课程内容

《The Olympic Games （Part 1）》

重点单词

solidification      团结
equity              平等
open                坦诚
friendship          友谊

内容讲解问答

1).What are they mainly talking about?
The similarities and differences about the ancient Olympics and modern Olympics.

2).How often do you hold modern Olympics?
Every four years.

3).How can the runner enjoy competing in winter?
There are competitions like skiing and instead of running reaces in the Winter Olympics.

4).Do all the athletes come from the Greek world?
No,athletes are from all over the world and woman athletic are also included.

5).Does anyone want to host the Olympic Games?
Yes,it's a great responsibility but also a great honor to be chosen.

6).What do you compete for?
We compete for the motto of the Olympics.And that is Swifter,Highter,Stronger!

7).What amazes Pausanias about the Olympic Games?
Pausanias is amazed that many countries take part in the Olympic Games and woman too and there are two sets of Games-the Winter and the Summer Olympics.

8).Why does he think Athens and Beijing should feel pround?
Because Li Yan has explained that it is a great honour to host the Olympic Games.

9).Why does he think people may be competing for money in the modern Olympic Games?
He thinks that so many things have changed in the Olympic Games that he fears that the spirit of the Olympics may have changed too.

10).What makes Pausanias happy about the modern Olympic Games?
The modern Olympic Games have more events.Every country wants to host it.It shows that the Games are popular with the whole world.It is just a competition not for money.

重点句子

（1）Only athletes {who have reached the agreed stand for their event} will be admintted as competitors.
只有达到他们各自项目统一标准的运动员才会被接受参加奥运会。
reach:达到，实现---a conclusion/decision/agreement Oil prices have risen by 32 percent since the start of the year、reaching a record of $57 a barrel.

（2）Our Greek cities used to compete against each other for the honor of winning.
我们希腊各个城市之间曾经为了赢得荣誉而彼此争斗。
Ⅰ.used to do sth；表示过去经常做某事（to 是不定式符号）
      He used to smoke.
   be used to doing sth:表示习惯于做某事（to 是介词）
      We are used to getting up early.
Ⅱ.compete with/against 与......竞争
   compete for 为......而竞争
competitor [n]比赛者；competition [n]比赛 competitive [adj]

[观察]阅读下列句子，观察admit在句中的用法。

1.I must admit to being ashamed for what has happened.
  vt.承认，后加（to）doing sth、名词、代词或从句
2.I am sure that he will be admitted to University this summer.
3.You won't be admitted to the theatre after the play has started.
4.The theatre admits 1,000 people. 
接受，准许进入，容纳
5.The law admits of no exceptions.
admit of 容许；有......余地，只用“事”或“物”作主语

Differences between the ancient and modern Olympic Games:
┌────────────┬──────────────┐
│Ancient Olympic Games   │   Modern Olympic Games     │
├────────────┼──────────────┤
│1.only free citizens of │ 1.competitors from many    │
│one country could take  │ countries                  │
│part                    │                            │
├────────────┼──────────────┤
│2.slaves and women could│ 2.all adults can take part │
│not take part           │ if they reach the required │
│                        │ standard for their event   │
├────────────┼──────────────┤
│3.Always in the same    │ 3.Hosted by different      │
│place                   │ countries                  │
├────────────┼──────────────┤
│4.Only once every four  │ 4.Summer and Winter Games; │
│ years                  │ Special and Paralympics    │
└────────────┴──────────────┘