【正文】 thin legs. Their heart rate is unusually slow. There are only three 20 million of them.Twelve of the world39。s top twenty marathon runners are now Kalenjin. Every year, they win 40 percent of the top honours in all international distance 25 races. And it39。s not just the few years ago, there weren39。t any distance races for women. These days, there are lots of them. Kalenjin women win all their events as well.來看看過去50 年中國際賽跑比賽的記錄。1980 年以前，長(zhǎng)跑比賽冠軍通常來自北美洲和歐洲。雖然也有其他國家的冠軍，但并不很多，冠軍中波有非洲人的名字。但現(xiàn)在情況就大不相同了。現(xiàn)在，跑道上的明星是卡蘭津人?？ㄌm津人是來自肯尼亞西北部和埃塞俄比亞邊境的非洲民族，他們的家鄉(xiāng)是海拔大約2500 米的干熱的高原。他們是天生的運(yùn)動(dòng)員，腿又細(xì)又長(zhǎng)，心率很慢。這個(gè)民族只有300萬人。目前，世界上頂尖的20名馬拉松選手中有12名是卡 蘭津人。他們每年都會(huì)在所有的國際長(zhǎng)跑比賽中贏得40c70的最高獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)。得獎(jiǎng)的不只是男性。幾年前還沒有女子長(zhǎng)跑比賽，但現(xiàn)在有很多?？ㄌm津的女性也贏了所有的比賽。Unit 14: Chocolate heaven！ 巧克力天堂！LUCY: I39。m going out, can I get some chocolate?We had some sweets last weekend,but we didn39。t have any chocolate. LUCY: And we didn39。t have much chocolate the weekend before last.KAREN: You and your chocolate!OK. But you must share it with everyone else! LUCY: I39。m back. Mum!These are the chocolates!They didn39。t have any nice boxes at the supermarket. These chocolates are from Marconi39。39。re really special. ROBERT: But chocolate is chocolate,isn39。t it?Why does a fancy box make it special? KAREN: Good question. Listen to this. 39。This chocolate contains fifty percent cocoa. Marconi39。s chocolate uses only pure cocoa are no noncocoa vegetable fats in Marconi39。s chocolate.39。 LUCY: Mm! This is chocolate heaven! It feels different in your mouth. PAUL: Chocolate heaven is expensive. It feels different in your pocket, too! 露西： 我要出去，媽媽。我能買些巧克力嗎？我們上周末吃了糖果，但沒吃巧克力。露西： 上上周末也沒吃多少巧克力?？▊悾? 你和你的巧克力！好了。但你必須和其他人分享！露西： 我回來了，媽媽！這是巧克力！超市里沒有好看的盒子。這些巧克力是從馬可尼店里 買的， 非常特別。羅伯特：但巧克力就是巧克力，不是嗎？為什么一個(gè)好看的盒子就讓它特別呢？卡倫： 這個(gè)問題問得好。聽著：“此巧克力含有50%的可可粉。馬可尼巧克力只用純可可油， 不合無可可粉的植物脂肪?！甭段鳎? 呣！這簡(jiǎn)直是巧克力夫堂！口感與眾不同。保羅： 巧克力天堂很貴，價(jià)錢也與眾不同！Unit 15: It’s a mystery to me! DAISY: Wele home, Jack!Did you have a good trip?JACK: It was it was all about babies and food! DAISY: Babies? How many babies?JACK: 39。s deputy had a baby two months Pierre39。s secretary is going to have a baby in June.JACK: They have nine months off work each time!DAISY: Well, it 39。s life!JACK: True.JACK: And then there39。s the food. I had lunch with Marcel. I didn39。t want a threehour lunch, but lunch is a serious business in Paris. DAISY: Yes, it like the French attitude to 39。s very civilised.JACK: I agree with you, 39。re nice 39。re also very efficient. JACK: But how do they do it?How do they have time for a civilised life and for work as well?It39。s a mystery to me!黛西： 歡迎回來，杰克！旅途愉快嗎？杰克： 還好。但談的全是嬰兒和食物！黛西： 嬰兒？多少嬰兒？杰克： 兩個(gè)。馬塞爾的副 手兩個(gè)月前生了個(gè)孩 子。皮埃爾的秘書 6月份也要生孩子。杰克： 她們每次都有9個(gè)月不上班！黛西： 是這樣的，這就是生活！杰克： 對(duì)。杰克： 然后是食物。我和馬塞爾吃午飯，我并不想吃3個(gè)小時(shí)，但在巴黎，午飯是件嚴(yán)肅的 事。黛西： 是這樣的。我喜歡法國人對(duì)食物的態(tài)度，很讓人舒服。杰克： 我同意，黛西。他們?nèi)撕芎?，也很有效率。杰克? 但他們是怎么做到的？他們?cè)趺矗芗扔袝r(shí)間過舒適的生活又有時(shí)問工作呢？這對(duì)我 來說真是個(gè)謎！LY