Unit3JobInterviewBeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingSupplementaryReadingAnAuthor'sSpeech-OvercomingObstaclesBackNext2S
Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading Detailed Reading Before Reading Unit 3 Job Interview An Author’s Speech—Overcoming Obstacles
Unit3 Job InterviewBeforeReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementaryReading1.What does the author expect people to do?The author expects people to believe themselveseven though no oneelse does.Detailed Reading2. What is life according to the author?Lifeis filled withbumpsand lumps3. What kind of person had the author never met?The author never met a successful person who hadn'tovercomelittleorlarge adversitiesin his or her life.NextPrev.KS
Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading Detailed Reading Before Reading Unit 3 Job Interview 1. What does the author expect people to do? The author expects people to believe themselves even though no one else does. 2. What is life according to the author? Life is filled with bumps and lumps. 3. What kind of person had the author never met? The author never met a successful person who hadn’t overcome little or large adversities in his or her life
Unit3 Job InterviewBefore ReadingGlobal ReadingAfterReadingDetailedReadingSupplementaryReading4. Who was the man described in the author's speech?The man described was Abraham Lincoln, formerAmerican presidentDetailed Reading5.What do you know about the man according to thespeech?Hefailedmanytimes,such ashefailedinbusiness attheage of 31,and tried again and failed again;thenhe was defeated many times when he run for senator.Buthe never quittedand kept tryingBack》Prev.K
Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading Detailed Reading Before Reading Unit 3 Job Interview 4. Who was the man described in the author’s speech? The man described was Abraham Lincoln, former American president. 5. What do you know about the man according to the speech? He failed many times, such as he failed in business at the age of 31, and tried again and failed again; then he was defeated many times when he run for senator. But he never quitted and kept trying
Unit3 Job InterviewBeforeReadingGlobal ReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingSupplementaryReadingBritish physician and the first athlete in history to runa milein less than 4 min.Born in Harrow,England,he waseducated at the University of Oxfordand at Saint Mary'sHospital Medical SchooledAtdira meet in Oxford on May 6,1954,Bannister ran the milein3 min59.4sec,establishinga worldrecord. This was bettered less thantwo months later by the Australianathlete John Landywho set a record of 3min58sec.Bannister defeated Landy in a mile race held atVancouver, Canada, in August 1954. Although neither set arecord, both men again ran the mile in less than 4 min.KBackNext
Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading Detailed Reading Before Reading Unit 3 Job Interview British physician and the first athlete in history to run a mile in less than 4 min. Born in Harrow, England, he was educated at the University of Oxford and at Saint Mary’s Hospital Medical School. At a meet in Oxford on May 6, 1954, Bannister ran the mile in 3 min 59.4 sec, establishing a world record. This was bettered less than two months later by the Australian athlete John Landy, who set a record of 3 min 58 sec. Bannister defeated Landy in a mile race held at Vancouver, Canada, in August 1954. Although neither set a record, both men again ran the mile in less than 4 min
Unit3 Job InterviewBeforeReadingGlobal ReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingSupplementaryReadingBannister retired from athletic competition in December1954 to practice medicine. He wrote an autobiographyFour-Minute Mile,published in 1955,and was knighted inDetailed Reading1975.Back 》Prev.K
Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading Detailed Reading Before Reading Unit 3 Job Interview Bannister retired from athletic competition in December 1954 to practice medicine. He wrote an autobiography, Four-Minute Mile, published in 1955, and was knighted in 1975