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2. . Vocabulary 162-163. Vocabulary  2. Reading--- The Olympic Games;  Beijing—Olympic City 2008  3. Language focus: gerund  4. Listening

3.  In this unit  Study language related to international sporting events;  Practice comparatives and superlatives;  Revise the use of passive  Study the use of gerund;  Revise the form and use of the first conditional

4.  Vocabulary:  1. 构词法  1) prefix 前缀  2)suffix 后缀  2. Some words related to The Olympic Games  The ancient Olympic; athletes; host city; The International Olympic Games (IOC);  Stadium; major construction project; bidder ;

5.  Reading : The Olympic Games  Language points:  1. In honor of: out of respect for sb/sth  We held a ceremony in honor of those killed in battle.  There is a party tonight in honor of our new president.  The ancient Olympic Games were part of a religious festival in honor of the Greek god Zeus, the father of all Greek gods and goddess.

6.  2. As far as …to the place mentioned, but no further  I’ve read as far as the third chapter.  He walked as far as the foot of a mountain.  As far as …  As far as the eye can reach.  As far as I’m concerned, I like English very much.  As far as I know, he is related with that bad guy.

7. Grammar: 动名词 具有名词和动词特征，在句子中做主语，宾语， 介词宾语，状语 1.Subject Cooking is not easy. Swimming is good exercise, I like to swim in the summer. 逻辑主语的动名词： It can be dangerous driving a car too fast. It is no use asking him to come now. He is busy. I hope you don’t mind my telling you all this. I appreciate your keeping it a secret. 物主代词或名词所有格是动名词的逻辑主语。

8. 2. 做宾语 Admit, appreciate, avoid, can’t help, consider, delay, deny, enjoy, escape, fancy, excuse, favour, finish, miss, quit, recall, resent, resume etc Do you like watching football games?  I am very keen on cycling.  He is capable of doing anything.  She is afraid of staying in that house alone.  3. 介词宾语  Without preparing, you couldn’t get succeed.  In may ways, learning to speak a foreign language is similar to training to be good basketball player.

9. What about putting off the football match? You see, it’s raining.  3. 做状语  After winning the bid, Beijing began major construction projects.  Before going to school, he hadn ’ t acted or sung.

10. Note how these sentences have been joined He sat there. He didn’t say anything. He sat there without saying anything. He turned off the radio. He left the room. Before leaving the room, he turned off the radio. He looked at this watch. He hurried to the station. After looking at this watch, he hurried to the station. I must apologize. I interrupted you. I must apologize for interrupting you. I must apologize. I didn’t letting you know earlier. I must apologize for not letting you know earlier.

11. 带 if 的真实条件句： 结构为： If 从句 （现在时） + 主句 （结果） 将来时 If I buy it, the restaurant will be twice the size. If I do it, you won’t be able to come here. If you make it bigger, will you change the name? If 从句即可以放在句首，也可放在句尾。 If I leave, I’ll be much happier. I’ll be much happier if I leave. Pay attention to the tense.

12.  Listening comprehension: 1. Activity 6 (p150)  Activity 11 (p154)  Activity 14 (p157)  Activity 16 (p159)  Activity 17(p159)  Activity 18(p160)  Activity 19(P160)  Take the tapescript as reference (p320)