Lesson2

SwimmingforGoldFillineachblankwiththeproperwordfromthebrackets:TheancientOlympicGames_________(begin)in__________(Greek)in776BC.XuHaifeng______(win)China’sfirstOlympicmedalin__________(shoot).Hejumpedan_________(amaze)8.8metres.Thenewsisreally__________(amaze).Manyforeignfriendsare_______atthe__________developmentofChina.He______(break)therecordforthelongjumplastyear.Ifyouare____________(twenty),youcan’tgetamedal.Howmany___________(country)sentathletestothe2004AthensOlympics?Did________(woman)competeintheancientOlympics?beganGreecewonshootingamazingamazedbrokewomenamazingamazingtwentiethcountriesFillintheblankswithproperprepositions:HaveyoueverwatchedtheOlympics______TV?TheancientOlympicGamesbegan______Greece_______776BC._______the1968Olympics______MexicoCity,AmericanBobBeamonwonthegoldmedal______thelongjump.Nobodybrokehisrecord______twenty-threeyears.______theopeningevent_______the1984Olympics,hewonagoldmedal________shooting.______theOlympics,athletescompete______medals.Didwomencompete_______theancientOlympics?onininAt/InininforAtofinAt/Inforin同義句轉換，每空一詞：ThemodernOlympicGamesstartedinAthens,Greecein1896.Themodern________startedinAthens,Greecein1896.2.Whatdoes“download”mean?What_______youmean________“download”?What’sthe___________of“download”?3.Howmanysportsdidthe2004Olympicshave?Howmanysports_________there_________the2004Olympic__________?Olympicsdobyat/inwereGamesmeaningAtask:LearntospeakEnglishInasmallgroup,talkabouttheOlympicGames.AndthenwritesomethingabouttheOlympics.thefirst(ancient)OlympicsthemodernOlympicstheOlympicmottothe2004Olympicsthe2008OlympicstheOlympicsportstheamazingOlympicathletesThinkaboutit!WhatOlympicsportsdoyouknow?Listthesports.Haveyouevergoneswimming?Wheredoyouliketoswim?CanyoutellussomethingaboutChina’sgoldmedalsinswimming?runningswimmingsoccerbasketballvolleyballbadmintonhockeybaseball

gymnasticthehighjumpthelongjump…Readandanswerthequestions:

WhoisZhuangYong?WhatdidZhuangYongwin?WhyisZhangYongmentionedhereasanamazingOlympicathlete?Whatisa100-metrerace?Whatdoyouthinkoftherace?thewomen’s100-metrefreestyleaverycloseraceReadandanswerthequestions:

5.HowdidtheChinesespectatorsfeelwhenZhuangYongwontherace?6.WhodidZhuangYongcatchupwith?7.WhatdidZhuangYongalsowin?8.WhendidZhuangYongbeginswimming?9.WhoarethefourChinesewomentowinOlympicmedalsinswimmingatthe1992Olympicgames?JennyThompsonLanguagenotes:1.ZhuangYongswamherwaytoagoldmedaltoday.swimone’waytoagoldmedal“奮力往前游，勇奪金牌”

動詞+后綴er(or)表示做某事的人或完成某事的物品

swimmerworkerteachercookerfarmerthinkerdriverdancersinger…inventorvisitorspectator….2.ZhuangYongwonthewomen’s100-metrefreestylewithatimeof54.64seconds.3.Ina100-metrerace,theswimmersgoupthepoolonceanddownthepoolonce.goup…godown…Languagenotes:4.Theygoasfastastheycan.

他們盡全力沖刺。5.Itwasaveryclose

race.closeadj.“勢均力敵的，難分勝負的”adj.“在空間或時間上接近的”adj.“親密的，親近的”6.Whenitwasover,nooneknewwhohadwon.7.ItseemedthatZhuangYongandJennyThompson,anAmericanswimmerhadfinishedatthesametime.Itseems(seemed)(tosb.)that…Itseemstomethatsheisright.acloseraceaclosematchOurschoolisclosetoapostoffice.Sheisaclosefriendofmine.Languagenotes:8.…,theChinesespectatorsattheswimmingpooljumpedupanddown,cheering.upanddown“上上下下”9.BeforetheOlympics,herbesttimehadbeenslowerthanMissThompson’s.10.ButtodayZhuangYongcaughtupwiththeAmericanswimmer.catchupwith…“趕上……（有時有超過的意思）”

keepupwith…“跟上……，與……同步前進”cheering作伴隨狀語相當于andcheeredThelittleboysatinthecorner,cryingloudly.Youcan’tkeepupwithme,tosaynothingaboutcatchingupwithme.Languagenotes:11.SheisoneofthefourChinesewomentowinOlympicmedalsinswimmingatthe1992OlympicGames.12.TheothersareQianHong,LinLiandYangWenyi.theothers=theotherChinesewomenTherearetwentystudentsinSally’sclass.Twelveareboys;Theothersaregirls.Somestudentsareintheclassroom,andothersareontheplayground.theothers“其他的人或物”指具體某范圍中去處掉某個或某部分后剩余的其他部分。

others“其他一些人或物”是一種泛指，沒有說明具體范圍，常與some連用，形成some……,others……Translatethefollowingstructuresandexpressions:1.一場勢均力敵的比賽_______________________2.在女子100米比賽中__________________________3.同時__________________________________4.創(chuàng)造世界記錄_________________________5.趕上_________________________________6.跳上跳下_____________________________averycloseraceinthewomen’s100-metreraceatthesametimeset(up)aworldrecordcatchupwith…jumpupanddownFillintheblankswithproperprepositionsoradverbs:ZhuangYongwonthefirstgoldmedal_______theOlympicswimmingevent.ZhuangYong’sbesttimehadbeenslowerthanMissThompson’s_________theOlympics.ZhuangYongwonthewomen’s100metrefreestyle______atimeof54.64seconds.YangWenyibroketheworldrecord________thewomen’s50-metrerace.TheChinesespectators________theswimmingpooljumped_______and________,cheering.inbeforewithforatupdownCorrectthemistakes:Shewonthewomen’s100-metresfreestylewithatimeof54.64seconds.BeforetheOlympics,herbesttimehadbeen