必修二Unit 2 知识点整理
1.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
例：
（1）How many runners will be competing in the marathon?有多少运动员参加马拉松赛跑？（2）The two teams compete for the championship. 那两队要争当冠军。
（3）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competitive adj.有竞争力的competitor n.比赛者；对手
The students competed ____ the honor of winning ____ each other _____ the school sports meeting.
A. for, against, in
B. in, with, against
C. against, for, at
D. about, in, with
2. 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，
(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.
3. 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.
4. hold/ host the Olympic Games 举办奥运会
5. 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 a member of the basketball team.他被接受成为篮球队的一名队员。
(2)Only 200 children the school every year. 那时每年只有200名儿童获准入学。
