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.

New words and expressions 生词和短语

Olympic adj. 奥林匹克的
hold v. 召开
government n. 政府
immense adj. 巨大的
stadium n. 露天体育场
standard n. 标准
capital n. 首都
fantastic adj. 巨大的
design v. 设计

参考译文

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。

lesson 37

Olympic adj. 奥林匹克的
hold v 召开
government n 政府
immense adj 巨大的
stadium n 露天体育场
standard n 标准
capital n 首都
fantastic adj 巨大的
design v 设计

Olympic games 奥林匹克运动会
hold held held
have a meeting召开会议
hold a meeting召开会议
hold a party 召开宴会
hold习惯用被动，被动：the meeting will be held
the Olympic games will be held in China in 2008
big，large大的
huge 巨大的
great 大的，伟大的
immense 极大的，无边的
the universe is immense
immense ocean
fantastic （建筑等）表惊叹
great man 伟人big man 大人物large man大块头
huge（体积）巨大，庞大

playground操场
sports field运动场，sports 各种各样的运动
gymnasium体育 gym：体育馆
high standard高标准
Olympic standard意为体育最高标准
capital 大写的
designer 设计师
well－designed设计不错

4 years later 四年后
the olympic games will be held in our country。。。
as/because引导原因
a large number of people/a great many people大部分的人
be visiting the country
be building 建设
an immense stadium一个大型体育场
a new Olympic-standard swimming pool一个高标准的游泳池
be building 修建
special railway-line专线铁路
outside the capital 市郊
Olympic city 奥林匹克城
by the end of this year到今年年底前
by 完成时的标志，表示到......为止
现在完成式：到现在某一点时间为止
过去完成式：到过去某一点时间为止

现在完成式：到现在某一点时间为止，某个动作已经发生
will have done

by the end of next year到明年年底前
by the end of next year，they will have finished/completed the work
on the new stadium.
work on... ......的工程
modern buildings 现代化建筑
fantastic 巨大的
...have been designed by...
Everybody will be watching anxiously。。。人们都将密切注视
as the new building go up
as随着，引导从句，状语从句不用将来时态
be built强调建造
go up 拔地而起
be excited激动的
look forward to＋n./doing期待（很高兴的）
look forward to your letter
because they never been held before in this country
before 在此之前
将来完成时 will have done（till，until）

multiple choice
because ：强调后面的是原因
because of ：（介词短语）
why－－不能直接做连词
due to：（介词短语）由于
His success is due to his hard work
look forward to ：期待（高兴）
expect：期待
be pleased：感到高兴地，令人满意地
be pleased to do sth：乐于做某事
完成地概念
be complete
complete：（adj）完全的（v)完成
are now completed are complete

special difficulties
a hold（会议，宴会）
b look
look forward to＋名词/动词的-ing
look out：当心（正发生的）（be careful 事情发生之前）
look up：查阅 ，拜访
look up words in the dictionary查字典
look up sth in the book查参考书，look up message in the book
look sb up
knock over：撞到
'Who’s Who'：<<名人大全>>
debate on：辩论
口语过程三步：1、dialogue 2、discussion 3、debate
capital：首都，大写
capital punishment：极型
look（sb） up：拜访，看
hold an exam：举行考试
take the exam：接受考试

Lesson 38
Everything except the weather
唯独没有考虑到天气

First listen and then answer the question.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
Why did Harrison sell his house so quickly?

My old friend, Harrison, had lived in the Mediterranean for many years before he returned to England. He had often dreamed of retiring in England and had planned to settle down in the country. He had no sooner returned than he bought a house and went to live there. Almost immediately he began to complain about the weather, for even though it was still summer, it rained continually and it was often bitterly cold. After so many years of sunshine, Harrison got a shock. He acted as if he had never lived in England before. In the end, it was more than he could bear. He had hardly had time to settle down when he sold the house and left the country. The dream he had had for so many years ended there. Harrison had thought of everything except the weather.

New words and expressions 生词和短语

except prep. 除了
Mediterranean n. 地中海
complain v. 抱怨
continually adv. 不断地
bitterly adv. 刺骨地
sunshine n. 阳光

参考译文

我的老朋友哈里森在回到英国以前曾多年居住在地中海地区。过去他常幻想退休后到英国，并计划在乡间安顿下来。他刚一回到英国便买下了一幢房子住了进去。但紧接着他就开始抱怨那里的天气了。因为即使那时仍为夏季，但雨总是下个不停，而且常常冷得厉害。在阳光下生活了那么多年的哈里森对此感到惊奇。他的举动就好像他从未在英国生活过一样。最后，他再也忍受不住，还没等安顿下来就卖掉了房子，离开了这个国家。他多年来的幻想从此破灭。哈里森把每件事情都考虑到了，唯独没想到天气。

lesson 38

except prep 除了
Mediterranean n (the ~)地中海
complain v 抱怨
continually adv 不断地
bitterly adv 刺骨地
sunshine n 阳光
except /except for /besides /apart from
complain to sb：向某人抱怨
complain of/about：抱怨某事
continuously：连续不断地
continually：连续地，频繁地（时断时续）
the baby cry continually
bitterly cold：刺骨地寒冷
chilly：寒冷的
bitterly disappointed：彻底的失望
a drop of：一缕
a drop of sunshine一缕阳光

dream of：想，梦见（梦想）
think of：想（思维的活动）
settle down：定居
no sooner...than：（关联词）一...就...
同义as soon as,the moment,on doing
had no sooner done...than一般过去时，固定用法
he had no sooner arrived than he called me up。
no sooner放在句首就要倒装
no sooner had he arrived than he called me up（倒装）
almost immediately：马上（时间上，用于写作）
for：（连词）表示因为（解释说明，附加的）＝because因为（一定要说的）
even though--从句的连词，"即使"（让步状语从句）
even though i came here，my mind was absent尽管我人来了，但我还是心不在焉
for＋并列句，做主句
so many years：这么多年
after ＋ ...
after seven years of hard work，he was successful
after ten years of staying in abroad，he decided to return and settle down
got a shock：吓了一跳，吃了一惊
as if＋句子：似乎，好像
过去完成时，虚拟语气
he acted as if he was poor
even though--even if
as if-- as though
in the end，it was more than he could bear他再也不能忍受
i can't affard it ＝ it was more than i can affard
hardly...when...:还没来得及...就...；用法同no sooner ... than
hardly had sb done
have time to do sth：有时间做某事
i have no time to talk with you。
i have time enough to have coffee
knock out：打晕，击倒
he had hardly opened his eyes when he was knocked out
the dream ended
except：除...外

key structures
过去完成时
no sooner...than...
hardly...when...

special difficulties:
a.no sooner...than...
hardly...when...
b.country(国家，乡间)
countryside（农村）景色 seaside
in the country：在乡下住

multiple choice
5. not any more 不再
not any longer
not any further
not more ＝ less比...少
not longer不是更长
4. as if ＝ as though
act as if/though习惯用法
as if 是宾语从句
as 后面可以加句子，like 后面加词
even if即使
11. do as id did 按我所做的做
seem as if看起来象什么
act as if
look as if看起来象什么
conduct可以做动词，表示行为，＝behave
不及物动词，如果作及物动词，加oneself
他表现的很好，he conducted himself well
he behaved as well

in a bad state 状态不太好
though 虽然，even though 即使＝even if
这些词出现在两句之间，就不再加but
worn out 破旧不堪的
engine发动机
gearbox变速箱
sawdust木头屑子
not only出现在句首要倒装
the engine was not only worn out but the gearbox was full of sawdust