Activity 3 Listen and read. 听一听，读一读。

Ms Li：Daming, who is your hero?  Who have you chosen to tell us about?

李老师：大明，你心目中的英雄是谁？你想告诉我们关于谁的情况？

Daming:Deng Yaping! She's my hero because she's one of the best table tennis players in the world,and I love playing table tennis.

大明：邓亚萍！她是我心目中的英雄，因为她是世界上最好的乒乓球运动员之一，我喜欢打乒乓球。

Ms Li:Tell us about her.

李老师：告诉我们关于她的情况吧。

Daming: Well, she started playing table tennis when she was five. She trained hard, so she became a great player later.

大明：嗯，她5岁开始打乒乓球。她刻苦训练，所以后来成了一名伟大的运动员。

Ms Li:And what competitions has she won?

李老师：地赢过哪些比赛？

Daming:She's won many world competitions,including four gold medalas in the Olympics. She stopped playing when she was twenty-four.

大明：她赢得过许多世界比赛，包括4枚奥运会金牌。她24岁时停止了打乒乓球。

Ms Li:What did she do after that?

李老师：之后她做了什么？

Daming:She began to study at Tsinghua University in Beijing and then university abroad. Her English wasn't good enough when she began. Once again she worked hard, and seven years later, she completed her doctor's degree at Cambridge University. Whatever she does, she never gives up!

大明：她开始在北京的清华大学学习，然后到国外上大学。刚开始时，她的英语不够好。她再一次努力学习，7年后，她获得了剑桥大学的博士学位。无论做什么，她都不放弃！

Ms Li:That's amazing!

李老师：真了不起！

Daming:Yes. Deng says that she isn't cleverer than anyone else,but she has a very strong will.

大明：是的。邓（亚萍）说她并不比其他任何人聪明，但是她有非常坚强的意志。

Ms Li: I see. Well, I think she's a good student as well as a good player.

李老师：我明白了。嗯，我觉得她不仅是一位出色的运动员，而且还是一名好学生。

Daming:Yes,and she helped make the Beijing Olympics a victory for world sport. She's simply the best !

大明：是的，她帮助使得北京奥运会成为世界体育运动的一次胜利。她就是最棒的！

Ms Li: She's a true hero,

李老师：她是一位真正的英雄。