What he/she has achieved ？

简单阐述一下该运动员的成就，获得过什么奖项，或者打破过什么记录等。

And explain why he/she is famous  ？

具体地阐述一下你觉得他/她能够成名的原因，可以是他/她坚持不懈的精神等，理由合理即可。

Milkha Singh is one of the most outstanding athletes of India. He has earned the nickname ‘Flying Sikh’ because of his marvelous running speed on the tracks. He was born in 1935 in the Western Punjab of undivided India. He was the only Indian athlete to win an individual athletics gold medal at a Commonwealth Games until Krishna Poonia won the discus gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. He also won gold medals in the 1958 and 1962 Asian Games. He represented India in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He was awarded the Padma Shri, India’s fourth-highest civilian honor, in recognition of his sporting achievements.

Singh was persuaded by Jawaharlal Nehru to set aside his memories of the Partition era to race successfully in 1960 against Abdul Khaliq in Pakistan, where a post-race comment by the then General Ayub Khan led to him acquiring the nickname of The Flying Sikh. As of 2012, Singh lives in Chandigarh. He met Nirmal Kaur, a former captain of the Indian women’s volleyball team in Ceylon in 1955. They married in 1962. They have three daughters and a son, the golfer Jeev Milkha Singh. In 1999, they adopted the seven-year-old son of Havildar Bikram Singh, who had died in the Battle of Tiger Hill.

Milkha Singh was promoted from the rank of sepoy to junior commissioned officer in recognition of his successes in the 1958 Asian Games. He subsequently became Director of Sports in the Punjab Ministry of Education, from which post he had retired by 1998.he turned down an offer of the Arjuna Award from the Indian government, arguing that it was intended to recognize young sports people and not those such as him. He also thought that the Award was being inappropriately given to people who had little notable involvement as active sports people at all. He said that “I have been clubbed with sportspersons who are nowhere near the level that I had achieved” and that the award had become devalued. All of Singh’s medals have been donated to the nation. They were displayed at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi but later moved to a sports museum in Patiala.

P3 有名的运动员

     # What kinds of exercises do Chinese people like?

Traditional Chinese mind and body exercises (TCMBE) include, for example, Tai Chi, Qigong, Baduanjin, or Yijinjing, all developed by ancient Chinese people. TCMBE as an effective, low-cost, and safety exercise approach is widely accepted in elderly people in China and other Asian countries.

      # What characteristics do you think an athlete should have?

So there you have it – the five physical qualities all athletes should be training: Mobility, speed, power, strength and conditioning.

     # Why are there so few top athletes?

It takes so much time to train a professional athlete, it costs too much, and after retiring, it will have many injures, so that not many people like to be athletes.

     # What's the best way to become a top athlete?

To succeed in sport at an elite level, athletes need to make a huge physical and mental commitment. ... This mental toughness is what gives elite athletes the ability to perform at their very best on all occasions despite pressure from teammates, coaches, media and supporters.

      #关于“运动员”的词汇积累

basketball player  篮球运动员

diver  跳水运动员

gymnast  体操运动员

Track and field athlete  田径运动员

fencer  击剑运动员

triathlon  铁人三项

marathoner  马拉松运动员

Table tennis player  乒乓运动员

Football player  足球运动员