★Lesson 37 The Olympic Games.doc

★Lesson 37 The Olympic Games ★Olympic adj. 奥林匹克的 the Olympic games 奥林匹克运动会（简称the Games，一般大型运动会用games) ★hold (held，held) v. 召开 ① vt. 拿着，抓住，抱住 Please hold the bady while I take off my coat. Why are you holding my bag? ② 容纳，装得下，包含 This cup can’t hold much water. 这杯子装不了多少水。 The stadium can hold 20,000 people. ③ 举行，进行（会议、会谈等）；庆祝（节日）；纪念 have a meeting = hold a meeting 召开会议 hold习惯用被动： The Olympic games will be held in China in 2008. (two thousand eight) A festival is held at Edinburgh every year. 节日庆典每年在爱丁堡举行一次. We are going to hold a meeting tomorrow to discuss the subject. 明天我们准备开一次会来讨论这个议题. The next conference will be held in Geneva. 下次会议将在日内瓦举行. ★immense adj. 巨大的 ★fantastic adj. 巨大的 fantastic adj. 巨大的(建筑等，表惊叹)，好极的, 宏伟的 immense adj. 极大的, 无边的, 一望无际的 The universe is immense. immense ocean big adj.（一般的）大的 big man 大人物 large adj. 数量的大, 尺寸的大 large man 大块头 great adj. 伟大的, 重要的 great man 伟人 huge adj.(体积的)巨大的, 庞大，极大的, 无限的 ★stadium n. 露天体育场 playground n. 操场 sports field 运动场, 体育场（sports 各种各样的运动） gymnasium n. 健身房，体育馆；体育 篮球场 gym ；足球场 stadium ★standard n. 标准 high standard 高标准 Olympic-standard 奥林匹克标准(运动会中的最高标准)（复合形容词：形容词+名词） ★capital n. 首都 capital adj. 大写的, 重要的 capital punishment 极刑 (punishment n.惩罚, 处罚, 惩处) hot seat 电椅（国外的极刑） ★design v. 设计 ① vt. vi. 设计图样 George has designed a new bridge. ② vt. vi. 打算（做……），计划 He designed to enter for the competition. This book is designed for foreign tourist. ③ n. 图样，图纸；设计 Susan has just drawn a design for a new dress. Here is the design of the new house. designer n. 设计师 well－designed 设计不错的（复合形容词：副词+过去分词） 【课文讲解】 1、The Olympic Games will be held in our country in four years time. in four years’ time 四年之后（in常与将来时连用表示“……时间之后”） He will be back in ten minutes or half an hour. four years later 四年后 four years ago 四年前 2、As a great many people will be visiting the countr