Unit2 Learning about language[1].ppt1.ppt

1、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 o

2、f ability,compete,admit,athlete,standard,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

3、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.)competit

4、ive (adj.),in,in ancient timesin 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 /

5、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。,Its certain that he will win a silver _ for racing. He did win the

6、 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

7、: 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 youwhere /who+主谓 Mum is coming; what present

8、_ (你希望她有) for your holiday? (05福建高考),do you expect she has got,Its 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,5. find /find out / discover,(3) Theyre trying to _ the secret. (4) Columbus _ America in 1492.

9、 (5) Can you _ Mr. Lius 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:,6. interview (n./v.) 采访, 会见, 面试 interviewer(采访者) interviewee(被采访者) Tomorrow Ill have an interview for a new job. I interviewed 20 people for the job. a job / telepho

10、ne / TV interview,7. 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 havent settled the questio

11、n of whether it is necessary for him to study abroad. Do you ever get confused about where you are heading?,8. 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

12、 come.,9. 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),10. 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.

13、,(4). At last he was admitted to Beijing University. (5). I admit it to be true.,11. 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 advert

14、ise 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?,12. host v. 主办；举办,host n. 主人,Mr Brown was our host at the party.,13. Theres as much competition among countries t

15、o 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

16、/ 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.,14. 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 _ op

17、en 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.,15. replace (vt.) 代替; 放回原处,16. . I didnt

18、 go there. _ _her. (她也是) (2). She was a teacher. _ I. (我也是这样) (3). Im 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. p

19、resent 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 w

20、ho 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

21、 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

22、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 c

23、ounty 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。 (ancien

24、t) 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

25、 is disappointing.,She won the gold medal in the womens 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 stud

26、y.,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

27、 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 adventur

28、e.,We havent 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 th

29、at he would come back before dark. He promised _ _ _ before dark. 4. She has taken the place of her as our English teacher. She has _ her as our English teacher.,to come back,replaced,5. The World Cup is held every four years. The World Cup is held _ _ _. 6. Ten foreign teams take part in Indonesias kite festival. Ten foreign teams _ _ Indonesias kite festival. 7. I would get up very early when I was young. I _ _ get up very early when I was young.,eve