Unit 2 Section Ⅱ Welcome to the unit and Reading—Language Points（Word教参）-【优化指导】2023-2024学年新教材高中英语选择性必修第二册（译林版2020）

Section Ⅱ　Welcome to the unit and Reading—Language Points [对应学生用书P29] 难词注解 教材原文 课文翻译 ①solidarity n．团结，齐心协力 ②participate vi.参加，参与 ③compete vi.参加比赛；竞争 ④racial adj.种族的；种族间的 ⑤diverse adj.多种多样的，不同的 ⑥joint adj.联合的，共同的 n．关节；接合处 ⑦motivate vt.激励，激发；成为……的动机，是……的原因 ⑧motto n．(pl.mottoes, mottos)格言，座右铭 ⑨boundary n．边界，分界线 ⑩demonstrate vt.表现，表露；证实，证明；示范，演示 vi.游行示威 ⑪afterwards adv.以后，后来 ⑫proceed vi.接着做，继而做；继续从事(或进行)；行进，前往 ⑬flame n．火焰，火舌 ⑭applaud vt.& vi.称赞，赞许；鼓掌 ⑮track and field田径运动 ⑯consistent adj.一致的，始终如一的；连续的 ⑰humanity n．(统称)人，人类；人性；人道，仁慈 ⑱rank vi.& vt.属于某等级，把……分等级；排列；使排成行 n．地位，级别；排，列；等级；军衔 ⑲trend n．趋势，趋向 ⑳hurdle n．跨栏赛；栏架；障碍 election n．选举，推选；当选 advent n. (重要事件、人物等的)到来，出现 faith n．信心；宗教信仰 ambition n．追求的目标，夙愿；野心，雄心，壮志 ascend vi.& vt.上升，升高，登高 The Olympic Games Every four years, thousands of highly trained and talented athletes gather together in the spirit of friendship, solidarity① and fair play, ready to test their abilities against each other in the hope of being recognized as the best of the best. This is the Olympics—an extraordinary sporting event that was first celebrated about 3,000 years ago. 句中that was first celebrated about 3,000 years ago是定语从句，先行词为an extraordinary sporting event；其中was first celebrated为被动结构。 [Subheading 1]History of the Olympic Games The ancient Olympic Games began in the year 776 BCE. During the early Games, only Greek men were allowed to participate②. They competed③ in such events as boxing, running and the long jump. The ancient Olympic Games were held at Olympia in Greece every four years for almost 12 centuries, until they eventually died out around the year 393. More than 1,500 years later, however, the Games rose again. The modern Olympics were first held in 1896, in Athens. It was a Frenchman, Pierre de Coubertin, who brought the Olympics back to life. His dream was that the Olympics would help people of different racial④ origins and from different cultures live side by side in peace. For over a century, people from diverse⑤ backgro