Lesson 37
The Olympic Games
奥林匹克运动会
First listen and then answer the question.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
When was the last time this country hosted the Olympic Games?
这个国家上一次举办奥运会是什么时候？
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.
奥林匹克运动会
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。
New words and expressions 生词和短语
Olympic adj. 奥林匹克的
Olympic games 奥林匹克运动会,简称 : The Games (一般大型运动会用 “games” )
hold v. 召开
have a meeting召开会议 / hold a meeting召开会议 / hold a party 召开宴会
hold习惯用被动, 被动 : the meeting will be held
the Olympic games will be held in China in 2008.(two thousand eight)
government n. 政府
immense adj. 巨大的
big, large大的
huge [hju?d?]adj.(体积的)巨大的, 极大的, 无限的
great 大的, 伟大的
immense [??mens] 极大的, 无边的, 一望无际的
the universe is immense.( universe [?ju?n?v??s] n.宇宙, 世界, 万物, 领域)
immense ocean
fantastic [f?n?t?st?k] (建筑等)表惊叹, 还可表示好极的, 宏伟的
great man 伟人big man 大人物large man大块头
huge(体积)巨大, 庞大
big 一般的大 / large 数量的大, 尺寸的大 / great 伟大的, 重要的
stadium n. 露天体育场
playground操场
sports field运动场, 体育场 sports 各种各样的运动
gymnasium [d??m?ne?zi?m] n.健身房, 体育馆 体育
gym : [d??m] =gymnasium 体育 n.体育馆, 体操
篮球场 gym ; 足球场 stadium
standard n. 标准
high standard高标准
Olympic standard意为体育最高标准(运动会中的最高标准)
capital n. 首都
capital adj 另义 : 大写的, 重要的
fantastic adj. 巨大的
design v. 设计
designer 设计师
well－designed设计不错