1. Lesson 3 One World One Dream
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to
1. know about the Olympic spirit;
2. find out some rules of v-ing and as…as….

2. Task 3 Read and answer
Read and make sure the main idea of the passage.
The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games were held in August, Beijing played host to 28 summer sports on the Olympic program, and eleven sailing events were held in Qingdao.
“One World One Dream” was the theme slogan of the Beijing Games. The motto of the Olympic Games is “higher, faster and stronger”. The Olympic spirit is inspiring as the Games are challenging.

3. Task 3 Read and answer
Read and make sure the main idea of the passage.
The slogan of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games showed the Olympic spirit --- unity, friendship, progress, participation and hope. It also showed what the Beijing Olympic Games stood for --- Green Olympics, High-tech Olympics and People’s Olympics. It expressed the wish of all the people for peace and a bright future. We are in the same world and we are all one family.
Today the Olympic spirit not only exists in the Games, but also can be found in our life. We should carry forward the Olympic spirit to make the world more peaceful and happier.

4. Language Point stand for: 代表，表示，意味着
Eg. VIP stands for very important person.

5. Task 3 Read and answer
Read again and try to answer the following questions.
1. What was the theme slogan of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games?
“One World One Dream”.
2. What did the theme slogan show?
It showed the Olympic spirit --- …. It also showed what the Beijing Olympic Games stood for---….
3. What is the motto of the Olympic Games?
It is “higher, faster and stronger”.

6. Task 4 Read and write 1. The Olympic Games are challenging.
Read the passage again and try to write the sentences containing v-ing.
1. The Olympic Games are challenging.
2. The Olympic spirit is inspiring.

7. Task 5 Grammar in focus
Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the given words.
football
table tennis
Frank
I think football is an ______ sport.
I play it as ____ as Jessica.
Table tennis is my favorite sport. It is very _______.
Mary
I don’t like watching football, sometimes it is very ______.
I think it is not as ________ as basketball.
I like table tennis very much. It is __________.
exciting
relaxing
well
boring
challenging
interesting

8. 形容词、副词原级比较的句型和用法 1.双方程度相等，即“和…一样…”：as+原级+as… The story is interesting.
That story is interesting, too.
The story is as interesting as that one.
(2) A fish swims fast.
Jane swims fast, too.
Jane swims as fast as fish.

9. 形容词、副词原级比较的句型和用法 2.双方程度不等，即“不如…”not as (so) +原级+as…
(1) My dictionary is not as useful as yours.
(2) My handwriting is not as good as his.
(3) She isn’t so rich as you think.

10. 形容词、副词原级比较的句型和用法 3. 表示“越…,越…”: the +比较级，the + 比较级”
(1) The more you practice, the better you are.
(2) The happier you are, the angrier he gets.
注意：此句型为倒装句，比较级要置于两个单句的句首，然后写其它成分，中间不必加and.

11. 形容词、副词原级比较的句型和用法 3. 表示“一方是另一方的倍数”: “倍数+as+原级+as” 这个房间是那个房间的三倍大。
The room is large.
The room is as large as that one.
The room is three times as large as that one.