新概念英语第二册第37课

Lesson 37 The Olympic Games奥林匹克运动会

When was the last time this country hosted the Olympic Games?

The Olympic Games will be held in our country in four years' time. As a great many people will be visiting the country, the government will be building new hotels, an immense stadium, and a new Olympic-standard swimming pool. They will also be building new roads and a special railway line. The Games will be held just outside the capital and the whole area will be called 'Olympic City'. Workers will have completed the new roads by the end of this year. By the end of next year, they will have finished work on the new stadium. The fantastic modern buildings have been designed by Kurt Gunter. Everybody will be watching anxiously as the new buildings go up. We are all very excited and are looking forward to the Olympic Games because they have never been held before in this country.

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4年以后，奥林匹克运动会将在我们国家举行。由于将有大批的人到我们国家来，所以政府准备建造一些新的饭店、一个大型体育场和一个新的奥运会标准游泳池。他们还将修筑一些新的道路和一条铁路专线。奥运会就在首都市郊举办，整个地区将被称作“奥林匹克城”。工人们将在今年年底前把新路铺好；到明年年底，他们将把新体育场建成。这些巨大的现代化建筑是由库尔特.冈特设计的。大家都将急切地注视着新建筑的建成。我们都非常激动，盼望着奥运会的到来，因为在这个国家里还从未举办过奥运会。

【New words and expressions】（9）

1、Olympic adj．奥林匹克竞赛的

the Olympic fire奧林匹克圣火

the Olympic Games/the Olympics奧林匹克运动会

2、hold-held-held

1) conduct举行，进行

A meeting was held here yesterday．昨天一个会议被召开了。

2)observe，celebrate庆祝，过（节日，生日，周年）

例: Do you hold Christmas in your country?你们国家庆祝圣诞节吗？

3)take and keep/grab/seize/catch抓住，握住

hold my hand抓住我的手

take hold of...．catch hold of...

get hold of... 抓住...

例: l threw the rope and he caught hold of it.我扔出了绳了，他抓住了它。4) contain容纳

have enough space for sb/sth

例: My brain cannot hold so much information at one time．

5)坚持

例：Hold on! 坚持住！

Stick to it! 坚持住！

Never say die！永不言败！

Never give up! 永不放弃！

Never lose heart! 永不要灰心丧气！

Hold the line, please．请稍等，不要挂断电话。

Hold it! 别挂断！

Hold on a minute，please !请稍等（不要挂断电话）。

3、government n．政府

govern v．治理（国家，国民），统治，管理，抑制

例: The mayor governed the city very wisely.这个市长很好的治理这个城市。govern the people 统治人民

govern a school 管理一所学校

govern one' s temper 抑制某人的脾气

government n．政治，政府

the local government 地方政府：

governor n．州长（美）：总督，总裁，管理者（-英）

4、stadium n．露大体育场

a baseball stadium 棒球馆

a swimming stadium 游泳馆

an indoor stadium 室内游泳馆

the Olympic stadium 奥林匹克运动场

gymnasium．健身房，室内体育馆gym

gymnasia(pl)

5、capital

1) n．首都，省会

例: London, Paris and Rome are capital cities.

Paris is the capital of France．巴黎是法国的首都。

2) n．大写字母capital letter

write in capitals用大写字母来书写

例: Begin your sentence with a capital.用大写字母开始句首。

3) n．资本，资金

capitalism 资本主义