Word study

1. stand forOur national flag stands for our country.

John always stands for what is right.

The weather here is rather hot. I can’t stand for it at all.

to signify

to support

to bear

X, the letters CCTV, the teacher , the majority of people

an unknown numberan unknown number, freedom of speech, , freedom of speech, bad behavior in class, China Central bad behavior in class, China Central TelevisionTelevision

stand for

1. X stands for an unknown number.

2. The letters CCTV stand for China Central Television.

3. The teacher can’t stand for bad behavior in class.

4. The majority of people stand for freedom of speech.

1. The dove ________________( 代表和平 ).

2. Do you ___________________________　 ( 支持还是反对这个计划 )?

3. I won’t ____________________________ ( 容忍被人当孩子一样对待 ).

4. I want to know _____________________ ( 她主张什么 ) before I talk with her.

stands for peace

stand for or against the plan

stand for being treated as a child

what she stands for

Complete the sentences

2. prepare

Some of them are busy preparing work for the next day.

1) (vt) to make something ready

prepare to do

prepare for sth

to be ready to do

to be ready for sth

2)

1. He said he ________________________ ____________(prepare, seize, opportunity) to speak to the travel agent alone.

2. Hope for the best and _______________ ____________(prepare, worst).

prepared to seize theopportunity

prepare forthe worst

3) prepared: (adj) 　 ready

Their long-prepared speech was made several weeks ago.

The chairman read out a prepared statement .

主席宣读了 (read out) 一份准备好的声明．

4)be prepared to do

be prepared for

They were prepared for anything to happen.

他们为任何会发生的事做好了准备．

Nothing can move her decision, she was prepared to face any difficulty.

没有什么事能改变她的决定，她准备好了面对任何困难．

5)

preparation : (n.)

in preparation for

make preparations for

What will be done ___________________ the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing?

in preparation for

We had only a week to ________________ ___ the travel.

make preparations

for

Prepare (vt)

to prepare to do

to prepare for sth

to be prepared to do

to be prepared for sth

in preparation for

to make preparations for

revision

3. compete: (vi)

The athletes competed ______________ each other _____ the gold medal _____ the swimming race .

try to be more successful than others…

with / against

for in

compete with / against, for, in

compete (v)

competition (n)

competitive (adj)

competitor (n)

In 2001, China won a great ___________ to host the 29th Olympic Games. In 2008, the ___________ from all over the world will come to Beijing to take part in the ____________ games and they will ____________ medals ___ more than 300 different events.

competition

competitors

competitivecompete for in

compete, competition, competitor, competitive,

4. would rather prefer to do

1) To be honest, I would rather have a quiet night in front of TV.

2) I would rather not buy the cheap tickets.

3) I’d rather stay at home than go out.

would rather do

would rather not do

would rather do…than do…

1. I’d rather have the red notebook than have the green one.

2. I suppose I could lend it to them, but I would rather not lend.

3. He would rather listen to others than talk himself.

4. I’d much rather communicate in English than in French.

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Correct the sentences if necessary

1. ---Some more wine?---Thank you, ________________( 我不喝了 ). I have to drive home.

2. To my surprise, my grandfather ____________________________ ( 宁愿走路回家 ).

3.They_____________________________________ ( 更愿意乘火车旅行而不是飞机 ).

Complete the sentences

I’d rather not

would rather go home on foot

would rather travel by train than by air

Class activity

The captions of four pictures on the webpage of our school

Assignment

Rewrite the captions and put them into a passage with suitable conjunctions