2. 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? 1. Working hard. 2. Training well. 3..... That is to say he must be…

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

4. 110-metre (n.)— hard-working (adj.)— sportsperson (n.)— well-trained (adj.)— 110 (num.) + meter (n.) hard (adv.) + working (v-ing) sports (n.) + person (n.) well (adv.) + trained (v-ed)

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. Terms to be used abbreviationComplete form Examples adj.adjectivewarm, big, n.nounbag, hand v-ingverb-inggoing, lasting v-edverb-edknown, trained adv.adverbhard, well

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. 7 ．气象员 8 ．金鱼 9 ．说英语的 10 ．握手 11 ．电影制片人 12 ．水面下的 13 ．伐木工 weatherman goldfish English-speaking handshake film-maker underwater woodcutter

15. 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.

16. 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) __________ 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) ________. I have not made a travel plan because I am fairly (3) _____________ and like to brand new outgoing happy-go-lucky

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

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

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

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

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

23. 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.

24. 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 large car, not small, but not very large. I’m feeling rather better today. fairly

25. [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

26. 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

27. 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.

28. 1. come______ 偶遇 2. come______ 塌陷, 下跌 3. come _____ 出版，长出 4. come ______ 苏醒 5. come ______ 回想 6. come_____ _____ 想出, 提出 7. come ______ 被想出, 提出 8. come_____ 导致, 发生 across down out to back upwith up about

29. [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

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

31. 11 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 2223456 7 8 9 10111213 14 151617 18 19202122 Attention! You mustn’t tell the exact answer to your partner.

32. Fencing

33. Deng Yaping

34. Pierre de Coubertin

35. Kong Linghui

36. shooting

37. Weightlifting

38. Gymnastics

39. Olympic flag

40. Liu Xiang

41. High jump

42. Skating

43. Olympic torch

44. Tian Liang

45. Boxing

46. Jordon

47. Basketball

48. Yao Ming

49. Badminton

50. Gold medal

51. Volleyball

52. Swimming

53. Samaranch

54. Homework Find more information about compound words and other ways to form new words.