北师大初中英语九年级Unit 6-23（MP3+LRC）

[00:00.76]Unit 6 The Spirit of Sports

[00:04.95]Lesson 23

[00:09.60]Exercise 1.2

[00:12.36]Two years ago,there was a serious earthquake

[00:15.03]in my country.

[00:16.52]Many people lost their homes.

[00:18.66]In my school, we decided to organize a 5--

[00:21.85]kilometer run to collect money for the people

[00:24.15]who were injured in the earthquake.

[00:26.56]Students singed up for the run

[00:28.30]and asked their relatives,friends,and neighbors

[00:30.70]to support them.

[00:32.48]These people agreed to give

[00:33.79]some money-50 cents or a dollar,

[00:36.63]for example,

[00:37.50]for every kilometerthat the students completed.

[00:40.42]Joe Johnson was my classmate.

[00:42.93]He was the heaviest student in my class

[00:45.11]because he seldom did any exercise

[00:47.13]and he ate plenty of junk food.

[00:49.54]He never walked to school.

[00:51.43]He always took the bus.

[00:53.23]When our teacher asked him

[00:54.59]if he was going to take part in the run,

[00:56.97]he said he would think about it.

[00:58.88]A few students laughed

[01:00.60]and I think Joe felt embarrassed.

[01:02.88]I felt a bit sorry for him.

[01:05.43]The next day, as I was cycling to school,

[01:07.83]I saw Joe walking in the street.

[01:09.97]I stopped and asked him why he was walking.

[01:13.47]He said he was training.

[01:15.25]He said he was going

[01:16.32]take part in the 5--kilometer run.

[01:18.85]"Good for you, Joe!" I said.

[01:21.25]Later, I told my friends about Joe.

[01:23.62]Most of them just laughed and said that

[01:25.72]they didn't think he would complete the run.

[01:28.68]I wasn't sure,

[01:29.66]but I decided that I would help Joe.

[01:32.22]So, for the two weeks before the run,

[01:34.68]I was his trainer.

[01:36.09]He walked to school for a few days.

[01:38.24]Then he started to jog--slowly!

[01:41.26]Joe got a lot of support from his friends

[01:43.25]and relatives.

[01:44.53]People didn't know if he was going to

[01:46.06]complete the run,

[01:47.41]but they wanted to encourage him,I guess.

[01:50.70]On the day of the run,

[01:52.11]Joe lined up with the other students.

[01:54.93]The race began.

[01:57.19]The other students ran off

[01:58.60]and soon left Joe behind.

[02:01.26]Well, it took him hours to finish

[02:03.66]and he didn't expect to catch up

[02:05.34]with the other students,

[02:06.81]but he tried to do his best.

[02:08.79]And finally he completed the 5-kilo-meter run.

[02:11.90]Everyone was very happy

[02:13.33]and said."Well done,Joe!"

[02:15.11]What is more, Joe collected more money

[02:16.96]than any other student!

[02:17.76]