热身运动：
今天我们要学的是“the Sporting Spirit",所以请大家 先想想奥林匹克运动会的格言是什么？
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作者认为体育竞技就是一场模拟战争,你有什么话要说？
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I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates goodwill between the nations, and that if only the common peoples of the world could meet one another at football or cricket, they would have no inclination to meet on the battlefield. Even if one didn't know from concrete examples (the 1936
Olympic Games, for instance) that international sporting contests lead to orgies of hatred, one could deduce it from general principles.
Nearly all the sports practised nowadays are competitive. You play to win,and the game has little meaning unless you do your utmost to win. On the village green, where you pick up sides and no feeling of local patriotism is involved, it is possible to play simply for the fun and exercise: but as soon as the question of prestige arises, as soon as you feel that you and some larger unit will be disgraced if you lose, the most savage combative instincts are aroused. Anyone who has played even in a school football match knows this. At the international level sport is frankly mimic warfare. But the significant thing is not the behaviour of the players but the attitude of the spectators: and, behind the spectators, of the nations who work themselves into furies over these absurd contests, and seriously believe--at any rate for short periods--that running, jumping and kicking a ball are tests of national virtue.
一、重点单词

1、goodwill n.友好，友谊
goodwill games 友好运动会
goodwill visit 友好访问，pay a goodwill visit to
official visit state visit

2、inclination n.意愿
be inclined to do sth ＝willing
show inclination to
follow one’s inclination 随心所欲

3、contest 比赛
contest ： a group of judges eg, beauty contest
competition：socially eg：social competition
game ：physically ,mentally
match ：quite important
tournament ：winner against winner 淘汰赛 / 2，巡回赛
race ：以速度见长 car/cycle race

4、orgy 恣意，放荡
revelry in sth 狂欢
on a spree 狂欢 the girl is on a shopping spree

5、competitive 竞争性的 －褒义词/中性词
combative –贬义词 ， 类 aggressive
competitor 竞争者

6、pick up 随意挑选
side 队

7、patriotism 爱国主义，地方观念
patriot ,爱国者
patriotic :爱国的

8、involve 卷入
involve oneself in
be involved in

9、prestige n声誉
prestigious adj享有盛誉的，声誉好的
fame
renown (N) , renowned 著名的
reputation
eminence

10、disgrace 使丢脸
graceless 粗俗的
disgraceful 丢脸的
fame - defame
honor-dishonor
stigma ---stigmatize 瑕疵 ，使…名誉扫地

11、savage 野性的， 野人。beastly
inhuman 野蛮的 nonhuman 非人类的
构词法：
mercy 同情 ，merciless
ruth ---ruthless 无情的，残忍的

12、frankly 坦率地
to be frank / speak frankly
candid 坦白的，率直的

13、mimic 与...极相似
mimic ---只作定语
similar ----可作定语和表语
alike ---只作表语
mime 模仿 V 笑剧 N

14、spectator 观众
spectacle :壮丽的景色，眼镜
visual / spectator

15、work … into 引起 ...
work oneself into +感情词 eg: work oneself into anger

16、fury 狂怒，狂暴
furious 强于 anger ,annoyance ,aggravation（恼怒）
rage ---suddenly and quickly 的发怒

17、absurd 荒唐的
llogical ,irrational ,senseless , ridiculous

18、at any rate 无论如何，至少 ＝ at least

二、课文解析

I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates goodwill be-
tween the nations, and that if only the common peoples of the world could meet
one another at football or cricket, they would have no inclination to meet on
the battlefield.

19、amazed 表示反对后面的观点
surprised , 可以用作表语和主谓宾结构 the news amazed me
astound, astonished 这两个词 只用作表语
eg : I am astonished to hear this news

21、mimic warfare ：模拟战争
体育与战争的比较：
战场：battle field / sport field
目的：fight to win / play to win
指挥：commander /coach
尽力：do your utmost / do your best
消费：blood / sweat
失败：lose life / lose face

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