The Olympic Games

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.

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。

重点用法：

1. hold　v. 召开，举行hold,held,held
have a meeting 召开会议/hold a meeting　召开会议
hold a party　召开宴会
被动：The meeting will be held.
　　　The Olympic Games will be held in China in 2008

2. Look forward to sth/ doing sth期望盼望

I’m looking forward to hearing from you.

The President says he is looking forward to joining them in beijing.

总统说，他期待和运动员们在北京会面。

课后答案：

难点练习答案P172:

1.       holding...looking forward to  2.look out  3.look...up

4.is holding  5.look...up  6.held...looking forward to
多项选择答案：

1c  2b  3b  4b  5b  6d  7a  8c  9d  10b  11b  12a详解

1. c    根据课文第1-4行，The Olympic Games will be held in four years' time...the

government will be building new hotels, an immense stadium, and a new Olympic -standard swimming pool,可以判断出只有c. planned(计划)与课文的实际情况相符合，很多新的楼房只是打算（将要）建造，还没有建成，因此应该用has been planned.其他3个选择都有“已经建成”的含义，所以不对。

2. b  根据课文最后一句…because they have never been held before in this country,

只有b. have never been held before in this country与事实相符，其他3个选择都不符合课文的实际内容。

3. b    前一句Workers will have completed the new roads by the end of this

year.(工人们将在今年年底把新路铺好)是将来完成时,表示将要完成的动作,实际还没有完成. a. have already finished(已经完成了)不符合事实c. finished a long time ago(很久前完成的)更不对d. are finishing now(正在完成)也不够准确。只有b. haven't finished yet(还没有完成)与前一句意思相符合.所以选b.

4. b    只有选b. before 才能与前一句的时间状语By the end of next year(到明年年底前)的含义相符。 a. at (在) 强调正好在年底时，与by the end of next year 的含义有些不同；c. after(之后)不符合题目意思；d. long before(之前很长一段时间)也不等于by the end of next year.

5. b    前半句The buildings have been designed by Kurt Gunter …是现在完成时，强调动作已经完成。 只有选b. are now completed(现已完成)最合乎逻辑，complete

可以做形容词，意思是“完成的”，“结束的”，表示状态。 a. are not complete yet (还没完成)，c. will be completed soon (很快将要完成)，d. haven’t been completed yet

(还没完成)这3个选择都不符合逻辑。

6. d    a. All we; b. Us all;  c. All us 都不是正确的表达方式，意思上都讲不通，只有d. All of us (我们所有的人)是正确的表达方式，最合乎语法，所以应该选d.

7. a    本句需要选一个能引导原因状语从句的连词，句子才完整。b. why 是疑问词“为什么”,不能引导原因状语从句； c. because of(因为)中因有介词of，需要跟名词或名词性短语，所以不能引导从句； d. due to(因为)同because of 词意思相同，也不能引导原因状语从句；只有a. for 是连词，可以引导原因状语从句，意思是“由于”，所以选a.

8. c    只有选c. have符合习惯用法，因为动词have有“举行”“参加”某种活动的意思，如have a meeting, have sports meet等。 其他3个选择都不符合习惯用法。

9. d    a. tall(高的), b. wide(宽广的), c. high(高的), d. huge(巨大的)这4个选择中只有d同前一句的immense (巨大的,庞大的)意思相同,所以选d.

10. b    本句的主语是motorway 是"高速公路"的意思; a. street(街道)不同于高速公路; c. avenue(城市里的大街)也不同于motorway d. high street不是正确的表达方式, highway 才是正确的表达.只有b. road(路)同motorway 的含义最接近,所以选b.

11. b    a. an engineer(工程师)， b. an architect( 建筑师)，c. a builder (建筑者，建筑工人)，d. a mechanic (机工，机修工)这4个词中只有b.最合乎题目意思，前一句Kurt Gunter designed the buildings 表明他的职业一定是建筑师，因此应该选b. an architect,其他3个选择都与他的职业不符。

12. a    前一句中的looking forward to 是“高兴地期待着”的意思。只有a. pleased (高兴的)与它的含义相符。b. unhappy(不快乐)，c. sorry(感到遗憾的)，d. impatient (没耐心的)这3个选择都不符合题目意思。