云南省陇川县第一中学高一英语Unit2 The Olympic Games（一）Warming up, Reading and Comprehending一、Teaching content1. To talk about the history of the Olympics games2. To read an interview about the Olympic Games二、Important words and phrases1. Compete vi. 比赛、竞争; 与竞争、抗争；(和)争夺、比赛夺取Compete vi. -Competition n. 竞争-competitor n.竞争者，参赛者 -competitive竞争的Compete for sth为了某物而比赛eg. The two teams will compete for the gold medal.Compete with / against sb与某人比赛eg. The three young men compete with each other for the job.2. take part in 参加；参与辨析 take part in, join和join in加入某党派、某组织或某社会团体，用join。join in多指参加小规模的活动如球赛、游戏等，常用于口语。若表达“与某人一起做某事”，则用join sb. in sth. / doing sth.take part in多指参加(群众性活动、会议等)，往往指参加者持积极态度，起一份作用。Eg. May I take part in the game? Let us join the children in the game Come and join us in the discussion.3.stand for 代表；象征；支持Stand on ones own feet 独立Stand against 反对；对抗Stand out 引人注目；脱颖而出Stand by 袖手旁观；无动于衷 -stand by sb 支持某人4. volunteer n. 志愿者;志愿兵 adj. 志愿的；义务的Eg. Schools need volunteers to help children to read.5. regular adj. 规则的；定期的- regularly adv. 定期地；有规律地On a regular basis 定期地Eg. The homework is checked on a regular basis.6. admit v. 接受；承认 admit 意为“准许加入组织或参加某个活动”，时，常用被动语态be admitted as.作为.被接受be admitted to/into.被允许、接纳进入admit 表示“承认；赞同”时，后可接名词、动名词或that从句。Eg. I admit that your advice is reasonable.7. as well as (除了.)也，又，还as well 在句中常作状语。May/might/could(just) as well do sth “做什么也无妨；倒不如做某事”Eg. If no one else wants it, we might as well give it to him.not only.but also “不但而且”，可与as well as 互换，但需注意：as well as强调前者，连接两个主语时，谓语动词同前面的名词一致，not only.but also强调后者，连接两个主语时，谓语动词采取就近原则。Eg. She is a student as well as a writer.=She is not only a writer but also a student.8. host v. 主办；举办；主持 n. 主人；主持人hostess n. 女主人a host/hosts of 大群的；大批的；许多eg. Hosts of people gathered at the meeting yesterday.9. responsibility n. 责任；职责；责任感-responsible adj. 有责任的；负责的responsibility 意为“责任，责任感：时，看做不可数名词；意为”职责，任务，负担：时，看做可数名词，后常接介词for.bear assume responsibility for “承担.的责任”10. replace v. 替代；替换；取代eg. The door was broken so we replaced it with a new one.replace sb./sth. =take the place of sb/sth=take ones place “代替.（的位置）”；take ones place =take ones seat “就座，入席，各就各位”in place of 替代take place “发生”，为不及物动词词组，五被动语态。三、Sentence structures1. I lived in what you call “Ancient Greece” and I used to write about the Olympic Games a long time ago.(p9)点拨 (1)what you call “Ancient Greece”是介词in的宾语从句，相当于a/the place that/which you call “Aancient Greece”.(2) what引导名词性从句，在句中常作主语、宾语、表语等，意义相当于the place that, the person that, everything that等。eg. Say what you have to say.He is no longer what he used to be.(3)used to do, 指过去惯常做某事，而现在则不做了There used to be “过去曾经有.而现在没有了”be/get used to sth/ doing sth 指“习惯于、适应于”be used to do指“被用来做某事”eg. People used to see films at weekends.2. -How often do you hold your Games?-Every four years.every + 数词，表示“每”；every 与数词或few, other连用，表示时间或空间的间隔。every + 基数词 + 复数名词，“每”；every + 序数词 + 单数可数名词，“每”；every + other + 单数可数名词，“每隔”；every + few + 复数名词，“每隔几”；eg. (1)He comes to see his uncle every third week.(2)Some of you go back home every two weeks/ every second week /every other week.(3)He likes reading very much, so he goes to the bookshop every few days3. Thats why theyre called the Winter Olympics.Thats why. “这就是.的原因”eg. Thats why I have come to see you.4. No other country could join in, nor could slaves or women!(1) 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。eg. I cant do it, nor/neither can he.She is not a doctor, nor/neither am I.He went home, so did I.(2) so +助动词情态动词+sb./sth 也nor/neither +助动词情态动词+sb./sth.也不eg.- I didnt go there.-Nor /neither did her.-She was a teacher.-So was I.-Im a student and I like English.-So it is with him.5. Theres as much competition among countries to host the Olympics as to win Olympic medals. as much as “与.相同；与.同样”可用来修饰不可数名词、抽象名词、动词或句子，表程度上的比较。eg. Take as much time as you like.6. Make sure that you all get equal turns in talking to the class.make sure that.表示“确保，弄到手，把.弄清楚”eg. Make sure that the children arrive home safe.四、ReadingStep 1 warming upWork in pairs and ask each other the following questions on page 9.Step 2 Pre-reading (Skimming)Task 1 Look at the title and the pictures and predict the content. Then read it quickly and see if you were right.Task 2 skim the passage and fill in the following table.ItemsThe ancient Olympic GamesThe modern Olympic GamesFrequencyEvery1. yearsEvery2. yearsTypesOnly Summer Olympic GamesThe Summer and3. Olympic GamesEventsfewer 4. AthletesOnly men from 5. cities 6. Can take part in, including 7.