Lesson 37 The Olympic Games

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The Olympic Games will be held in our country in four years time.(四年之后)

As a great many people(大量的) will be visitting the country, the government will be buliding new hotels ,

an immense(巨大的) stadium,and a new Olympic-standard swimming pool.

1）government政府/govern统治/governor省长/州长等

2）indoor stadium室内体育馆

3）gymnasium 健身房/体操馆/体育馆

4）improve/raise living standards 提升生活标准

5）criterion-criteria 标准

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The will also be building new roads and special railway line.（将来进行时，表示将来一定会发生)

The Games will be held just outside(就在外面) capital and whole area will be called 'Olympic city'.

1）You’re so special to me.你对我来说很特别

2）On special occasions

3)a special-specials 特色/house special 特别菜

4)a specialty 特色/特色菜

5）the whole of something 

6)the whole trip/summer

7)on the whole 总得来说

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Workers will have completed（竣工) new roads by the end of this year.(将来完成时,表示将来能够完成）

By end of next year, they will have finished work on the new  stadium.

1）finish doing...

2）work on...关于...工作,是名词 work on it（动词，致力于）

3)By the end of last year, we had learned 5000 words(过去完成时，过去某段时间完成)

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The   fantastic modren buildings have been desiged by Kurt Gunter.

Everybody will be watching anxiously as the new builtings go up.

1）Fantastic！

2）a fantasy of true love and romance

3）Fancy meeting you here 真没想到在这儿见到你

4）chief designer

5）designate sh as 指派...

6）interest rates went up/fell 利率上升

7）go up/down to 12 达到某个点

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We are all very excited and are  looking forward to the Olympic Games.

Because they have never been held before in this country.

1）look forward to doing...期待; 盼望; 预期; 预料;

2)grab/catch hold of = hold 拿住等，get hold of 也可以表示拿住

3)get hold of... 理解/弄懂，取得/获得

4)hold someone=hug sb  拥抱