Learning about language
Can you tell me the similarities and differences between the ancient and the modern Olympics? (each student says one point)
Revision
to take part in a sports event—
to allow to enter (a course or
sports competition ) —
3. someone who takes part in a
sports competition—
4. level of ability—
compete
admit
athlete
standard
Find the word or expression for each of the following meanings from the text.
5. happening every time with
the same amount of time
in between—
6. to take the place of —
7. short sentence or phrase
expressing the beliefs of
a person or group —
regular basis
replace
motto
duty to be in charge and
get in trouble if things go
wrong—
9. special hall for physical
exercise—
10. to join in—
responsibility
gymnasium
take part in
Language points
He used to drive his ancient car.
他过去常常开他的老式车。
To my surprise, the ancient custom is popular today.
让我惊奇的是, 这种古代习俗今
天还流行。
1. ancient adj. old----modern
2. compete (v.)—competition (n.)
competitor (n.)—competitive (adj.)
in
in ancient times—in modern times
I hope all of us can compete ____ race / running.
I know my English cannot
compete ____ ______ his.
with /
against
Do you like watching boxing
_________.
I prefer to play a ____ of chess.
She took the first place in the
speech _________________.
matches
game
contest/competition
game / match /contest / competition
They are both in ___________ with each other for the gold medal.
competition
区别:
game
游戏,比赛,运动,球赛为美式英语, 指棋类、桥牌类；复数为运动会；
match
球赛为英式英语, 指预先安排好的正式比赛,如摔跤, 拳击等;
contest 指智力和知识竞赛
(=competition)
competition
通过个人体力, 智力,技能 等获取名次。
It’s certain that he will win a silver ______ for racing.
He did win the first ____ in the 100 meters race.
medal
prize
3. prize / medal / reward / award
(3).The winner received a gold medal as an ______.
(4). A large ______ will be offered to whoever finds the missing ring.
award
reward
medal
奖牌/章;
prize
奖金, 奖励, 获奖名次;
award
奖品, 奖金;
reward 报酬, 回报
4. 特殊疑问词+一般疑问句的插 入语+ 陈述句(常用此类插入语的动词为:
think, believe, suppose, imagine, consider, suggest, say等)
(1). Where do you think
____________ (他们已经去
哪里了)?
(2). Who do you suppose ________
_________________ (会获得第一名)?
(3). When do you suggest ________
__________ (我们去度假)?
they have gone
will win
the first prize/place
we spend
our holiday
方法:
还原法: Do you…where /who…+主谓
Mum is coming; what present ______________________
(你希望她有) for your holiday? (05福建高考)
do you expect she has got
5. When and where will the next Olympic
Games be held?
[考点] 一般将来时的被动语态。
[考例]
―Your job _____ open for your return.
―Thanks. （北京 2006）
will be kept B. will keep
C. had kept D. had been kept
[点拨] keep the job open使工作处于空
缺状态。由句意“随时欢迎你回来工作”
可知应用一般将来时的被动语态。D项
是过去完成时的被动语态，B、C项是
主动语态，均与题意不符，故选A项。
It’s so boring to wait here, John, go to _______ when the plane will arrive, will you?
On the way home I _____ a watch lying on the road.
find out
found
6. find /find out / discover
(3) They’re trying to ________ the secret.
(4) Columbus __________ America in 1492.
(5) Can you ________ Mr. Liu’s address for me?
find out
discovered
find out
find 指偶然发现;
find out 指有意识地去发现, 打听或者询问;
discover 强调新的发现或科学的发现。
注意:
7. interview (n./v.) 采访, 会见, 面试
interviewer(采访者)
interviewee(被采访者)
Tomorrow I’ll have an interview
for a new job.
I interviewed 20 people for the job.
a job / telephone / TV interview
8. I lived in what you call “Ancient Greece” and I used to write about the Olympic Games a long time ago.
[点拨] what you call “Ancient Greece”是介词in的宾语。介词的宾语为一个句子时，其引导词根据这个句子的意思决定。如：
A modern gymnasium has been set up in what was a wasteland ten years ago.
We haven’t settled the question of whether it is necessary for him to study abroad.
Do you ever get confused about where you are heading?
9. be to do sth.
. 表命令, 义务, 职责 (应该, 必须
“长辈对晚辈”)
You are to finish your
homework before you watch
TV.
(2) 表计划, 安排, 打算
They are to get married on
National Day.
(3) 不可避免要发生, 命中注定
This chance is to come.
10. every four years= every fourth
year
every other day = every two days
every few days (不用a few)
(注意:every 不能换成each)
11. admit sth. / doing sth. / that-clause
容许, 承认, 接纳
(1). The thief admitted his crime.
(2). I had to admit that I had
done wrong.
(3). She admitted having stolen
the necklace.
(4). At last he was admitted to
Beijing University.
(5). I admit it to be true.
12. Earlier you said that athletes are invited from all over the world.
[点拨] earlier意为“先前，早些时候”，表示在这之前发生的动作或存在的状态。它可放在this year, this month等前，表示今年年初、这月初等，也可以放在表示一段时间的词后，意为“在……前”。
如：
Earlier you told me that you would advertise the product in the newspaper.
Earlier this year, we took part in the training run.
He recalled a cold windy evening 24 years earlier.
When do you think China will host the World Cup?
13. host v. 主办；举办
host n. 主人
Mr Brown was our host at the party.
14. There’s as much competition among countries to host the Olympics as to win Olympic medals.
[点拨] as ... as ...意为“像……一样”，用于描述人与人、事与事之间在某一方面相同；既可用于肯定句，也可用于否定句。so ... as ...只用于否定句中。使用时要注意：1）第一个as为副词，其后接adj.或adv.，也可接其他成分。第二个as为连词。2）表示倍数、几分之几等的词要放在as ... as ...前。
如：
This competition is as interesting as that one.
He speaks English well indeed, but of course not as / so fluently as a native speaker.
Teaching is as much an art as it is a science.
Mr. Smith got twice as many medals in 2006 as the year before.
15. The 2008 Olympics will be held in Beijing, China.
[考点] will be held 为一般将来时的被动语态。其一般结构为：shall / will + be + 过去分词。shall 用于第一人称，will 用于各人称。
[考例] —Your job ______ open for your return.
—Thanks. (北京2006)
A. will be kept B. will keep
C. had kept D. had been kept

[点拨] 本题考查时态和语态。由your job和keep之间是被动关系，排除B、C项。另由对话情景可知，此处可以用现在完成时或将来时，故选A。
The old machine should be replaced by new ones.
You have to replace the book where they were.
16. replace (vt.) 代替; 放回原处
17.
. I didn’t go there. __________
___her. (她也是)
(2). She was a teacher. ______ I.
(我也是这样)
(3). I’m a student and I like
English. __________ him.
(他也是如此)
Nor /neither
did
So was
So it is with
(4). -- He says he will travel
abroad.
-- So__________ I if he
travelled. (我也是)
it is with
. I have come to find out about
the modern Olympics.
A. recent
B. present day
C. earlier
D. future
I. Find the similar words.
练习
(2) Every four years, athletes
compete from all over the
world.
A. competitions
B. competitors
C. conductors
D. cousins
(3) Events with horses are part
of the Summer Olympics.
A. Compositions
B. Competitions
C. Sports
D. Races
(4) Those who do well in the
Olympic Games with medals.
A. prizes
B. money
C. prices
D. progress
II. 用括号内所给词的适当形式填空。
1. I am very interested in ______(Greece) and Roman stories.
2. As the people of the great nation, we shall take our _______________ (responsible) to make it stronger.
3. There are many ______________ (similar) between the two brothers.
Greek
responsibilities
similarities
4. In the morning, we went on a ______ (magic) journey into a world of dreams at Disneyland.
5. Groups of young boys and girls are having their physical training in the ___________ (gymnast).
gymnasium
magic(al)
III. 用适当的介词填空。
1. The volunteers are ______ their journey to study abroad, preparing for the coming games.
2. He was admitted ______ a member of the baseball team.
3. They competed ____________ each other for the chance to going to Beijing.
4. The motto ______ the Olympics is well known to lots of Chinese.
on
as
with / against
of
5. The women play an important role ______ making our county more and more beautiful.
6. When I heard ______ the rules, I felt hopeless and was afraid I would fail again.
7. Mr. Wang stopped to pick ______ the bottles which were thrown by the students.
8. She will be married ______ a man who has much money.
in
of
up
to
IV. 根据括号内所给的提示将下列句子翻译成英语。
这学期我们将有一门古代史课程。 (ancient)
2. 二十位姑娘参加了赛跑。(compete)
Twenty girls competed in the race.
We will have a course in ancient history this term.
3. 这是他们首次参加亚洲杯，但是他们首场比赛的表现令人失望。(take part in)

4. 她在上届奥运会女子马拉松(marathon)赛跑中赢得金牌。 (medal)
This is the first time that they have taken part in Asia Cup, but what they did in the first match is disappointing.
She won the gold medal in the women’s marathon at last Olympic Games.
The letter “x” stands for an unknown number.
5. 字母x代表未知数。(stand for)
6. 当时，波兰妇女是不允许进大学
的，因此，玛丽决定去巴黎学习。(admit)
At that time women were not admitted to universities in Poland, so Mary decided to go to Paris to study.
7. 在2012年时，伦敦将成为第一个三次
承办现代奥运会的城市。(host)
London will become the first city to host the modern Olympic Games three times in 2012.
8. 鲁迅不仅是一位伟大的作家，而且是一位伟大的思想家。 (not only ... but also ...)
Lu Xun is not only a great writer but also a great thinker.
9. 下个月经理外出时，由李先生来负责整个公司。(in charge of)
Mr. Li will be in charge of the whole company next month when the manager is away.
10. 他过去起床很晚，但现在他已习惯早起了。(used to)
He used to get up late but now he is used to getting up early.
11. 玛丽还有汤姆和麦克已经决定参加这次冒险活动。(as well as)
12. 我们最近没收到他们的信，我们也不知道他们的新地址。（nor）
Mary as well as Tom and Mike has decided to join in the adventure.
We haven’t heard from them recently, nor do we know their new address.
V. 每空填一词，使该句与所给句子的意思相同。
1. We study not only Chinese but also English.
We study Chinese ___ ___ ____ English.
2. Will you admit that you have broken the window?
Will you admit ______ ______ the window?
as well as
having broken
3. He promised that he would come back before dark.