时间:2018-12-25 作者:英语课 分类:情景英语口语100主题


英语课
040 the Olympics

Words
Medal stadium competitor medals table judge time event sport trainer team host city opening ceremony water sport track and field spectator 1
Flag Olympic record world record personal best measure

Phrases
Take part in an event
Win an event
Attend the opening ceremony
Perform well in
Do one’s best
Head the medals table

Beginner
A; I see mike farmer has make it into the Olympic team. He beat the national record by 0.1 of a second.
B; that’s great. He’s the best runner I’ve seen this season. I’m sure he’ll win a medal at the Olympics.
A: I think you’re right. I think we have a very good athletics 2 team. They should do well in the Olympics. How many medals do you think we’ll win?
B; I really don’t know. I don’t think we’ll win many gold medals, but I think we should win several silver and bronze ones.
A; what do you think our chance are in the events.
B; in the last Olympics, we did very well in swimming, cycling and ball sports. I think we’ll do well in those same events.
A; we might get a gold medal in the sailing too. Our team put in a lot of practice.
B; I think we can expect to get between 30 to 40 medals in total.
A; you are very optimistic!

Intermediate 3
A; aren’t you interested in watching the Olympics? There have been some excellent performances by athletes from all over the world.
B: I just don’t find it very interesting.
A: I think it’s wonderful to see people from all over the world taking part in such a great event.
B; I think that for a lot of people, it’s just a way to try and show their country is better than other countries.
A; I think the Olympics help to promote world peace.
B; I’m not sure about that. We still have many wars in the world. I think that the idea behind the Olympics is a good one, but the reality is that during the Olympics countries compete. There’s no real spirit of cooperation and people are usually not very friendly to each other.
A; you are so pessimistic 4! The Olympics is a great opportunity for athletes to demonstrate 5 their speed, skill, agility 6 and strength. Most people hope to see someone form their country win, but I think that they are just happy to see good performances by any athlete.
B: well. I think that the most amazing performances are by athletes who participate in the Paralympics.
A; now there we are in agreement!

1 spectator
n.观众,目击者,旁观者
  • A spectator threw the ball back to the players.一个观众把球掷回给球员。
  • He was content to stand by as an impassive spectator.他满足于站在旁边做一个冷漠的旁观者。
2 athletics
n.运动,体育,田径运动
  • When I was at school I was always hopeless at athletics.我上学的时候体育十分糟糕。
  • Our team tied with theirs in athletics.在田径比赛中,我们队与他们队旗鼓相当。
3 intermediate
adj.中间的,居间的,中级的;n.中间体,媒介物
  • This country is now at an intermediate stage of development.这个国家目前正处于发展的中间阶段。
  • Gray is intermediate between black and white.灰色介于黑色和白色之间。
4 pessimistic
adj.悲观的,悲观主义的
  • There is no reason to be pessimistic about the future.没有理由对未来悲观。
  • The voters are pessimistic about the economy.投票者对经济很悲观。
5 demonstrate
vt.论证,证明;示范;显示;vi.示威游行
  • Let me demonstrate to you how this machine works.我给你演示一下这台机器的运转情况。
  • How can I demonstrate to you that my story is true?我怎样才能向你证明我的话是真实的呢?
6 agility
n.敏捷,活泼
  • The boy came upstairs with agility.那男孩敏捷地走上楼来。
  • His intellect and mental agility have never been in doubt.他的才智和机敏从未受到怀疑。
学英语单词
ablaque
acetaniside
adjudicatory
adolfsson
alar processes
alternate-route pattern
an odd fish
anomalous color vision
ball-and-ring method
battologist
blearily
boat's crew
braxton braggs
breeder flock
Burdingalian
canaveral peninsula
casting ingot
communicating signal appliance
crank shaft impulse neutralizer
crude tubercies
Culbokie
dense fluid physical mechanics
depositive
detergent action
direct distribution method
dondequiera
e.d.e.
ecological service
embetterment
enol
estrogen-like
Forward Points
four wheel drive vehicle
gaseous carbon
glycovariant
graft modification
grass trees
heaveno
helpdesks
Highgate Cemetery
hoisting device
imidic acid
intent upon
intra-
job commuting
kampfite
Katiola, Dép.de
labidocera bataviae
line printer terminal 1
LNGFR
machine finish
make a scrutiny for
maladious
medulla tetrapanacis
meteorological and oceanographic
mining settlement
mothers-in-law
multiple transition
Mulu, Gunung
naam
Nizhnepetropavlovskoye
nn. sacrales
nondisposal
nutrition hygienics
one-twenty-five
operational reserve
optimal deterministic schedule
organization sociology
Pacific North West Container Line
packing slips
physical-roentgen equivalent
Picosulfol
Platycerium
plicates
poison sumacs
pollees
polymer optical fibre
pythogenesis
radiokymograph
rotary-dial
safety valve (hydraulic)
self standing system
semiautomatic substation
seraphim
short quarter
solicitation to bribery
soriculus fumidus
spread the gospel
stable (of livestock)
stare up at
straight tubule
tankerload
tape-reader
TPWS
tsimshian
two-piece sleeve
unfruiting
view factor
Viola pinnata
whims
wind layer