Unit 8 Sports,Word study,1. stand for,Our national flag stands for our country. John always stands for what is right. The weather here is rather hot. I cant stand for it at all.,to signify,to support,to bear,X, the letters CCTV, the teacher , the majority of peoplean unknown number, freedom of speech, bad behavior in class, China Central Television,stand for,1. X stands for an unknown number.,2. The letters CCTV stand for China Central Television. 3. The teacher cant stand for bad behavior in class. 4. The majority of people stand for freedom of speech.,The dove _(代表和平). Do you _ (支持还是反对这个计划)? I wont _ (容忍被人当孩子一样对待). I want to know _ (她主张什么) before I talk with her.,stands for peace,stand for or against the plan,stand for being treated as a child,what she stands for,Complete the sentences,2. prepare,Some of them are busy preparing work for the next day.,1) (vt) to make something ready,prepare to do prepare for sth,to be ready to do to be ready for sth,2),1. He said he _ _(prepare, seize, opportunity) to speak to the travel agent alone. 2. Hope for the best and _ _(prepare, worst).,prepared to seize the,opportunity,prepare for,the worst,3),prepared: (adj) ready,Their long-prepared speech was made several weeks ago.,The chairman read out a prepared statement .,主席宣读了(read out)一份准备好的声明,4),be prepared to do be prepared for,They were prepared for anything to happen.,他们为任何会发生的事做好了准备,Nothing can move her decision, she was prepared to face any difficulty.,没有什么事能改变她的决定，她准备好了面对任何困难,5),preparation : (n.),in preparation for,make preparations for,What will be done _ the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing?,in preparation for,We had only a week to _ _ the travel.,make preparations,for,Prepare (vt) to prepare to do to prepare for sth to be prepared to do to be prepared for sth in preparation for to make preparations for,revision,3. compete: (vi),The athletes competed _ each other _ the gold medal _ the swimming race .,try to be more successful than others,with / against,for,in,compete with / against, for, in,compete (v),competition (n),competitive (adj),competitor (n),In 2001, China won a great _ to host the 29th Olympic Games. In 2008, the _ from all over the world will come to Beijing to take part in the _ games and they will _ medals _ more than 300 different events.,competition,competitors,competitive,compete for,in,compete, competition, competitor, competitive,4. would rather,prefer to do,To be honest, I would rather have a quiet night in front of TV. I would rather not buy the cheap tickets. Id rather stay at home than go out.,would rather do would rather not do would rather dothan do,1. Id rather have the red notebook than have the green one. 2. I suppose I could lend it to them, but I would rather not lend. 3. He would rather listen to others than talk himself. 4. Id much rather communicate in English than in French.,F,F,T,T,Correct the sentences if necessary,-Some more wine? -Thank you, _(我不喝了). I have to drive home. To my surprise, my grandfather _ (宁愿走路回家). 3.They_ (更愿意乘火车旅行而不是飞机).,Complete the sentences,Id rather not,would rather go home on foot,would rather travel by train than,by air,Class activity,The captions of four pictures on the webpage of our school,Assignment,Rewrite the captions and put them into a passage with suitable conjunctions,