新概念第二册lesson8.ppt

Questions: 1. Who has the best garden in the town? 2. Whose garden is more interesting, Joe’s or Bill’s ? Why? 3. What about the writer’s garden? New Words and expressions competition n.比赛，竞赛 neat adj.整齐的，整洁的 path n.小路，小径 wooden adj. 木头的 pool n. 水池 nearly adv. 几乎，将近 enter for 报名参加 grow—grew---grown v. 种植，生长 win---won---won v. 赢, 获胜 prize n. 奖 ★competition? n. 比赛，竞赛 ① compete v.竞争 eg：Compete only with yourself。只与自己竞争。 ② competitor n.竞争者，对手 eg：We soon knocked over our competitor. ③ competitive adj.有竞争力的 eg：First of all,if we want to stay competitive, We need to modernize our factory. （使..现代化） ★ competition，contest，match，race，game competition 比赛，竞争（正式）： chess competitions 棋类比赛； commercial competition 商业竞争 contest 比赛（赛场上的较量）： beauty contest 选美； folk song contest 民歌比赛 tug-of-war contest 拔河比赛 match 比赛（球类） tennis match网球赛； football match 足球比赛 race 比赛（速度）： horse race 赛马； Marathon race 马拉松赛跑 game 比赛（广义上）： the Olympic Games 奥林匹克运动会 2. neat: ①整洁的， 整齐的 （适合用于赞赏女孩子的房间) =tidy ②未掺水的 e.g. What a neat room! What a mess ! e.g. a neat cupboard/ room/ house/ e.g. a neat whisky/ Brandy/ vodka/ 3. path: 小路，小径 e.g. The path runs through the forest. 这条小路一直延伸到森林。 pool n.水池 ★ ocean、lake、river、Pond、puddle、pool ocean海洋（大陆板块漂移而成） lake湖泊（雨水汇集而成） river江河（地表径流而成） pound池塘（多为天然形成） puddle水坑（积水而成） pool水池（人工形成） Joe Sanders has the most beautiful garden in our town. Nearly everybody enters for The Nicest Garden Competition each year, but Joe wins every time. Bill Friths garden is larger than Joes. Bill works harder than Joe and grows more flowers and vegetables, but Joes garden is more interesting. He has made neat path and has built a wooden bridge over a pool. I like gardens too, but I do not l