(浙江专用)2019-2020学年高中英语 Unit 2 The Olympic Games P

Unit 2 The Olympic Games

Beijing，withco-hostZhangjiakouinneighboringHebeiProvince，

willhostthe24thWinterOlympicGamesin2022.ItwillbethefirstcitytohostboththeSummerandWinterOlympicGamesafterbeatingKazakhstan’sAlma-Ata(哈萨克斯坦的阿拉木图)toholdthe2022WinterOlympicsoverthemorethan100yearsofhistory.

TheWinterOlympicsareatotalof15categories(102events.Beijingwillhostalltheicesports

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)

，；

YanqingcountyofBeijingandZhangjiakouwillhostallthesnowsports.Andahigh-speedrailway

，

whichwillbecompletedin2019

，

willlinkBeijingwithZhangjia-kou.Itwilltake50minutestogofromBeijingtoZhangjiakou.

TheChinesegovernmentwilltakeaseriesofmeasurestodealwithairpollutionandofferfullsupportinfinance

，

legalaffairsandsecurity(

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)

tomakesurethatBeijingcanpresentanotherimpressiveOlympics.

Winningthehostingrightsforthe2022WinterOlympicsnotonlyhelpsdevelopthewintersportsinourcountry

，

butalsostrengthensthefriendshipandmutual(

相

互

的)understandingbetweentheChinesepeopleandthepeoplefromothercountriesandregions.ItwillalsofuelregionalintegrationbetweenBeijing，TianjinandHebeiProvince，especiallyontransportation，airpollutioncontrolandtourism. 根据短文判断正(T)误(F)

1．TheChinesegovernmentisdeterminedtomakethe24thWinterOlympicGamesasuccess.

( T )

2．Inthe2022WinterOlympics，Beijingwillhostallthesnowsports.( F )

PeriodOne WarmingUp&Reading—Pre-reading

匹配左边的单词与右边的汉语意思 [第一组]

1．ancient 2．medal 3．compete 4．volunteer

A．志愿者；志愿兵 B．古代的；古老的 C．规则的；定期的；常规的 D．奖章；勋章；纪念章

5．regular

答案 1.B 2.D 3.E 4.A 5.C [第二组] 6．homeland 7．basis 8．admit 9．athlete 10．stadium

答案 6.C 7.A 8.D 9.E 10.B [第三组] 11．host

12．responsibility 13．replace 14．swift 15．similarity

E．比赛；竞争

A．基础；根据 B．(露天大型)体育场 C．祖国；本国 D．容许；承认；接纳 E．运动员；运动选手

A．快的；迅速的 B．相似性；相似点 C．责任；职责 D．做东；主办；主人 E．取代；替换；代替

答案 11.D 12.C 13.E 14.A 15.B [第四组] 16．Greece 17．magical 18．slave 19．gymnasium 20．motto

A．巫术的；有魔力的 B．奴隶 C．希腊

D．座右铭；格言；警句 E．体育馆；健身房

答案 16.C 17.A 18.B 19.E 20.D

Step1 Fast-reading What’sthemainideaofthetext? A．ThehistoryoftheOlympicGames.

B．ThebirthplaceofthetwokindsofOlympicGames.

C．ThesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweentheancientandmodernOlympics. D．ThecompetitionbetweencountriestohosttheOlympicGames. 答案 C

Step2 Careful-reading

Readthepassagecarefullyandchoosethebestanswer.

1．WhatdoyouknowabouttheOlympicGamesaccordingtothepassage?

A．TherearetwosetsofGames—oneforeveryfouryears，whiletheotherforeverytwoyears. B．AthletesfromallovertheworldcantakepartintheOlympics，noslavesorwomenallowed. C．TheOlympicswereoriginatedfromGreece. D．Thereareover300sportsintheOlympics. 答案 C 2

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SupposingthenextSummerOlympicswillbeheldintheyearof2024

，

whenwillthepresentsession(本届) WinterGamesbeheld? A．In2020. C．In2022. 答案 C

3．HowaretheancientOlympicsdifferentfromthemodernones?

A．ThemodernGamesareheldeveryfouryears，whiletheancientoneswerenot. B．AllofthesportsinthemodernGamesdon’texistintheancientGames. C．Womenwerenotallowedtotakepartinthepast，butnowtheyarealsoincluded. D．AlltheathletescantakepartinthemodernGames. 答案 C

4．WhydomanycountriescompeteforthehostoftheOlympics? A．Forthehonor. C．Forthemoney. 答案 A

5．Whichisthemostproperexplanationaboutthesentence“There’sasmuchcompetitionamongcountriestohosttheOlympicsastowinOlympicmedals”？

A．ThecompetitionbetweenthecountriesforhostingtheOlympicGamesisashardasthatformedals.

B．ManycountriesarewillingandeagertohosttheOlympicGames. C．ItismuchhardertohosttheOlympicGamesthantowinmedalsintheGames. D．TowinmedalsintheOlympicGamesisharderthantohosttheOlympicGames. 答案 A

B．Forthemedals. D．Fortheexpense. B．In2024. D．In2018.

Step3 Post-reading

Afterreadingthepassage，pleasefillinthefollowingblanks.

TheOlympicGamesarethe1.biggest(big)

sportseventintheworld.TherearetwokindsofOlympicGames.OneistheSummerOlympicGames，andthe2.otheristheWinterOlympicGames.Bothofthem3.areheld(hold)

everyfouryears.Allcountriescantakepartiftheirathletesreachthestandardtobeadmitted4.tothegames.

Womenarenotonlyallowedtojoinin5.butplayaveryimportantrole.Aspecialvillageisbuiltforthe6.competitors(compete) tolivein，includingamainreceptionbuilding，severalstadiumsforcompetitions

，

agymnasiumandseatsforaudience7.whowatchthegames.Itis8.agreathonourtohosttheOlympicGames.Inaddition

，

formanycountriesthere’sjustasmuchcompetitiontohosttheOlympicGamesastowinOlympicmedals.Nowadaystheolivewreath9.hasbeenreplaced(replace) bymedals.Butit’sstillallaboutbeingabletorunfasterandthrowfurther.

Step4 Sentence-learning 1

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Pausanias

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whowasaGreekwriterabout2,000yearsago

，

，

jump10.higher(high)

hascomeonamagicaljourneyonMarch18th,2007tofindoutaboutthepresent-dayOlympicGames.

[句式分析] 此句为复合句。who在句中引导非限制性定语从句，修饰Pausanias；tofindoutaboutthepresent-dayOlympicGames是不定式作目的状语。

[自主翻译] 大约2000年前的一位希腊作家，帕萨尼亚斯穿越到2007年3月18日做了一次魔幻旅行，来打听现代奥运会的情况。

2．Ilivedinwhatyoucall“AncientGreece”andIusedtowriteabouttheOlympicGamesalongtimeago.

[句式分析]

此句为并列复合句，由并列连词

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Ilivedinwhatyoucall“AncientGreece”

whatyoucall“AncientGreece”在这一分句中作宾语；另一分句为“IusedtowriteabouttheOlympicGamesalongtimeago”。

[自主翻译] 我生活在你们所说的“古希腊”。很久以前我常写关于奥林匹克运动会的情况。 3．I’vecometoyourtimetofindoutaboutthepresent-dayOlympicGamesbecauseIknowthatin2004theywereheldinmyhomeland.