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Unit2 The Olympic Games Ⅰ.Word study 1. honest adj. ：(of a person) telling the truth; frank, sincere and direct 诚实的；正直的 e.g. He was an honest boy. 他是一个诚实的男孩。 Do you like our plan? Please be honest! 你喜欢我们的计划吗？请说实话！ 构词解析： honesty (n.) 诚实 honestly (adv.) 诚实地 常见搭配： earn/turn an honest penny: to earn money by working hard and fairly 以正当的手段凭努力工作挣钱 e.g. We should earn an honest penny. 我们应努力凭本事挣钱。 to be honest (about it/with you): to tell you the truth老实说，说实话 e.g. To be honest (with you), he doesn’t work hard. 老实说，他工作不很勤奋。 in all honestly: honestly 诚实地，实在地 e.g. I can’t in all honesty go there. 我确实不能去那里。 Practice Correct the mistake in each sentence. 1) Tom is a honest boy. We should believe him. ________________________________________________ 2) We can’t in all honest give you all the books. ________________________________________________ 3) Honestily, that’s all the money I’ve got. ________________________________________________ Key for reference 1) a改为an 2) honest改为honesty 3）Honestily改为Honestly 2. ancient (adj.) ─ belonging to times long past 古代的；古老的 e.g. He likes reading the world ancient history. 他喜欢读世界古代史。 There is an ancient tree in our village. 在我们村子里，有一颗非常古老的树。 构词解析： ancient（古代的）→ medieval(中世纪的) → modern（现代的） Practice Join the following groups of key words into complete sentences: 1) an, there, ancient, temple, is, town, the, in _____________________________________________________________________________ 2) the, ancient, man, likes, furniture, man, collecting _____________________________________________________________________________ Key for reference 1) There is an ancient temple in the town. 2) The man likes collecting ancient furniture 3. compete (vi.) ─ to try to win sth. by defeating others who are trying to do the same 比赛；竞争。 e.g. This is the horse that has competed in the Grand National four times. 这就是那匹参加过四次“英国大马赛”的马。 构词解析： competition n. 竞争，比赛 competitor