Unit 6
Unit 6
Sunshine for all
Reading II
根据句意及首字母或中文提示填空。
1. Many students don
’t know how to ________ (
实现,达到) a balance (平衡) between study and hobbies.
2. As an a______, you shouldn
’t act like a child.
3. Many a_________ took part in the Olympic Games in 2012.
achieve
dult
thletes
Revision
4. Those guests he has invited come from different __________
___ (
背景).
5. He has tried three times, but we still decide to give him a fourth c________.
6. Liu xiang
’s _______ (
教练) is very
strict (严格的) with him.
7. I
’m _________ (
自信的) that I can
work out the hard maths problem.
backgrounds
hance
coach
confident
8. Who do you _________ (期待,盼望) to help you?
9. I think it
’s ___________ (
必要的) to do morning and eye exercises every day.
10. Have you decided to take the ____ (任务)?
expect
necessary
task
Retell the article
.
Liu Ming ____________ for the Special Olympics World Games in Shanghai, back in October 2007. He thinks it was the most amazing __________ of his life.
The Special Olympics World Games give ________ and ______ with __________
_ disabilities a chance to show their skills to the world.
volunteered
experience
children
adults
intellectual
They include many events ________ to those in the ______
___, such as basketball, football and _________
_
. ________ 40,000 people ________ up their spare time for the event.
It
’s ___________ for volunteers to receive ________ before doing the tasks.
similar
Olympics
swimming
Over
gave
necessary
training
Liu Ming was the swimming _______ for a young boy called Li Hai. To him, the most important thing is not to win a ___
___ or a silver, but to take part.
He feels more _________ because of the Special Olympics World Games.
coach
gold
confident
The Special Olympics World Games also make ________ and volunteers from different ____________ feel like part of one big family.
athletes
backgrounds
1.
Volunteering
for the Special Olympics World Games
为夏季特奥会做志愿者
volunteer
vi
. &
vt
.
志愿做,义务做
volunteer for ...
志愿做……;主动做……
e.g. No one
volunteered
for
cleaning the henhouse.
没有人主动去清理鸡舍。
Language points
volunteer
to ...
志愿做……;主动提出……
e.g.
He
volunteered
to
water our plants.
他主动提出给我们的植物浇水。
volunteer
n.
义务工作者;志愿者
e.g. Schools need
volunteers
to help children to read.
学校需要义务工作者帮助儿童阅读。
the Special Olympics World Games
世界特殊奥运会
世界特殊奥运会是一个为全世界智力缺陷儿童及成年人提供体育训练和比赛的国际体育运动民间团体。成立于1968年,其主要任务是帮助和推动世界各国开展智障人体育运动。上海举办了2007年第12届世界夏季特奥会。中国是亚洲第一个举办该项赛事的国家。
2.
The Special Olympics World Games give children and adults
with intellectual disabilities
a
chance
to show their skills to the world.
特奥会给有智力缺陷的孩子和成人一个向 全世界展示能力的机会。
句中的with intellectual disabilities 为后置 定语,修饰children and adults。介词短语作定语一般要后置。
e.g. The key
to my bicycle
is missing.
我的自行车钥匙丢了。
chance
可作可数名词,意为“机会;机遇”。
e.g. Please give me a
chance
to explain.
请给我一个解释的机会。
短语
by chance
意为“偶然地;碰巧”。
e.g. I met one of my old friends
by chance
yesterday.
【
运用
】
根据汉语意思完成下列英语句子,每空一词。
1)
你曾经给过他不止一次机会吗?
Did you ever give him more than ________ ________?
2)
这件事是偶然发生的。
It happened ________ ________.
by chance
one chance
3. They include many events
similar to those in the Olympics
, such as basketball, football and swimming.
特奥会包括很多与奥运会类似的项目, 如篮球、足球和游泳。
短语similar to those in the Olympics为后置形容词短语, 用于修饰events。similar 意思是“相似的,类似的”。be similar to
意为“与
……
相似
/
相仿”
。
e.g.
His teaching style
is similar to
that of most teachers.
他的教学风格和多数教师相似。
be similar in
表示“在某方面相似
/
相仿”。
e.g. The two houses
are similar in
shape.
这两个房子在形状上相似。
【
运用
】
根据句意,用恰当的介词填空。
1) Your views on education are similar ______
Mr
Wang’s.
2) The two cars are similar only _____ color.
in
to
4.
Over 40,000 people
gave up
their spare time for the 2007 Special Olympics World Games.
give up
意为“放弃”,其后可接动词
-
ing
形 式。
e.g. Nick’s father had to
give up
smoking because of his illness.
give up
后还可跟名词
(
短语
)
。
e.g. Ed’s mother
gave up
her job to look after him.
注意:代词作
give up
的宾语时要放在
give
和
up
之间。
e.g. This is a good chance. I won’t
give it up
.
【
运用
】
根据汉语意思完成英语句子,每空一词。
1)
杰夫已经放弃学法语了吗?
Has Jeff _______ ____ _________ French?
2)
请不要放弃他们。
Please don’t ______ ______ _____.
given up learning
give them up
5. Then they provided
support
for the athletes and helped make the event a great success.
然后志愿者们为运动员提供支持,使本届特 奥会取得很大的成功。
(1)句中的support可以用作名词或动词,意
思是“支持”。
e.g. Thank you for your
support
.
谢谢你的支持。
Thank you for
supporting
me.
感谢你支持我。
(2)动词help后接另一动词,中间可以省
略to。
e.g. They
helped
stop the fire.
他们帮忙灭了火。
6. He
was born with
intellectual disabilities.
他生下来就有智力问题。
短语be born with 意思是“生来具有……”。
e.g. He
was born with
a weak heart.
他生来心脏虚弱。
7.
It
was very brave of him to
join the competition.
他参加竞赛真的很勇敢。
句型It
’s +
adj
. + of sb. to do
sth
.
通常表示说话人对客观事件的惊讶、兴奋、懊悔、难过等感叹情绪。
该句型中用作表语的形容词常见的有如下几类:
(1)表示聪明或愚蠢的形容词, 有clever, wise, foolish, stupid, silly, unwise, dumb(愚笨的), absurd (荒谬的)等。
如:
It’s silly of him to
do such a thing.
他竟干出这样的事, 真是愚蠢!
(2)表示正确或错误的形容词, 有 right, wrong, correct, incorrect 等。
如:
It was right of her not to
come here.
她没有来这儿, 太对了!
(3)表示好坏等品性的形容词, 此类词较多, 有good, nice, kind, sweet, friendly, lovely, wonderful, jolly(快活的), bad, unkind, naughty, wicked(坏的, 邪恶的)等。
如:
It’s friendly of you to
come and see me.
你能来看我, 真够朋友!
(4)表示褒义或贬义色彩的形容词, 有brave, polite, careless, selfish等。
如:
It was brave of you to
manage to do it.
你居然能做成这件事, 真勇敢!
8. To Li Hai, the most important thing is
not
to win a gold or a silver,
but
to take part.
对李海来说,最重要的东西不是赢得一 块金牌或银牌,而是参与。
not
…
but
…
不是
……
而是
……
e.g.
PE is
not
my
favourite
,
but
Music.
我最喜欢的不是体育而是音乐。
9. Li
Hai
tried his best and finished
fourth
.
李海尽了最大努力并取得第四名。
当序数词表示名次时,其前面的定冠词通常可以省略。
e.g.
Who won (the)
first
prize?
谁获得了一等奖?
1
0
. “It’s great for us to work closely with these
special athletes. You get to help them
achieve
their dreams,” says Liu Ming.
“
能和这些特殊运动员们近距离共事真的 很棒。你有机会帮助他们实现梦想。” 刘 明说。
句中的
achieve
意思是
“达到,取得”,指经过努力取得胜利、成功,实现目的、目标等。
e.g.
He finally
achieved
success.
他终于成功了。
I.
用所给单词的适当形式填空。
1.
I didn’t expect him _____
____
(come).
2.
You have only one chance left _
____
__
(try).
3.
He feels ______
_________
(confident)
than before.
4.
This is ____
____________
_ (exciting)
experience in his life.
to come
to try
more confident
the most exciting
Exercises
5.
You should give up ____
___
_ (smoke).
It’s bad for your health.
6.
They will receive special ____
______
(train) before leaving school.
7.
Do you know the famous film star
_____
_
_ (call) Jackie Chan?
8.
It’s very meaningful to work
____
___
_
(close) with the workers.
smoking
called
training
closely
9.
Many _____
_____
_ (volunteer)
________
___
_ (volunteer) to help
those people in
Ya’an
Earthquake.
10.
She is sure ________ (win) the
swimming competition.
volunteers
volunteered
to win
II.
翻译下列句子。
1.
当一名志愿者是很有意义的。
2.
他们为运动员们提供帮助和支持。
3.
因为参加了这次比赛,他比以前感到更 加自信了。
They provide help and support for the athletes.
It’s meaningful to work as a volunteer.
He feels more confident than before because of joining the competition.
4.
我们应该给残疾人机会来向世界展现他 们的能力。
5.
特奥会包括很多与奥运会相似的比赛项 目,如足球和游泳。
We should give disabled people chances to show their skills to the world.
The Special Olympics World Games include many events similar to those in the Olympics, such as football and swimming.
1. Retell the article.
2. Review the language points in this article.
3. Finish the exercises in the workbook.
Homework
Thank you!