Unit 2 The Olympic Games
Are you familiar with these pictures?
higher
swifter
stronger
What do the five rings mean?
The five interlocking rings stand for friendship of five continents.
Europe
Asia
Africa
Oceania
America
Swifter, higher, stronger
Athens, Greece
Beijing, China
Athens, Greece
Summer ~
Winter ~
Sydney, Australia
Sets/ Kinds
Motto(格言,口号)
Host city of the
first Olympics
Host city of
2000 Olympics
Host city of
2004 Olympic
Host city of
2008 Olympics
champion
medal
stadium
gymnasium
athlete
take part in
reach the standard
be admitted to the games
be admitted as competitors
compete
as well as
competition
Football, basketball, baseball valleyball排球 , tennis网球 , badminton, softball, cricket板球 … …
Track races:
Ball:
Field races:
Diving, boat-race, sailing, free-gym, shooting… …
brainstorm
Some more:
Long running,100m running,4×100 relay race… …
High jumping, long jumping, shot-putting推铅球,discus-throwing掷铁饼
… …
Pausanias, who was a Greek writer 2,000 years ago, has come on a magical journey to find out about the present day Olympic Games. He is now interviewing a girl, Liyan a Chinese girl.
Pausanias
interviewer
interviewee
An interview
A person wants to get some information from others by talking.
Ancient times
Liyan
Modern times
The Olympic Games
An Interview
reading
Where will the 2008 Olympics be held?

How often are the Winter Olympic Games held?

What events can not be competed in the Summer Olympics?

Where will all the competitors be staying?
Beijing, China
Every four years
Skiing, ice skating
Olympic village
Read fast and answer the following questions
What do they mainly talk about?

2. What does he say when he hears that women
are also allowed to join in ?How does he feel?
A. Surprised B. Happy C. Sad

3. How does Pausanias feel when he hears the
Olympic Games are also about being able
to run faster, jump higher and throw further?
A. Surprised B. Happy C. Sad
Task 1: Skimming
Reading
1. What do they mainly talk about?
2. What does he say when he hears that women
are also allowed to join in ? How does he feel?
Skimming
They mainly talk about the ancient and modern Olympic Games esp. the similarities and differences.
“Please wait a minute! All those events, all those countries and even women taking part!” he says.
A. Surprised B. Happy C. Sad
3. How does Pausanias feel when he hears the
Olympic Games are also about being able
to run faster, jump higher and throw further?
A. Surprised B. Happy C. Sad
Can you find the similarities
and differences of the ancient and modern Olympic Games?
nothing
nothing
Running
Athens
Running mainly
Only held in Modern Olympics
many more events
different
cities
no exists
Men and boys
nothing
nothing
Olympic motto
those who can not reach the standard
olive wreaths
medals of gold, silver, bronze
for the honour of the Gods
for the honour of the people and the country
All people including women the disabled
Women,slaves
and all out of Greece
Men and boys
Period 3 Language points
1.How many competitors from how many countries________?从多少个国家来的多少名运动员参加了比赛?
竞争/竞赛（vi.） .
竞赛（n.） ,
参赛者（n.） ,
compete in (a game, a match)参加,在…方面竞争
compete with/against sb和某人竞争
compete for( a prize, a medal, …)角逐,为…竞争
competed
compete.
competition
competitor
He believed that nobody could ____________ him.
More than 1,000 competitors took part in the competition to __________ the first prize.
Wang Junxia has now ________
two Olympics.
compete with
compete for
competed in
2 take part in, join, join in, attend的区别
take part in 指参加某种活动，如体育、比赛、游戏、讨论、战斗等，并积极地起着作用。
join指参加某组织并成为一员。
join in 指参加活动或游戏，和take part in 相当。但join sb. in… （和某人一起做某事）,不等于take part in。
attend表示参加会议（聚会）等。
be present ( at )
1.Do you remember the day when you ____ the Party?
2.Would you ____ us ___ the ball game?
3.Last month he was invited ________ an important international meeting in London.
4.Every four years, many athletes from different countries __________________ the Olympic Games.
joined
join in
to attend
take part in/join in
3. Pausanias, who was a Greek writer 2,000 years ago, has come ___________________ to ______________the present day Olympic Games.

go/start/ come/ be on a journey 进行旅行
My father is away on a journey.
find out about 弄清有关……的情况
The police are trying hard to find out about the accident.
on a magical journey
find out about
1.The Smiths are ____ a journey to Guiling.
2.----What are you doing here?
----I am ________________ the case.
on
finding out about
4. I lived in what you call “Ancient Greece” and I used to write about the Olympic Games …
我生活在你们所说的“古希腊”，我曾经写过２０００年前奥林匹克运动会的情况。
what 引起宾语从句，并在从句中作call的宾语，“Ancient Greece”作宾补。what相当于the place that，因此what不能改为that，也不能改为where，因为where 只能作状语。
After many days’ voyage, they arrived in what is called America now.
After a long journey, they came to what was called “Gebi Desert”.
I’m still not used to getting up early.
The man got used to living in the countryside.
Wood can be used to make paper.
used to do

be/get/ become used to doing

be used to do
表示过去经常做某事/
表示过去的状态
=“习惯于”

=“被用于做……”,是被动语态
1.I __________ the weather in Guangzhou.
2.Her mother ________ dance a lot when she was young.
3.Bamboo (竹子) can _____________ make paper.
4.The old ___________ getting up early.
am used to
used to
be used to
are used to
every 基数词 + 复数名词
5. Every four years
表示“每多少时间/距离，每隔多少时间/距离”
序数词＋单数名词
every four years= every fourth year
每４年，每隔３年
每两周，
每隔一周
每隔几...: every few+复数名词
every two weeks
every second week
every other week
Usually,medicine should be taken
_____________________________.（每四小时）
Some of you go back home
_______________________ _____ _.（每隔一个星期）
He likes reading very much, so he
goes to the bookshop______________.
（每隔几天）
every four hours
/ every fourth hour
/ every second week
every two
weeks
/every other week
every few days
5. find out 发现；查出
6 be to do表示“计划”或“安排的事项”。
When is the wedding to take place? 婚礼什么时间举行？
A professor from Being University is to give us a talk this afternoon. 来自北大的一位教授今天下午要给我们作报告。
6. admit v.
1）允许
be admitted as 作为------被接受
be admitted to/into（介词）sth(运动会,俱乐部,学校等) 获准做某事/参加
Only one hundred boys are admitted to the school every year.
2）承认
admit sth/doing sth
I admit my mistake.
He admitted having done wrong.
He____________the club after his
tenth try.(被批准参加 ).
He ____________a member of the
baseball team . (被接收 )
She_______ having read the letter.(承认)
admitted
was admitted to
was admitted as
7.Our Greek cities used to compete against each other for the honor of winning.
In honor of “为向...表示敬意”为纪念...”为祝贺...
Have the honor of doing sth / to do sth
荣幸地做某事
Washington, a state in the United States, was named____ one of the greatest American presidents.
A. in honor of B. instead of
C. in favor of D. by means of
8. No other country could join in, nor could slaves or women.
其他国家都不能参加，奴隶和妇女也不行。
Nor do I think they should give it to any government.
I don’t know, nor do I care.
Nor是含有否定意义的副词,放在句首时,引起部分倒装句，意为“同样也不”。

Neither的用法也有相似之处,只是它只用与第二个否定
I can’t do it, nor/neither can he.
She is not a doctor, nor/neither am I .
He went home, so did I.
so +助动词／情态动词+sb./sth …也…
nor/neither +助动词／情态动词+sb./sth.
……也不……
. 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
9. Women are not only _______but play a very important role, especially in…
allow vt. 允许
The law doesn’t allow such an action.
allow + n./ pron. 允许……
My parents won’t allow me to stay out late.
allow sb to do 允许某人干……
The police don’t allow parking in the street.
allow + doing 允许干……
allowed
汉译英:
在候车室乘客不允许吸烟
Passengers ( )
in the waiting room.
我们不许在这里吸烟。 We don’t.( )
are not allowed to smoke
allow smoking here
8. not only… but also
1）not only… but also 应连接两个相对称的并列成分。
2）not only… but also 连接两个分句，并且 not only 位于句首时，第一个分句中的主语和谓语要部分倒装。例如：
Not only was the city polluted but the streets were crowded. 这城市不仅被污染了，而且街道也很拥挤。
3）not only… but also 连接两个主语时，谓语动词要和与其最近的主语保持人称和数的一致。例如：
Not only the students but also the teacher was against the plan. / Not only the teacher but also the students were against the plan.
4）not only… but also 中的 not only 不能分开使用，但 but also 却可以分开使用。例如：
The area was not only hit by an unexpected heavy rain, but some bridges were also washed away.
5）not only… but also 连接两个并列成分时，可以省略 but 或 also, 也可以把 but also 都省略掉。
10. as well as 并列连词
1)不但------而且------， 、“既……又……”、“除了……之外还有……”
相当于not only…but also…
He gave me advice as well as money.

2)用于连接两个主语，谓语的形式有前一个名词确定
The son,as well as his parents,wants to go there.
3）well用于as……as的结构中  这种as well as结构表示比较，引起一个比较状语从句。例如： He can operate the machine as well as I do. 他操纵这台机器和我一样熟练
是“与……有关”的意思。
as well可做副词短语，意思为“也”，放在句末。
如：He has not only finished his own work, but helped others as well.他不仅完成了自己的工作，还帮助了其他人。
11.There’s just as much a competition among countries to host the Olympics as to win an Olympic medal.
as much + 名 + as + 名 (与……同样地……)
→ It’s as much your responsibility as mine.
这件事你和我一样都有责任。
国与国之间争取奥运会承办权的竞争就跟争夺奥运会金牌一样激烈。
她和你一样都是聪明的学生.
She is as clever a student as you (are).
12. It’s still all about being able to run faster, jump higher and thr