Unit2Sportsculture单元复习导学案-高中英语牛津译林版（2020）选择性.docx

XB2U2复习单

Reading:TheOlympicGames

Everyfouryears,thousandsofhighlytrainedand（有天赋的）athletesgathertogetherinthespiritoffriendship,solidarity,andfairplay,readytotesttheirabilitiesagainsteachother（怀着...的希望）beingrecognized（作为）thebestofthebest.ThisistheOlympics——anextraordinarysportingeventthatwasfirstcelebratedabout3,000yearsago.

TheancientOlympicGamesbeganintheyear776BCE.DuringtheearlyGamesonlyGreekmenwereallowedtoparticipate.Theypetedinsucheventsasboxing,runningandthelongjump.TheancientOlympicGameswereheldatOlympiainGreeceeveryfouryearsforalmost12centuriesuntiltheyeventually（消亡）aroundtheyear393.

participate同义词

dieout同义词

Morethan1,500yearslater,however,theGamesroseagain.ThemodernOlympicswerefirstheldin1896,inAthens.ItwasaFrenchmanPierredeCoubertin,whobroughttheOlympicsbacktolife.（固定句型是）。HisdreamwasthattheOlympicswouldhelppeopleofdifferentracialoriginsandfromdifferentcultureslive（共存）inpeace.Foroveracentury,peoplefrom（多样的）backgroundshavemade（共同努力）tohelprealizeCoubertin’sdream.（被,,,激发）theOlympicmotto“Faster,Higher,Strongermanywellknownathletes,bothmaleandfemale,havedevotedthemselvestoachievingsportingexcellenceand（推动人类成就的极限）。

bringtheOlympicsbacktolife

differentracialorigins

diversebackgrounds

motivate（同义词）

devoteoneselfto

boundary≈limit≈（同义词）

OnesuchOlympianwastheboxerCassiusClay.Hecametopublicattenti