,Lesson 2 Swimming for Gold,Fill in each blank with the proper word from the brackets:,The ancient Olympic Games _(begin) in _(Greek) in 776 BC. Xu Haifeng _(win) Chinas first Olympic medal in _(shoot). He jumped an _(amaze) 8.8 metres. The news is really _(amaze). Many foreign friends are _ at the _ development of China. He _(break) the record for the long jump last year. If you are _(twenty), you cant get a medal. How many _(country) sent athletes to the 2004 Athens Olympics? Did _(woman) compete in the ancient Olympics?,began,Greece,won,shooting,amazing,amazed,broke,women,amazing,amazing,twentieth,countries,Fill in the blanks with proper prepositions: Have you ever watched the Olympics _ TV? The ancient Olympic Games began _ Greece _ 776 BC. _ the 1968 Olympics _ Mexico City, American Bob Beamon won the gold medal _ the long jump. Nobody broke his record _ twenty-three years. _ the opening event _ the 1984 Olympics, he won a gold medal _ shooting. _ the Olympics, athletes compete _ medals. Did women compete _ the ancient Olympics?,on,in,in,At/In,in,in,for,At,of,in,At/In,for,in,同义句转换，每空一词： The modern Olympic Games started in Athens, Greece in 1896. The modern _ started in Athens, Greece in 1896. 2. What does “download” mean? What _ you mean _ “download”? Whats the _ of “download”? 3. How many sports did the 2004 Olympics have? How many sports _ there _ the 2004 Olympic _?,Olympics,do,by,at/in,were,Games,meaning,A task: Learn to speak English In a small group, talk about the Olympic Games. And then write something about the Olympics.,the first(ancient) Olympics the modern Olympics the Olympic motto the 2004 Olympics the 2008 Olympics the Olympic sports the amazing Olympic athletes,Think about it! What Olympic sports do you know? List the sports. Have you ever gone swimming? Where do you like to swim? Can you tell us something about Chinas gold medals in swimming?,running swimming soccer basketball volleyball badminton hockey baseball gymnastic the high jump the long jump ,Read and answer the questions:,Who is Zhuang Yong? What did Zhuang Yong win? Why is Zhang Yong mentioned here as an amazing Olympic athlete? What is a 100-metre race? What do you think of the race?,the womens 100-metre freestyle,a very close race,Read and answer the questions:,5. How did the Chinese spectators feel when Zhuang Yong won the race? 6. Who did Zhuang Yong catch up with? 7. What did Zhuang Yong also win? 8. When did Zhuang Yong begin swimming? 9. Who are the four Chinese women to win Olympic medals in swimming at the 1992 Olympic games?,Jenny Thompson,Language notes:,1. Zhuang Yong swam her way to a gold medal today.,swim one way to a gold medal “奋力往前游，勇夺金牌”,动词 + 后缀 er(or) 表示做某事的人或完成某事的物品 swimmer worker teacher cooker farmer thinker driver dancer singer inventor visitor spectator .,2. Zhuang Yong won the womens 100-metre freestyle with a time of 54.64 seconds.,3. In a 100-metre race, the swimmers go up the pool once and down the pool once.,go up go down ,Language notes:,4. They go as fast as they can.,他们尽全力冲刺。,5. It was a very close race.,close adj. “势均力敌的，难分胜负的”,adj. “在空间或时间上接近的”,adj. “亲密的，亲近的”,6. When it was over, no one knew who had won.,7. It seemed that Zhuang Yong and Jenny Thompson, an American swimmer had finished at the same time.,It seems(seemed) (to sb.) that ,It seems to me that she is right.,a close race a close match,Our school is close to a post office.,She is a close friend of mine.,Language notes:,8. , the Chinese spectators at the swimming pool jumped up and down, cheering.,up and down “上上下下”,9. Before the Olympics, her best time had been slower than Miss Thompsons.,10. But today Zhuang Yong caught up with the American swimmer.,catch up with “赶上（有时有超过的意思）” keep up with “跟上，与同步前进”,cheering 作伴随状语 相当于 and cheered,The little boy sat in the corner, crying loudly.,You cant keep up with me, to say nothing about catching up with me.,Language notes:,11. She is one of the four Chinese women to win Olympic medals in swimming at the 1992 Olympic Games.,12. The others are Qian Hong, Lin Li and Yang Wenyi.,the others = the other Chinese women,There are twenty students in Sallys class. Twelve are boys; The others are girls. Some students are in the classroom, and others are on the playground.,the others “其他的人或物” 指具体某范围中去处掉某 个或某部分后剩余的其他部分。 others “其他一些人或物” 是一种泛指，没有说明具 体范围，常与some连用，形成 some , others ,Translate the following structures and expressions: 1. 一场势均力敌的比赛 _ 2. 在女子100米比赛中_ 3. 同时_ 4. 创造世界记录_ 5. 赶上_