2. Word study

4. 1. stand for Our national flag stands for our country. John always stands for what is right. The weather here is rather hot. I can’t stand for it at all. to signify to support to bear

5. X, the letters CCTV, the teacher, the majority of people an unknown number, freedom of speech, bad behavior in class, China Central Television stand for 1. X stands for an unknown number.

6. 2. The letters CCTV stand for China Central Television. 3. The teacher can’t stand for bad behavior in class. 4. The majority of people stand for freedom of speech.

7. 1.The dove ________________( 代表和平 ). 2.Do you ___________________________ ( 支持还是反对这个计划 )? 3.I won’t ____________________________ ( 容忍被人当孩子一样对待 ). 4.I want to know _____________________ ( 她主张什么 ) before I talk with her. stands for peace stand for or against the plan stand for being treated as a child what she stands for Complete the sentences

9. 2. prepare Some of them are busy preparing work for the next day. 1) (vt) to make something ready

10. prepare to do prepare for sth to be ready to do to be ready for sth 2) 1. He said he ________________________ ____________(prepare, seize, opportunity) to speak to the travel agent alone. 2. Hope for the best and _______________ ____________(prepare, worst). prepared to seize the opportunity prepare for the worst

11. 3) prepared: (adj) ready Their long-prepared speech was made several weeks ago. The chairman read out a prepared statement. 主席宣读了 (read out) 一份准备好的声明．

12. 4) be prepared to do be prepared for They were prepared for anything to happen. 他们为任何会发生的事做好了准备． Nothing can move her decision, she was prepared to face any difficulty. 没有什么事能改变她的决定，她准备好了面 对任何困难．

13. 5) preparation : (n.) in preparation for make preparations for What will be done ___________________ the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing? in preparation for We had only a week to ________________ ___ the travel. make preparations for

14. Prepare (vt) to prepare to do to prepare for sth to be prepared to do to be prepared for sth in preparation for to make preparations for revision

16. 3. compete: (vi) The athletes competed ______________ each other _____ the gold medal _____ the swimming race. try to be more successful than others… with / against for in compete with / against, for, in

17. compete (v) competition (n) competitive (adj) competitor (n)

18. In 2001, China won a great ___________ to host the 29 th Olympic Games. In 2008, the ___________ from all over the world will come to Beijing to take part in the ____________ games and they will ____________ medals ___ more than 300 different events. competition competitors competitive compete forin compete, competition, competitor, competitive,

19. 4. would rather prefer to do 1)To be honest, I would rather have a quiet night in front of TV. 2)I would rather not buy the cheap tickets. 3)I’d rather stay at home than go out. would rather do would rather not do would rather do…than do…

20. 1. I’d rather have the red notebook than have the green one. 2. I suppose I could lend it to them, but I would rather not lend. 3. He would rather listen to others than talk himself. 4. I’d much rather communicate in English than in French. F F T T Correct the sentences if necessary

21. 1.---Some more wine? ---Thank you, ________________( 我不 喝了 ). I have to drive home. 2.To my surprise, my grandfather ____________________________ ( 宁愿 走路回家 ). 3.They_____________________________ ________ ( 更愿意乘火车旅行而不是飞机 ). Complete the sentences I’d rather not would rather go home on foot would rather travel by train than by air

22. Class activity The captions of four pictures on the webpage of our school

23. Assignment Rewrite the captions and put them into a passage with suitable conjunctions