The Olympic Games 奧林匹克運動會

【課文】

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.

【課文翻譯】

4年以后，奧林匹克運動會將在我們國家舉行。由于將有大批的人到我們國家來，所以政府準備建造一些新的飯店、一個大型體育場和一個新的奧運會標準游泳池。他們還將修筑一些新的道路和一條鐵路專線。奧運會就在首都市郊舉辦，整個地區(qū)將被稱作“奧林匹克城”。工人們將在今年年底前把新路鋪好;到明年年底，他們將把新體育場建成。這些巨大的現(xiàn)代化建筑是由庫爾特.岡特設計的。大家都將急切地注視著新建筑的建成。我們都非常激動，盼望著奧運會的到來，因為在這個國家里還從未舉辦過奧運會。

【生詞和短語】

Olympic adj. 奧林匹克的

hold v. 召開

government n. 政府

immense adj. 巨大的

stadium n. 露天體育場

standard n. 標準

capital n. 首都

fantastic adj. 巨大的

design v. 設計

【知識點講解】

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

4年以后，奧林匹克運動會將在我們國家舉行。

(1)in four years' time 翻譯為4年之后。表示未來時間的長度用介詞in.

(2)hold做動詞的意思是"拿著, 控制, 容納, 握住, 持有, 保持, 掌握, 認為, 舉行",做名詞的意思是指“握住, 控制, 把握, 立足點, 延誤, 影響”

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

我要你拿著手電筒站在我旁邊。

常搭配的短語有： hold on 抓住，繼續(xù)，堅持 hold up 舉起，抬起 hold out 伸出，堅持 hold down 壓制，壓縮

He held on to the rock to stop himself slipping.

他緊緊抓住巖石以免自己往下滑。

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

我決定暫緩發(fā)布消息，直到我確信準確無誤。

Doctors hold out little hope of her recovering.

醫(yī)生幫助她康復的希望甚微。

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

工人們將在今年年底前把新路鋪好。

句中用了將來完成時，這個時態(tài)用來表示到將來某一時刻已經(jīng)完成的動作。

Will you have known Kevin for 10 years next month?

到下個月你認識凱文該有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.

由于將有大批的人到我們國家來，所以政府準備建造一些新的飯店、一個大型體育場和一個新的奧運會標準游泳池。

此句中as作為連詞用，當“因為”講，引出狀語從句。as在表示“原因”時，語氣要輕于because。一般來說，as引導的從句會在主句前。as引導的從句也可以在主句后，不過必須要確認從句的內(nèi)容要是對方知道的。

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

因為你喜歡音樂，你可以給我介紹一些著名的歌手吧。

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

大家都將急切地注視著新建筑的建成。

本句中的as是連詞，當“當”、“正值”講，引出時間狀語從句。

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

正如報紙報道的一樣，所有的學校都將于9月1日開學。

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

大家都將急切地注視著新建筑的建成。我們都非常激動，盼望著奧運會的到來，因為在這個國家里還從未舉辦過奧運會。

look forward to……盼望、期待……。to是介詞，后面可加名詞，動名詞或是代詞。

I look forward to being alone in the house.

我盼望著能自己一人待在這所房子里。

其它搭配短語有：look back on 回顧, 回憶起 look down on 俯視, 看不起, 蔑視

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

我喜歡回顧中學生活時代。

Don't look down on such activities.

不要小看這些活動。