Reading(2)：The Olympic Games课程导入

Unit 2

Sports events Language points Teaching Aims: Enable the students to learn vocabularies and language points in the text. Teaching Important and Difficult Points: Help the students to use these language points properly. Teaching procedures & ways Language points: 1. As a member of the International Olympic Committee, I am delighted to have been invited to your school to talk to you about the history and significance of the Olympic Games. 1) delighted adj.

高兴的; 欣喜的

e.g. He was delighted to be invited to the wedding.

他很高兴被邀请参加婚礼。

I am delighted at your progress made in studies.

我很高兴你在学习上的进步。

2) significance n.意义; 意味; 重要性

e.g. It’s good that he has realized the significance of studying English.

他认识到学英语的重要性非常好。

You should pay more attention to the significance of the speech delivered by our headmaster.

你应该注意校长演讲的意义。

significant adj.有意义的;重要的

2. At the ancient Olympics, by tradition the athletes were all men and they had to compete wearing no clothes.

compete vi.竞争，对抗

compete with/against sb. for sth. e.g. Several dogs are competing with/against each other for a bone.

几条狗为了一支骨头互相打架。

Companies are competing against each other for the contract. 公司间为了合同相互竞争。

competition n.竞争; 比赛

competitor n. 竞争者; 选手

3. Single women were allowed to take part in their own competition, at a separate festival in honour of Hera, the wife of the Greek god Zeus.

in honour of sb. 为了纪念;

向……表示敬意

e.g. The ceremony was held in honour of those killed in the battle.

这个仪式是为了纪念牺牲在战场上的人。

honour sb. with sth. 给某人以荣耀

1) Will you honour me with a visit? 2) It’s an honour to be invited to the party.

4. The contemporary Olympics were first held in 1896, in Athens.

contemporary adj.

当代的；同时代的；同年龄的

e.g. His lecture is on contemporary American novelists.

他的演讲是关于当代美国小说家的。

Was Jonson contemporary with Shakespeare?

琼森是否与莎士比亚同辈?

5. At the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, the People’s Republic of China returned to the Olympics after 32 years’ absence.

absence n.

缺席, 缺乏

反义词：presence n.出席, 到场

e.g. He made up an excuse for his absence from the meeting.

他为会议缺席找了一个借口。

absent adj.

不在场，缺乏的

be present at 出席

be absent from 缺席

e.g. Several workers were absent from the meeting yesterday.

有几个工人缺席了昨天的会议。

6. The Chinese led the way at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, winning 51 gold medals.

lead the way

领先；引路；带路

e.g. Can you lead the way?

你能带路吗？

Mike led the way at the final examination.

迈克在考试中领先。

7. These are some of the Olympic athletes who have brought joy to people across the world with their attempts to push the boundaries of human achievement.

attempts

vt.

试图；企图；试图

e.g. They attempted to finish the task before July.

他们试图在七月以前完成这项任务。

n.

企图，尝试

He made an attempt on the world record.

他试图打破世界纪录。

Homework:

Learn the new words and phrases by heart.