1 Sports作名词定语时,一般用 复述形式 - 瑞文的课件网.ppt

.. Unit 8 1. Sports作名词定语时，一般用 复数形式 Sports jackets, sports meeting(meet), sports man, sports women, sports ground sports page of the paper, etc. 2. Play, sport, game, match, race的辨析：这些词均属运动范畴 Play 为一般用语，无特殊含义，如：play ping-pong, play football 等。 Sport 常指户外体力运动或游戏，如：boating, hunting, running等。 Game 指有一定规则，双方竞争的游戏或运动，既可以是体力的，又可以是脑力的，如：basketball,chess 等，美国人常用game，英国人则常用 match。 Race 专指比速度的比赛，如赛跑等。另外，sports可指运动会， games指大型体育运动会。 3. stand for 代表，象征 The UN stands for the United Nations and USA stands for the United States of America. Each star on the flag of the United States stands for a state of the nation. 4. Be worth…值… The necklace is worth 250 yuan at least. What you did was worth the prize. The work is worth the trouble. Do you think the book is worth reading? The bike is too old. It isn’t worth repairing at all. 5. “Every+基数词+时间/距离”表示“每多少时间/距离”，如： Every five days, every three hours, every ten metres, etc. 类似的表达法还有：Every fifth day, every third hour, etc. 每隔一天：every second day, every two days, every other day. 6. Compete (vt. try to win, try to do better than others. ) Compete in sth : All these countries competed in the trade. Compete with /against sb. (for sth): The students all competed with each other for the prize. We can compete with the best teams. Competition n. An English-speaking competition. It was a friendly competition. Competitor : The number of the competitors is 40. 7. Times(pl.) 相当于a period of time 时代。如， In ancient times, people lived on wild fruits and wild beasts. Times are different, women can do the same things as men (can). 8. Mean意味着，象征，代表，表示。常用的结构有mean sth./doing sth /that-clause The red light means “Stop”. Studying hard now means getting a good job tomorrow. His words meant that he didn’t accept your advice. Mean to do sth.=plan to do sth.=intend to do sth. I didn’t mean to start an argument. 9. Try to do sth (try and do sth)勉力而为，努力 Try to get here early. Speak louder, and try t