主题语境
人与社会——运动与健康
背景导入：随着社会的发展和进步，运动和健康越来越引起人们的重视。让我们行动起来，了解运动健身的多样性，积极参与到全民健身的洪流中去吧。
The Final Sprint
It was the final sprint of the Santa Barbara XV Grand Prix cyclocross race in Spain. Fans lined the road to the finishing line①，cheering on② the competitors.
Ismael Esteban，in third place，was just ahead of his competitor，Agustin Navarro，with only 300 metres to the finishing line.Esteban had been cycling as hard as he could for hours and with the finishing line in sight all the cyclists began to speed up to cross it.Then，suddenly Esteban got a puncture.What should he do? Give up or continue? Esteban threw his bike over his shoulders and raced towards the finishing line.
Just a few seconds later，fourthplaced Navarro caught up with him.Surely，he could simply overtake③ Esteban and come third.But Navarro slowed down and let Esteban run ahead of him.The two cyclists reached the finishing line with Esteban ahead on foot，Navarro just behind him.Navarro had let Esteban finish in third place，while he came fourth④.The audience was amazed at his show of sportsmanship⑤ and cheered and clapped for the cyclists. After the race，Navarro said，“I didn't want to win that way.”Later，Esteban，who won the bronze medal，tried to give his medal to Navarro.However，Navarro refused，and his response⑥ was：“Offering me the prize was worth more than what I did for him.”
The two cyclists made amazing sporting gestures⑦—Navarro for refusing to take advantage of⑧ Esteban's troubles，and Esteban for offering Navarro his medal.This was sportsmanship at its very best.
（选自北师大版新教材必修第一册 UNIT 2）
