Lesson Eight

New words★competition n. ★neat adj. ★path n.★wooden adj.

比赛，竞赛整齐的，整洁的小路，小径

木头的 水池

★pool n.

★competition n. 比赛，竞赛 race car race football match contest baby contest beauty contest 选美 暗地里的竞争-competition game

★neat adj. 整齐的，整洁的 neat=tidy★pool n. 水池 人工的 swimming pool pond 天然的 good pond

Compete: v. 比赛，竞争 Two men are competing with each other to get the beauty’s heart. 2. 3. Competent: adj. having the knowledge

or skill 有能力的，胜任的 e.g. He’s not competent to look after young children. She’s not competent for this job/ to do this job well.

Competitive: adj. 竞争的 e.g. the competitive spirit you have to be competitive to do your work well. 4.

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is a competitive society and is full of competition. You have to compete with other people to make a living. If you want to succeed, first you will have to be competent and then be competitive .

neat: 整洁的， 整齐的(适合用 于赞赏女孩子的房间) e.g. What a neat room! What a mess ! e.g. a neat cupboard/ room/ house/ e.g. she is a neat dresser/ worker. e.g. a neat whisky/ Brandy/ vodka/ 5.

path: 小路，小径 e.g. keep to the path or you will lose the way. The path runs through the forest. 这条小路一直延伸到森林。 6.

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wooden:木头的 e.g. She has a piece of wooden furniture. Wood: un. e.g. There are many kinds of wood on the hills. Woodcutter: person who cuts down wood Woodman:

Questions: 1. Does the writer live in the same town as Joe? 2. What does Joe has got? 3. What does nearly everyone enter for? 4. How big is Bill Frith’s garden? 5. Does Joe work harder than Bill? 6. Whose garden has more flowers and vegetables ? 7. What has Joe made in his garden? 8. What has he built over the pool? 9. Does the writer like gardens? 10. What does he like?

必会短语enter for:报名参加，强调报名 take part in 真正参加 enter for the exam

win:赢 won--won I win. I lose win something I win the book. I win the gold cup win后面往往是奖品 win a prize:赢得了一个奖 win a prize for:因为...而获奖 win不能接对手 defeat+对手 I defeat you.

Questions: 1.

Who has the best garden in the town? What about the writer’s garden? Whose garden is more interesting, Joe’s or Bill’s ?

2. 3.

课文讲解 enter for 报名参加(各种竞赛，考试等活动) win(won,won) v. 赢

① vi. 赢 I win. I lose. (输了) ② vt. 赢得…… win something 后面往往是奖品, 不能接对手 I win the book. I win the gold cup. win a prize win a prize for… 因为……而获奖 defeat [d 'fit] 战胜,击败+对手 I defeat you.

Enter and Enter for

enter ①vt.&vi.进入enter+地点名词,Always knock on the door before you enter. ② vt.&vi. 参

加，加入 We’ve entered into an agreement. 我们已达成一项协议。 He soon entered their conversation.

1、Joe Sanders has the most beautiful garden in our town. Joe's garden is the most beautiful. eg.:Bill's garden is the largest. Bill’s garden is larger than Joe’s. (比较的东西都是同类的事物joe’s 的“’s”不能 省略) 2、Nearly everybody enters for 'The Nicest Garden Competition' each year, but Joe wins every time. nearly和almost 意义相似，表示“几乎”、“差 不多”、“差点儿”的意思。 I have nearly forgotten his name. 我差点把他的名 字忘了。 I’m nearly/almost ready. 我快准备好了。

4、He has made neat paths and has built a wooden bridge over a pool. make 和build在这里是同义词，“修建，建 造”。make 的词义比较笼统、广泛，可解 释为“做、作出、制造”等，而build主要 限于建筑业，指“建造，建设，盖房子， 修筑(桥梁)等” Have you made the skirt by yourself? They have made a road along the river. home-made cake/goods man-made satellite

enter for+表示比赛、竞赛、考试的名词报

名参加, 强调报名 enter for the exam She entered (her name/herself) for the mathematics competition. 她报名参加数学竞赛。 take part in 真正的参加