Many international sports were introduced by the British who take their leisure time very seriously. There is widespread participation in sport in Britain.

許多國際體育項目是由認真對待休閑時間的英國人引進的。在英國，人們廣泛參與體育活動。

1. Football （or “soccer” as it is colloquially called）， the most popular sport in England as well as in Europe， has its traditional home in England where it was developed in the 19th century.

足球（口語為“soccer”），在英格蘭和整個歐洲是最受歡迎的運動，其傳統(tǒng)發(fā)源地在英格蘭，出現(xiàn)于19世紀。

2. The game “Rugby” was invented at Rugby School in Warwich shire in the early 19th century.

拉格比球（即“英式橄欖球”）比賽19世紀初創(chuàng)立于沃爾威克郡的拉格比學校，因此得名。

3. Cricket， the most typical English sports， has been in existence since the 16th century， whose international level is 5-day Cornhill Test Matches.

板球，是典型的英國體育項目，自從16世紀以來已存在。國際比賽是為期5天的康希爾決賽。

4. Although tennis has been played for centuries， the modern game originated in England in the late 19th century. The main tournament is the annual Wimbledon fortnight， one of the four tennis “Grand Slam” tournaments.

盡管網球已打了好幾個世紀，但現(xiàn)代比賽卻起源于19世紀末的英格蘭。主要比賽是一年一度的溫布爾登兩周賽，這是四大滿貫網球錦標賽之一。

5. There is a considerable participation of athletics in Britain. For example， the London Marathon， which takes place every spring.

在英國有許多人參加田徑運動。例如每年春季舉行的倫敦馬拉松比賽。

6. The home of golf is Scotland where the game has been played since the 17th century and naturally the oldest golf club in the world is there： The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers. The Walker Cup for amateurs and the Ryder Cup for professionals.

高爾夫球的故鄉(xiāng)是蘇格蘭，自從17世紀以來這項運動就在那里盛行。全世界最古老的高爾夫俱樂部也在那里：愛丁堡高爾夫球會員榮譽公司。業(yè)余球員參加沃爾克公開賽，而職業(yè)球員參加雷德爾杯。

本模塊知識網絡

settle v.

elect v.

suit v.

rent v.

attract v.

consider v.

develop v.

recite v.

sob v.

multiply v.

upset v.

polish v.

cheer v.

chart n.

activity n.

ability n.

tradition n.

alphabet n.

institution n.

suitcase n.

luggage n.

pillow n.quilt n.

armchair n.

cushion n.

kettle n.

decoration n.

curtain n.

washroom n.

basin n.

bathtub n.

arithmetic n.

algebra n.

geometry n.

concept n.

acre n.

gram n.

bachelor n.

microscope n.

regulation n.

T-shirt n.

weekday n.

Catholic n.

zipper n.quilt n.

armchair n.

cushion n.

kettle n.

decoration n.

curtain n.

washroom n.

basin n.

bathtub n.

arithmetic n.

algebra n.

geometry n.

concept n.

acre n.

gram n.

bachelor n.

microscope n.

regulation n.

T-shirt n.

weekday n.

Catholic n.

zipper n.quilt n.

armchair n.

cushion n.

kettle n.

decoration n.

curtain n.

washroom n.

basin n.

bathtub n.

arithmetic n.

algebra n.

geometry n.

concept n.

acre n.

gram n.

bachelor n.

microscope n.

regulation n.

T-shirt n.

weekday n.

Catholic n.

zipper n.

詞匯短語園地

1. settle v. 解決（分歧、糾紛等），結束（爭論、爭端等）；

（最終）決定，確定，安排好；定居

Its time that you settled your differences with your father.

現(xiàn)在你該解決同你父親之間的分歧了。

Its all settled—were leaving on the nine oclock plane.

一切都定下來了——我們乘九點的航班走。

（1） settle down 定居，安頓下來，使安靜下來

（2） settle down to sth 定下心來做某事；開始認真對待某事

2. elect v. 選舉，推選；選擇，決定（做某事）

adj. 當選而尚未就職的，候任的

搭配：

（1） elect sb to sth 推選某人進入（機構等）

She became the first black woman to be elected to the Senate.

她成為第一個被選進參議院的黑人婦女。

（2） elect sb （as） sth 選舉某人為……

He was elected （as） MP for Oxford East.

他被選為牛津東區(qū)的議員。

election n. 選舉，推選；當選

elector n. 有選舉權的人，選民

elective adj. 選舉的，由選舉產生的，選任的

n. 選修課程，選修科目

3. suit v. 合適，相配，合身；適合，適宜，有利于

n. 一套外衣，套裝；成套服裝

Blue suits you. You should wear it more often.

你適合穿藍色。你該多穿藍色衣服。

He was dressed in a quiet grey suit and looked very well bred and every inch a gentleman.

他身著素灰色套裝，看上去很有涵養(yǎng)，一副紳士派頭。

搭配：

suit sth to sb/sth 使某物適合某人/某物

suit oneself 隨自己的意愿

suitable adj. 合適的，適宜的

（1） be suitable for 適合……

（2） be suitable to do 適合做……

suitably adv. 合適地，適宜地，適當地

辨析：

比較suit，fit和match

suit和fit都有“合適”的意思，其中suit指東西的樣式、顏色或特色以及時間、地點正“適合” ；fit指某件東西的大小尺寸正“適合”，另外be fit for有“適合（某個職位或做某件事）”的意思；而match指兩件東西放在一起很協(xié)調，比較“相配”。

This coat doesnt fit me—its so big.

這件上衣不適合我穿——太大了。

His endowments are limited， and scarcely fit him for this post.

他的天資有限，不太適合擔任這項職務。

Little by little， Rhys began to match himself to the image in his mind.

漸漸地，里斯開始使自己和他心目中的形象相配了。

4. rent v. （短期）租用，租借；租金為；租用，租借；出租，

將……租給；以……出租

n. 租金

We rented a car for the week and explored the area.

我們租了一個星期的車探索這個地區(qū)。

搭配：

（1） rent sth （from sb） 從某人處租用……

Who do you rent the land from？

你從誰那里租用的土地？

（2） rent sth （out） （to sb） 將……租給某人

The land is rented out to other farmers.

這片土地租給別的農民了。

5. attract v. 吸引，使喜愛，引起……的好感（或愛慕）；

招引；引起（反應）

The warm damp air attracts a lot of mosquitoes.

溫暖潮濕的空氣招來了大量蚊子。

搭配：

（1） attract sb to sb/sth 吸引某人關注某人/某物

What first attracted me to her was her sense of humor.

她首先吸引我的是她的幽默感。

（2） be attracted to 喜愛，為……所吸引

Edgars father was attracted to the theater.

埃德加的父親熱衷于戲劇。

（1） attract ones attention 吸引某人的注意

（2） attract ones eyes 吸引某人的目光

attraction n. 愛慕，吸引；有吸引力的事

attractive adj. 漂亮的，有吸引力的

6. consider v. 認為，以為，覺得；（尤指為做出決定而）仔

細考慮，細想

搭配：

（1） consider sth 考慮某事

She considered her options.

她仔細考慮了自己的各種選擇。

（2） consider doing sth 考慮做某事

I am considering going out for a walk.

我在考慮出去散散步。

（3） consider that/how... 考慮到/顧及到……；認為

If you consider that shes only been studying English for six months， she speaks it very well.

你如果考慮到她學英語才六個月，那么她英語講得的確不錯。

Have you considered how difficult it is for the new students？

你考慮過這對新生來說有多難么？

（4） be considered （as） 被認為是……

These workers are considered （as） a high-risk group.

這些工人被視為高風險人群。

consideration n. 仔細考慮，深思，斟酌

considerate adj. 考慮周到的，體諒的，體貼的

considerable adj. 相當多（或大、重要等）的

7. upset v. 使（某人）心煩意亂，使心情不好，使煩惱，

使生氣；打亂，攪亂

n. （意外的）混亂，困擾，麻煩；不痛快，煩悶，

失望，苦惱

adj. 難過，不高興，失望，沮喪

（1） upset用作動詞：

upset sb 使某人煩惱

This decision is likely to upset a lot of people.

這項決定很可能會使許多人悻然不快。

（2） upset用作名詞：

His health has not been improved by all the upset at home.

家中的紛亂使他的健康毫無起色。

（3） upset用作形容詞：

I understand how upset you must be feeling.

我理解你心里有多難受。

8. cheer v. 歡呼，喝彩，加油；鼓勵，鼓舞

We all cheered as the team came on to the field.

球隊入場時我們都為之歡呼。

（1） cheer sb on 以喝彩聲鼓勵，為（某人）加油

The spectators cheered the runners on.

觀眾用喝彩聲為賽跑選手加油。

（2） cheer （sb/sth） up 使變得高興，使振奮起來

Give Mary a call； she needs cheering up.

給瑪麗打個電話，她需要人安慰。

9. course n. 課程，講座；進展，進程

The college runs specialist language courses.

這所學院開設有專門的語言課程。

The unexpected course of events aroused considerable alarm.

意外的事態(tài)發(fā)展引起了相當的恐慌。

（1） in course of 在……的過程中

The new textbook is in course of preparation.

新的教科書正在準備之中。

（2） over the course of 在……期間，在……的時候

The company faces major challenges over the course of the next few years.

這家公司以后幾年將面臨重大的挑戰(zhàn)。

10. Its a great pity that... 很可惜……

Its a great pity that I can not go with you.

我不能和你一起去太可惜了。

It is a great pity that you should think so.

你竟這樣想，太令人遺憾了。

（1） have pity on 同情……，憐憫……

（2） Its a pity that... 真遺憾……

（3） out of pity 出于同情

（4） show pity 表示同情

（5） what a pity that... 真遺憾……

（6） without pity 毫無憐憫之心

11. as far as Im concerned 就我而言

Well， as far as Im concerned， I read anything Im interested in.

就我而言，我對什么感興趣就讀什么。

（1） as far as sb/sth is concerned 就某人/某事而言

（2） as far as I know/ I can remember 據我所知/所能記得的

（3） in my view 我認為；在我看來

（4） in ones opinion 在某人看來，據某人所知

12. be likely to do 有可能

The department isnt likely to do that， but it is hedging its bets.

該部門似乎不想那樣做，但形勢阻礙了他們繼續(xù)下賭注。

likely adj. 可能的，預料的，有希望的

（1） more than likely 很可能

（2） a likely story 說得好像真有這回事似的，煞有介事

likely adv. 很可能

（1） as likely as not = most/very likely 很可能

（2） not likely 絕不可能，絕對不會

跟蹤導練（一）

閱讀理解

NMET， it may be a new word to most. But if we put it “College Entrance Examination”， it will be familiar to most of us， who have had bone-biting experience and sweet memory of having had it and enjoying a relatively successful and full life.

NMET is the most important way of choosing wise heads both in history and at present. Maybe it is because its harder to invent a new way that NMET will still be playing an important part in the education in China. No matter how well you are doing and how good you are at your schooling， the last 3 or 4 days， the 7 sets of paper work and your final scores will give you the “final sentence”.

Those lucky ones would be enjoying the fruitful rewards while the other fellow students would have to take in bitter and tearful results as if they had done nothing during the previous years. It is the same with their parents. Even worse， our society is now in the habit of making favorable judgment over those lucky ones without showing enough care to the failed ones. In this way those who failed are under pressure beyond their ability to bear， which will naturally lead to some tragedies（悲?。゛fter the public announcement of the NMET results.