Lesson 37 The Olympic Games 奥林匹克运动会

First listen and then answer the question.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
When was the last time this country hosted the Olympic Games?

The Olympic Games will be held in our country in four years' time. As a great many people will be visiting the country, the government will be building new hotels, an immense stadium, and a new Olympic-standard swimming pool. They will also be building new roads and a special rail way ling. The Games will be held just outside the capital and the whole area will be called‘Olympic City’. Workers will have completed the new roads by the end of this year. By the end of next year, they will have finished work on the new stadium. The fantastic modern buildings have been designed by Kurt Gunter. Everybody will be watching anxiously as the new buildings go up. We are all very excited and are looking forward to the Olympic Games because they have never been held before in this country.
 
New words and expressions 生词和短语
 
Olympic (title)/ə'limpik/ adj. 奥林匹克的
standard (1.4) /'stændəd/ n. 标准
hold (1.1) /həuld/ (held/held/, held) v. 召开
capital (1.6) /'kæpitl/n. 首都
government (1.2) /'gʌvəmənt/ n. 政府
fantastic (1.8) /fæn'tæstik/ adj. 巨大的
immense (1.3) /i'mens/ adj. 巨大的
design (1.9) /di'zain/ v. 设计
stadium (1.3) /'steidiəm/n. 露天体育场
 
Notes on the text 课文注释
 
1  the Olympic Games, 奥林匹克运动会。
2  in four years' time, 4年之后。
3  As a great many people…, as是连词，当“因为”讲，引出原因状语从句。
4  Olympic-standard swimming pool, 奥运会标准游泳池。
5  Workers will have completed the new roads by the end of this year. 今年年底前工人们将把新路铺好。句中用了将来完成时，这个时态用来表示到将来某一时刻已经完成的动作。
6  as the new buildings go up, as是连词，当“当”、“正值”讲，引出时间状语从句。
7  look forward to…, 盼望、期待……。to是介词，后可接名词、代词或动名词。
 
参考译文
 
4年以后，奥林匹克运动会将在我们国家举行。由于将有大批的人到我们国家来，所以政府准备建造一些新的饭店、一个大型体育场和一个新的奥运会标准游泳池。他们还将修筑一些新的道路和一条铁路专线。奥运会就在首都市郊举办，整个地区将被称作“奥林匹克城”。工人们将在今年年底前把新路铺好；到明年年底，他们将把新体育场建成。这些巨大的现代化建筑是由库尔特·冈特设计的。大家都将急切地注视着新建筑的建成。我们都非常激动，盼望着奥运会的到来，因为在这个国家里还从未举办过奥运会。