人教版高中英语必修二Unit2知识点详解

Part 1. Warming up

1. How many countries competed in the ancient Olympic Games?

compete vi.比赛;竞争

常用搭配：

compete in...在某一方面竞争

compete for...为...而竞争

compete with/against... 与...竞争

How many runners will be competing in the marathon?有多少运动员参加马拉松赛跑？The two teams compete for the championship. 那两队要争当冠军。

He believed that nobody could compete with him. 他相信没有人能与他抗衡。

词汇扩展：

competition n.比赛有竞争力的比赛者；对手

The students competed ____ the honor of winning ____ each other _____ the school sports meeting.

A. for, against, in

B. in, with, against

C. against, for, at

D. about, in, with

2.Who couldn’

take part in意为：参加

复习join,join in,join sb.in (doing) sth.,take part in,attend区别，详见必修1Unit1 3. What do the five rings on the Olympic flag stand for?

stand for (指缩写或符号)代表；象征；倡导，支持，主张，

写出下列stand for的意思。

(1)Pine trees stand for courage and strength.__代表，象征_______

(2)We stand for fair competition in the Olympic Games._倡导，支持，拥护

联想拓展

stand by 袖手旁观；无动于衷

stand by sb. 支持sb；站在sb一边

stand out 显眼；突出

stand up 站起；站立；起立

Stand aside 1.站到一边；

2.不参与，不介入，置身事外

The American flag ________ (代表)freedom and justice.

His red hair made him _________(引人注目) in the crowd.

How can you _________(袖手旁观) and see him accused of something he didn’t do? She ___________(站到一边）to let us pass.

Part 2. Pre-reading, reading and comprehending

1.Pausanias, who was a Greek writer 2,000 years ago, has come on a magical journey to find out about the present day Olympic Games. Pausanias是2000前的一位希腊作家，他做了一次魔幻的旅行，来打听当代奥林匹克运动会的情况。

go/start/ come/ be on a journey 进行旅行My father is away on a journey.

find out about 弄清有关……的情况

The police are trying hard to find out about the accident.

2. I lived in what you call “Ancient Greece” and I used to write about the Olympic Games more than 2,000 years ago. 我生活在你们所说的“古希腊”，我曾经写过２０００年前奥林匹克运动会的情况。

what 引起宾语从句，并在从句中作call的宾语，“Ancient Greece”作宾补。what 相当于the place that，因此what不能改为that，也不能改为where，因为where 只能作状语。After many days’voyage, they arrived in what is called America now. After a long journey, they came to what was called “Gebi Desert”.

used to do表示过去经常做某事

be/get used to doing“习惯于”The man go t used to living in the countryside.

be used to do=“被用于做……”,是被动语态Wood can be used to make paper.

3.every four years 每四年;每隔三年

表示“每多少时间/距离，每隔多少时间/距离”

every 基数词+ 复数名词

序数词＋单数名词

every four years= every fourth year 每４年，每隔３年

“每隔一”Every other + 单数名词

每隔几...: every few+复数名词

每两周，每隔一周every two weeks/every second week/every other week Usually, medicine should be taken _____________________________.（每四小时）Some of you go back home ____________________ _.（每隔一个星期）

He likes reading very much, so he goes to the bookshop______________.（每隔几天）4.Only athletes who have reached the agreed standard for their event will be admitted as competitors.

admit

(1)许可(人或物)进入;让……进入

Only one hundred boys are admitted to the school every year.

(2) 容纳The theatre admits only 200 persons.

(3) 承认；供认

I admit my mistake.

He admitted having done wrong.

常用句型：

be admitted as... 被接受为……

be admitted to / into被准许进入……

admit sth / doing sth 承认某事/做过某事

admit that 承认……

It is / was admitted that普遍认为……

经典例句

(1)He member of the basketball team.他被接受成为篮球队的一名队员。

那时每年只有200名儿童获准入学。

【答案】(1)was admitted as (2)were admitted to / into

即时训练

①He the car without insurance. 他供认驾驶了这辆没有保险的车。

②Luckily, he a key university last year.幸运的是,去年他被一所名牌大学录取了。

【答案】①admitted driving ②was admitted to / into