The Olympic Games 奥林匹克运动会

【课文】

The Olympic Games will be held in our country in four years' time. As a great many people will be visiting the country, the government will be building new hotels, an immense stadium, and a new Olympic-standard swimming pool. They will also be building new roads and a special railway line. The Games will be held just outside the capital and the whole area will be called 'Olympic City'. Workers will have completed the new roads by the end of this year. By the end of next year, they will have finished work on the new stadium. The fantastic modern buildings have been designed by Kurt Gunter. Everybody will be watching anxiously as the new buildings go up. We are all very excited and are looking forward to the Olympic Games because they have never been held before in this country.

【课文翻译】

4年以后，奥林匹克运动会将在我们国家举行。由于将有大批的人到我们国家来，所以政府准备建造一些新的饭店、一个大型体育场和一个新的奥运会标准游泳池。他们还将修筑一些新的道路和一条铁路专线。奥运会就在首都市郊举办，整个地区将被称作“奥林匹克城”。工人们将在今年年底前把新路铺好;到明年年底，他们将把新体育场建成。这些巨大的现代化建筑是由库尔特.冈特设计的。大家都将急切地注视着新建筑的建成。我们都非常激动，盼望着奥运会的到来，因为在这个国家里还从未举办过奥运会。

【生词和短语】

Olympic adj. 奥林匹克的

hold v. 召开

government n. 政府

immense adj. 巨大的

stadium n. 露天体育场

standard n. 标准

capital n. 首都

fantastic adj. 巨大的

design v. 设计

【知识点讲解】

1 The Olympic Games will be held in our country in four years' time.

4年以后，奥林匹克运动会将在我们国家举行。

(1)in four years' time 翻译为4年之后。表示未来时间的长度用介词in.

(2)hold做动词的意思是"拿着, 控制, 容纳, 握住, 持有, 保持, 掌握, 认为, 举行",做名词的意思是指“握住, 控制, 把握, 立足点, 延误, 影响”

I want you to stand beside me and hold the torch.

我要你拿着手电筒站在我旁边。

常搭配的短语有： hold on 抓住，继续，坚持 hold up 举起，抬起 hold out 伸出，坚持 hold down 压制，压缩

He held on to the rock to stop himself slipping.

他紧紧抓住岩石以免自己往下滑。

I decided to hold up on the news until he was sure of it.

我决定暂缓发布消息，直到我确信准确无误。

Doctors hold out little hope of her recovering.

医生帮助她康复的希望甚微。

2 Workers will have completed the new roads by the end of this year.

工人们将在今年年底前把新路铺好。

句中用了将来完成时，这个时态用来表示到将来某一时刻已经完成的动作。

Will you have known Kevin for 10 years next month?

到下个月你认识凯文该有10年了吧?

3 As a great many people will be visiting the country, the government will be building new hotels, an immense stadium, and a new Olympic-standard swimming pool.

由于将有大批的人到我们国家来，所以政府准备建造一些新的饭店、一个大型体育场和一个新的奥运会标准游泳池。

此句中as作为连词用，当“因为”讲，引出状语从句。as在表示“原因”时，语气要轻于because。一般来说，as引导的从句会在主句前。as引导的从句也可以在主句后，不过必须要确认从句的内容要是对方知道的。

As you like music, you can introduce some famous singers to me.

因为你喜欢音乐，你可以给我介绍一些著名的歌手吧。

4 Everybody will be watching anxiously as the new buildings go up.

大家都将急切地注视着新建筑的建成。

本句中的as是连词，当“当”、“正值”讲，引出时间状语从句。

As is announced in today's papers, all the schools will open on 1 September.

正如报纸报道的一样，所有的学校都将于9月1日开学。

5 We are all very excited and are looking forward to the Olympic Games because they have never been held before in this country.

大家都将急切地注视着新建筑的建成。我们都非常激动，盼望着奥运会的到来，因为在这个国家里还从未举办过奥运会。

look forward to……盼望、期待……。to是介词，后面可加名词，动名词或是代词。

I look forward to being alone in the house.

我盼望着能自己一人待在这所房子里。

其它搭配短语有：look back on 回顾, 回忆起 look down on 俯视, 看不起, 蔑视

I like to look back on my high-school days.

我喜欢回顾中学生活时代。

Don't look down on such activities.

不要小看这些活动。