Do you know who he is Liu Xiang

Do you know who he is? Liu Xiang. What is he so famous for? He was the first Asian to win the gold medal for the men’s 110 -metre hurdles in the Olympic Games. What is required to be a sportsperson like him? That is to say he must be… 1. Working hard. 2. Training well. 3. . .

Focus on these words 110 -metre sportsperson hard-working well-trained 1. Do you know the meanings of the underlined words? 2. How are the words made?

110 (num. ) + 110 -metre (n. )— meter (n. ) hard-working (adj. )— hard (adv. ) + working (v-ing) sportsperson (n. )— sports (n. ) + person (n. ) well-trained (adj. )— well (adv. ) + trained (v-ed)

A compound word is made when two or more than two words are joined together to form a new word. We can create new words by putting two or more words together.

Study the words they have listed. And find out: How are the words formed? Go through page 26 to understand the formation rules of compound adjectives and compound nouns.

Terms to be used abbreviation Complete form adjective n. noun v-ing verb-ing v-ed verb-ed adverb Examples warm, big, bag, hand going, lasting known, trained hard, well

To form compound adjectives Formation Compound (adj. ) adj. +n. +-ed warm-hearted, cold-blooded adj. +v-ing easy-going, ordinary-looking adv. +v-ing hard-working, long-lasting n. +adj. n. +v-ed tax-free, world-famous air-conditioned, man-made adj. + v-ed soft-boiled, clear-cut adv. + v-ed well-educated, well-paid

To form compound nouns Formation Compound (n. ) n. +n. handbag, bookmark, website, motherland, daydream n. +v-ing sightseeing, windowshopping, housekeeping,

How about the meanings of the compound words? hand-bag: a small bag carried on a person’s hand; long-lasting: that can last for a long time; tea-cup: a cup that contains tea; three-day: lasting for three days; sightseeing: the activity of seeing sights as a tourist. …

Match the words in column A with the ones in column B to form new words: A B 1. black a. room 2. broad b. eyed 3. every c. cast 4. bed d. case 5. blue e. where 6. suit f. board

A B 7. radio g. ground 8. bus h. throw 9. reading i. driver 10. passer ii. j. by 11. play iii. k. paper 12. over iv. l. active 13. news v. m. room

Put the following into English: 1. 项链 necklace 2. 雨衣 raincoat 3. 男朋友 boyfriend 4. 书店 bookstore 5. 地震 earthquake 6. 消防队员 firefighter

7．气象员 weatherman 8．金鱼 goldfish 9．说英语的 English-speaking 10．握手 handshake 11．电影制片人 film-maker 12．水面下的 underwater 13．伐木 woodcutter

Question When you come across unfamiliar words, do you often use the knowledge of word formation to guess the meaning of the new word? If so, let’s do the following exercise on.

mouth-watering well-known happy-go-lucky brand new suitcase outgoing sightseeing Dear Li Su, Guess what? I finally booked my trip to Greece! I am staying in a (1) brand _____ new hotel in the city center. I think it will be very convenient. Although I am traveling alone, I think I will make new friends easily because I am pretty (2) ____. outgoing I have not made a travel plan because I am fairly (3) _______ and like to happy-go-lucky

sightseeing Greece take my time (4) _____. will be so interesting. I am looking forward to seeing all the (5) well-known _____ ancient buildings and mouth-watering food. trying the (6) _______ Well, I have to finish packing my (7) suitcase _______. I promise to send you a postcard from Athens. Yours friend, Yang Jie

Olympic sports and events: Answers: Part A: a (3) b (2) c (1) d (4)

Part B: Track and Gymnastics field events javelin throw asymmetric bars Water sports 100 m freestyle 200 m balance beam 20 km race butterfly walk 100 m sprint floor exercise platform dive discus throw horizontal bar springboard dive

Part B: Track and Gymnastics field events high jump long jump parallel bar individual all-round Water sports water polo 100 m backstroke 100 m butterfly marathon rings relay race uneven bars 200 m freestyle

convenient: adj. 合适的，方便的，便利的 明天你方便� 我一个答复� ？ Will it be convenient for you to give me a reply tomorrow? Will you be convenient to give me a reply tomorrow? 错 如果方便的�� 帮我到� 局取个包裹。 If (it is) convenient, please fetch me the parcel from the post office. If you are convenient, please fetch me… 错

convenience n. at your convenience 在你方便的时候 if it suits one’s convenience 如果对某人方便的话 在你方便时来看我。 Come to see me at your convenience. 如果你方便的话我们明天研究这个问题。 Let’s look into the matter tomorrow, if it suits your convenience.

fairly: adv. 公平地; 相当地 (rather may be used with too and comparatives; fairly cannot be used in this way. ) 相当地, 适度地 (rather可与too和比较级连用; fairly 则不可. ) This is a fairly easy book. (perhaps suitable. ). This is a rather easy book. (suggesting “ too easy”, unsuitable. ) He wants a fairly large car, not small, but not very large. I’m feeling rather better today.

[2007 全国Ⅱ] After two years’ research, we now have a ____ better understanding of the disease. A. very B. far C. fairly D. quite

come up with 1. think out (an answer，an idea), find (a solution) 想出办法，答案 当时太紧张了，他没能想出答案。 Being greatly nervous, he couldn’t come up with an answer at the moment. 我问我的助手有没有想出好的计划。 I asked my assistant whether he had come up with a very good plan. 2. =catch up with 赶上

比较: come up走近 , 被提出 (被考虑) 他走近我并问我昨天是否在会上提出了 一个好的计划。 He came up to me and asked if a good plan had come up at yesterday’s meeting. He came up to me and asked if they had come up with a good plan at yesterday’s meeting.

[2007 江苏] — Have you ______ some new ideas? — Yeah. I’ll tell you later. A. come about B. come into C. come up with D. come out with

Play a game Group competition: ØYou’ll be given 22 pictures related to the Olympics. (3 possibilities: a person, a kind of sports event, something. ) ØChoose pairs of students from each group to join in the game, each group will have 5 chances in turn. ØOne of the two students turn back, and guess what is shown on the picture according to what your partner had described. ØYou can choose the number of pictures.

1 2 3 9 10 14 15 19 20 Attention ! 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 16 17 18 21 22 You mustn’t tell the exact answer to your partner.

Fencing

Deng Yaping

Pierre de Coubertin

Kong Linghui

shooting

Weightlifting

Gymnastics

Olympic flag

Liu Xiang

High jump

Skating

Olympic torch

Tian Liang

Boxing

Jordon

Basketball

Yao Ming

Badminton

Gold medal

Volleyball

Swimming

Samaranch

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