新概念英语第二册 Lesson 37 The Olympic Games 讲义

Lesson 37 The Olympic Games  Text 课文 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?  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. New words 生词 Olympic [ə'limpik] a.奥林匹克的 hold [həuld] v.召开 government ['gʌvənmənt] n.政府 immense [i'mens] a.巨大的 stadium ['steidiəm] n.露天体育场 standard ['stændəd] n.标准 capital ['kæpitl] n.首都 fantastic [fæn'tæstik] a.巨大的 design [di'zain] v.设计  Grammar focus 语法 1. The Olympic Games will be held in our country in four years' time. 4年以后，奥林匹克运动会将在我们国家举行。 The Olympic Games指奥林匹克运动会，它是世界规模最大的综合性运动会，每四年一届。 will be held是一般将来时的被动语态，其结构是：主语+will be done+其他。如： A new hospital will be built in our city. 一所新的医院将在我们城市建成。 下文中还有一个一般将来时的被动语态的句子： The Games will be held just outside the capital and the whole area will be called 'Olympic City'. 奥运会就在首都市郊举办，整个地区将被称作“奥林匹克城”。 这是一个由and连接的并列句，and前后的连两个句子都是一般将来时的被动语态。 2. 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. 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。 这是一个由as引导的原因状语从句，句中as表示由于，因为；可以用because代替。 will be visiting是将来正在进行时，将来进行时强调在将来的某个具体时间正在发生的动作或事情，其结构是主语+will be doing+其他。如： My family will be havi