Unit 2 The Olympic Games核心单词讲解：1. compete vi.比赛；竞争compete with/against sb. for sth. 为得到某物与某人竞争compete in (a game, a match) 参加；在……方面竞争competition n.比赛；竞争 competitor n.比赛者;竞争者competitive adj.竞争的;有竞争力的练习：①It’s difficult for small markets to big ones.②Will you the 100-metre race③The two athletes will the gold medal.2. admit vt.&vi.准许进入；容许；接纳(常用被动结构);承认be admitted as ... 被接受为……be admitted (to/into) 被准许进入……admit sth./doing(having done) 承认某事/做过某事admit that 承认……admit sb./sth. to be/as 承认……是It is/was admitted that普遍认为……练习：(1)Little Tom admitted in the examination, that he wouldn’t do that in future(从今往后).A. to cheat; to promisesB. cheating; promisedC. having cheated; promisingD. to have cheated; promised(2)幸运的是，去年他被一所名牌大学录取了。
Luckily, he a key university last year.3. replace vt. 代替；取代；替换replace sb. as 取代某人而成为replace sb./sth. with/by 用……替换，以……接替联想拓展：in place在适当的位置 out of place在不适当的位置in one’s place=in the place of代替take the place of=replace代替；替代 take place发生；举行take one’s place就位，就座 instead of代替；而不是（介词短语）练习：Bob is ill today. Who can him in our football match A. replace B. take placeC. instead ofD. in the place of4. charge n. 费用；指控，指责；主管；掌管v. 指控；收费；承担责任；掌管at no extra charge 无需额外付费be charged with 被控告犯……罪in/under the charge of 在某人照看（掌管）下in charge of 控制，掌管free of charge 免费charge sb. money for (doing) sth. 为做某事向某人收取费用take charge 负责；控制局面练习：He told me that the factory was his brother.A. in charge ofB. in charge forC. in the charge ofD. in the charge for5. bargain n. 协议；廉价物v.（与某人）讨价还价; 谈判；讲条件make a bargain with sb. about/over/for sth. 就某事与某人达成协议bargain with sb. about/over/for sth. 就某事与某人讨价还价It’s a bargain. 成交 a good/bad bargain一笔划算/不划算的交易6. promise vt.允诺，答应vi.有希望；承诺；答应n.诺言，承诺；迹象，征兆promise sb. sth./promise sth. to sb. 答应给某人某物promise (sb.)to do sth. 答应（某人）做某事promise (sb.) that ... 答应（某人）……make/give a promise 许诺/答应keep/carry out one’s promise 信守诺言break/go back on one’s promise 违背诺言promise to be 有希望成为…联想拓展： promising adj. 有希望的；有前途的练习：The girl to be a good dancer if she is well trained in an art school. A. expectsB. allowsC. wishesD. promises7. marry v. (和某人)结婚；嫁；娶；把……嫁给……marry sb. 娶某人，嫁给某人（marry后不加介词）marry sb. to sb. 把某人嫁给某人marry well 嫁得好联想拓展：marriage n.结婚；婚姻married adj. 已婚的get/be married (to sb.) （与某人）结婚练习：（改错）(1)She married to a poor writer. (2) They got married forten years.vt.&vi.应受(报答或惩罚); 值得1) deserve to do sth. ：应该做某事，值得做某事（主语和不定式的主语为逻辑上的主谓关系）. She has a gift for violin and works hard. She deserves to win the violin competition.2) deserve doing sth. =deserve to be done值得…（主语和不定式的主语为逻辑上的动宾关系，动名词需用主动表被动）. The boy wrote words on the tree. He deserves punishing. (=He deserves to be punished.)重点短语：1. take part in参加，参与练习：①—How many countries the Olympic Games in Athens—202.②The famous professor will come to give us a lecture. Will you go to it③His brother the army three years ago.④May I your game2. stand for (指缩写或符号)代表；象征；支持；主张联想拓展：stand by 袖手旁观；无动于衷stand by sb. 支持；帮助；站在……一边stand out(from／as) 显眼；突出练习：①The letters UN United Nations.②Don’t just . You can do something to help.③The letters well against the dark background.well意为“也，又，而且”，意思等同于too，also，但as well 只能置于句末。
联想拓展：as well as意为“不仅…而且…; 除了…之外，还有…；和…一样好”as well as连接主语时，谓语动词的单复数形式取决于as well as 前面主语的单复数形式。
may/might as well do sth. 意为“不妨…；还是…为好”. We may/might as well ask him for some advice. 我们不妨向他征求一些建议。
练习：①Jack plays football , if not better than David.A. as wellB. as well asC. so wellD. so well as②E-mail, as well as telephones, an important part in daily communication.A. is playingB. have playedC. are playingD. playfour years每四年every与基数词、序数词、other或few连用，表示时间或空间的间隔，意为“每……；每隔……”。
every+基数词+复数名词every+序数词+单数名词every+ other+单数名词every few+复数名词重点句型：1. I lived in what you call“Ancient Greece” and I used to write about the Olympic Games a long time ago.我生活在你们所说的“古希腊”，我曾经写过很久以前的奥林匹克运动会的情况。
what 引导宾语从句，并在从句中做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。
used to do sth.过去经常做某事be used to do 被用来做…(被动语态)be/get/become used to sth./doing =be/get/become accustomed to sth./doing 习惯于练习：①Water electricity widely all over the world.A. is used to produceB. is used to producingC. used to produceD. used to producing②There many people in the office, but now nobody is allowed. （2009·12·江苏如东检测）A. used to be; smokingB. used to have; smokingC. used to be; smokeD. used to have; smoke’s in the Summer Olympics that you have the running races, together with swimmimg, sailing and all the team sports.解析：本句的主干是“It’s in the Summer Olympics that you have the running races”，这是一个强调句，基本句型是“It is/was+被强调部分+that+其它部分”（注意：如果被强调部分是人，that 也可以换成who）；3. No other countries could join in, nor could slaves or women!句子结构为：nor/neither+系动词/助动词/情态动词+主语。