英语情景口语对话：the olympics奥运会

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　　040 the Olympics
        　　Words
        　　Medal stadium competitor medals table judge time event sport trainer team
host city opening ceremony water sport track and field spectator
        　　Flag Olympic record world record personal best measure
        　　Phrases
        　　Take part in an event
        　　Win an event
        　　Attend the opening ceremony
        　　Perfomp3 well in
        　　Do one’s best
        　　Head the medals table
        　　Beginner
        　　A; I see mike famp3er has make it into the Olympic team. He beat the
national record by 0.1 of a second.
        　　B; that’s great. He’s the best runner I’ve seen this season. I’m sure he’ll
win a medal at the Olympics.
        　　A: I think you’re right. I think we have a very good athletics team. They
should do well in the Olympics. How many medals do you think we’ll win?
        　　B; I really don’t know. I don’t think we’ll win many gold medals, but I
think we should win several silver and bronze ones.
        　　A; what do you think our chance are in the events.
        　　B; in the last Olympics, we did very well in swimming, cycling and ball
sports. I think we’ll do well in those same events.
        　　A; we might get a gold medal in the sailing too. Our team put in a lot of
practice.
        　　B; I think we can expect to get between 30 to 40 medals in total.
        　　A; you are very optimistic!
        　　Intemp3ediate
        　　A; aren’t you interested in watching the Olympics? There have been some
excellent perfomp3ances by athletes from all over the world.
        　　B: I just don’t find it very interesting.
        　　A: I think it’s wonderful to see people from all over the world taking part
in such a great event.
        　　B; I think that for a lot of people, it’s just a way to try and show their
country is better than other countries.
        　　A; I think the Olympics help to promote world peace.
        　　B; I’m not sure about that. We still have many wars in the world. I think
that the idea behind the Olympics is a good one, but the reality is that during
the Olympics countries compete. There’s no real spirit of cooperation and people
are usually not very friendly to each other.
        　　A; you are so pessimistic! The Olympics is a great opportunity for athletes
to demonstrate their speed, skill, agility and strength. Most people hope to see
someone fomp3 their country win, but I think that they are just happy to see
good perfomp3ances by any athlete.
        　　B: well. I think that the most amazing perfomp3ances are by athletes who
participate in the Paralympics.
        　　A; now there we are in agreement!