同步拓展阅读：新概念英语第3册第21课
一、往期回顾
【参考答案】
1-5 FFFTF
二、本期内容
【课文主题】
第21课讲的是现代拳击运动的先驱蒙多萨（Mendoza）的故事，所以我选择了一篇有关约翰·格雷厄姆·钱伯斯的文章，钱伯斯于1867年发表了现代拳击运动第一套规则《昆斯伯里规则》（The Queensberry rules）。
【拓展阅读】
一、文章内容
John Graham Chambers was one of the most influential and significant figures in the field of late Victorian sporting and social life - British as well as Welsh - and yet, these days, very few people have ever heard of him.
Born in Llanelli on 12 February 1843, he was the son of William Chambers, a wealthy and respected local landowner. As a young man John Chambers went to Eton for his basic education and then moved on to Trinity College, Cambridge. At Cambridge he excelled at rowing and was a leading light in the founding of inter varsity sporting contests and rowed twice in the annual Boat Race with Oxford, in 1862 and 1863. Unfortunately he was in the losing crew on both occasions.
He was interested in far more than just rowing, however. In 1866 Chambers was the founder of the Amateur Athletics Club (later known as the Amateur Athletics Association) and became their president in 1880.
He is the man who is credited with drafting the Marquess of Queensberry rules for boxing. These included the compulsory use of gloves in the ring, the introduction of the 10 count for fighters who had been knocked down and the system of three-minute rounds. His achievement in creating these rules was so significant that he was later inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame.
In 1872 Chambers was the driving force in the creation and staging of the first Football Association Cup Final. As if all that was not enough, he was the English walking champion and instigated championships in sports as varied as billiards, cycling, boxing, wrestling and athletics. When Matthew Webb became the first man to swim the English Channel in 1875, Chambers was there with him, rowing beside him as he swam.
John Graham Chambers died on 4 March 1883 at the early age of 40. His life may have been short but it was packed full of achievement and one can only wonder what else this amazing Welshman would have done had he been given a little longer on the planet.
【词汇注释】
1. influential：有影响的
2. significant：有重要意义的
3. excel：擅长
4. varsity：大学
5. founder：创建者
6. compulsory：强制的
7. induct：正式就职/吸收
8. instigate：使发生；激起
9. wrestling：摔跤
10. athletics：田径运动；竞技
二、阅读题目
根据短文内容，回答下列问题：
1. What field did John Chambers have a great influence on?
2. Why did John Chambers go to Eton?
3. What did John Chambers do in 1866?
4. What did people do in honour of his drafting of the Marquess of Queensberry rules for boxing?
5. What did John Chambers do when Matthew Webb swam across the Channel?
三、参考答案