Part 1. Warming up1. 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, inB. in, with, againstC. against, for, atD. about, in, with2.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 comprehending1.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 / into5.It’s in the Summer Olympics that you have the running races,together with swimming,sailing and all the team sports.正是在夏季奥运会上才有赛跑、游泳、帆船和所有的团队体育项目。
此句为一个It is...that...强调句型。
强调句型的结构为6. No other country could join in, nor could slaves or women.其他国家都不能参加，奴隶和妇女也不行。
句子结构为:nor / neither+系动词/助动词/情态动词+主语。
此句型是一个倒装句,意为“……也不”,用于否定陈述句之后,说明后者的情况与前者相同。
If you won’t go, neither / nor will I. 如果你不去,我也不去。
nor 用作连词，引起倒装句，意为“也不”。
He never went again, nor did he write to apologize.I don’t know, nor do I care.I have never been dishonest, nor do I mean to start being so now.用“so +助动词+主语”结构,表示肯定陈述句之后说明后者情况与前者相同。
so it is with sb /It is the same with sb表示“某人也是这样”,该结构用于前句中既有肯定又有否定或两个不同类的谓语动词.----He is an honest worker and works hard. 他是一位诚实的工人，而且工作很卖力。
—So it is with you. 你也是这样的。
—Tom likes playing basketball but he can’t play well. 汤姆喜欢打篮球，但他打得不好。
—So it is with me.真题探究(1) Bill wasn’.A.I was neitherB.neither was IC.I was eitherD.either was I(2)If Joe’s wife won’A.he will either B.neither will he C.he neither willD.either he will7. Women are not only allowed to join in but play a very important role, especially in…妇女不仅被允许参加,她们还在体操、竞技和团队等比赛项目中起着非常重要的作用……not only...but (also)... 意为“不仅…“而且……”。