Step by Step 3000. Book Two.

Unit 6. It's great to be a champion.

Part 1. Warming up.

A. Keywords. stand, raise, stretch, swing, touch, bend.

Vocabulary. stretch, sideways, rhythm.

You're going to hear some instructions on how to do keep-fit exercises.

Listen carefully, write down the important points in each step.

Right, everyone. Stand straight. Feet apart. Hands by your sides. Relax. Everybody ready?

Right. A nice deep breath. Now raise your arms to shoulder height and stretch them out sideways.

Good. Now swing you right arm down to touch your left toes.

Keep your left arm stretched out.

Don't bend your knees. Your legs should be straight. And up straight again.

Now your left hand down to touch your right toes. And up again.

Everybody happy? Now let's do this with a bit of rhythm.

Right down, touch your toes, and up. Left down, touch your toes, and up. And again.

Right down, touch your toes, and up. Left down, touch your toes, and up. Keep those knees straight.

Now keep going until I tell you to stop.

B. Keywords. dash, world record, hurdles, gold medal, marathon, high jump, long jump, javelin throw.

Vocabulary. dash, hurdle, javelin.

Jamaica, Morocco, Bulgaria, Ethiopia,

Cuba, Soviet Union, Czech Republic.

You're going to hear some of track and field world records.

Complete the chart. Pay special attention to the nationality, the record and the date.

1. In track events, Usain Bolt from Jamaica is the fastest man in 100 meters dash.

His record is 9.69 seconds, and was set on August 16th, 2008.

2. Florence Griffith Joyner from the U.S.A set the record for the women's 100 meters dash in 10.49 seconds on July 16th, 1988.

3. The men's 1500 meters race world record was set by Hicham EI Guerrouj, from Morocco, on July 14th, 1998.

And his record is 3 minutes, 26 seconds.

4. The fastest woman in the world in 1500 meters race is Qu YunXia, from China.

Her record is 3 minutes, 50.46 seconds and she set the record on September 11th, 1993.

5. The world record for men's 110 meters hurdles was set by Dayron Robles, from Cuba, on June 13th, 2008.

The record is 12.87 seconds.

6. The gold medal winner for the women's 100 meters hurdles is Yordanka Donkova, from Bulgaria.

And her record is 12.21 seconds, that was set on August 20th, 1988.

7. In 20 kilometers race walk for men, Vladimir Kanaykin, from Russia is the gold medal winner.

His record is 1 hour, 17 minutes, 16 seconds.

It was set on September 29th, 2007.

8. In 20 kilometers race walk for women, the record is 1 hour, 25 minutes and 41 seconds, which was set by Olimpiada Ivanova, from Russia, on August 7th, 2005.

9. Who is the world record holder for men's marathon?

It's Haile Gebrselassie, from Ethiopia.

And his record is 2 hours, 4 minutes, 26 seconds.

He set the record on September 30th, 2007.

10. For women's marathon, Paula Radcliffe, from Great Britain, holds the record in 2 hours, 15 minutes and 25 seconds.

The record was set on April 13th, 2003.

11. In field events, Javier Sotomayor, from Cuba, is the man who jumps highest in the world.

His record is 2.45 meters.

It was set on July 27th, 1993.

12. Stefka Kostadinova, from Bulgaria, seized the gold medal for women's high jump on August 30th, 1987.

Her record is 2.09 meters.

13. The world record for men's long jump owes to Mike Powell, from the USA, whose record is 8.95 meters.

He set this record on August 30th, 1991.

14. The world record for women's long jump owes to Galina Chistyakova, from the former Soviet Union, whose record is 7.52 meters.

She set this record on June 11th, 1988.

15. In the men's javelin throw, the world record holder is Jan Zelezny, from Czech Republic.

His record is 98.48 meters, which was set on May 25th, 1996.

16. Osleidys Menendez, from Cuba, is the world record holder for the women's javelin throw.

Her record is 71.70 meters, which was set on August 14th, 2005.

C. Keywords. happy face, men's 110 meters hurdles, world record.

Vocabulary. countryman, spirit, Lausanne.

Listen to the following news item, and supply the missing information.

A very happy face on Liu Xiang of China.

He broke the men's 110 meter hurdles world record at the meet in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Liu crossed the finish line in a time of 12.88 seconds, breaking the old mark he shared with Britain's Colin Jackson by three one hundredth of a second.

American Dominique Arnold also broke the old record, but he took second place in 12.90 seconds.

His countryman Terrence Tranmell finished third, 13.02 seconds.

Jackson originally set the record in 1993, but the 22-year-old Liu tied it when he became China's first ever Olympic spirit gold medalist at the 2004 Athens Games.