【自學英語】一天背誦一課 三個月拿下英語 (37)

Lesson 37 The Olympic Games 奧林匹克運動會

First listen and then answer the question. 聽錄音,然後回答以下問題:When was the last time this country hosted the Olympic Games?



聽三遍錄音,然後對照附文再聽一遍,尤其是剛才沒有聽懂的句子,要特別留意

【原文】

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.


【自學英語】一天背誦一課 三個月拿下英語 (37)

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【譯文】奧林匹克運動會

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

4年以後,奧林匹克運動會將在我們國家舉行。(一般將來時被動)

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.(將來進行時)

由於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。

They will also be building new roads and a special railway line.

他們還將修築一些新的道路和一條鐵路專線。(將來進行時)

The Games will be held just outside the capital and the whole area will be called Olympic City.

奧運會就在首都市郊舉辦,整個地區將被稱作“奧林匹克城”。(一般將來時被動)

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;(將來完成時)

By the end of next year, they will have finished work on the new stadium.

到明年年底,他們將把新體育場建成。(將來完成時)

The fantastic modern buildings have been designed by Kurt Gunter.

這些巨大的現代化建築是由庫爾特.岡特設計的。(將來完成時被動)

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

大家都將急切地注視著新建築的建成。(一般將來時被動)

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

我們都非常激動,盼望著奧運會的到來,因為在這個國家裡還從未舉辦過奧運會。(將來完成時被動)


【New words and expressions】 生詞和短語

★Olympic adj. 奧林匹克的

Olympic games 奧林匹克運動會,簡稱 : The Games (一般大型運動會用 “games” )


★hold (held held) v 召開

have a meeting召開會議 / hold a meeting召開會議 / hold a party 召開宴會

hold 習慣用被動, 被動 : 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 adj.(體積的)巨大的, 極大的, 無限的

great 大的, 偉大的

immense 極大的, 無邊的, 一望無際的

the universe is immense.( universe n.宇宙, 世界, 萬物, 領域)

fantastic (建築等)表驚歎, 還可表示好極的, 宏偉的

great man 偉人 big man 大人物 large man大塊頭

huge (體積)巨大, 龐大

big 一般的大 / large 數量的大, 尺寸的大 / great 偉大的, 重要的


★stadium n 露天體育場

playground操場

sports field運動場, 體育場 sports 各種各樣的運動

gymnasium n.健身房, 體育館 體育

gym : =gymnasium 體育 n.體育館, 體操

籃球場 gym ; 足球場 stadium


★standard n 標準

high standard 高標準

Olympic standard意為體育最高標準(運動會中的最高標準)


★capital n 首都

capital adj 另義 : 大寫的, 重要的


★fantastic adj 巨大的

★design v 設計

designer 設計師

well-designed 設計不錯

【語法】

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

4年以後,奧林匹克運動會將在我們國家舉行。(一般將來時被動)

in four years time:四年之後,與將來時句子用。

*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;

將來完成時 表示到將來某一個時刻已經完成的動作。


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