当选择一个城市来举办奥运会时，有很多东西我们需要考虑。When choosing a city to host the Olympics，there are certain things we need to consider,

 主办 东道主；主人；主持人host,

由  主办be hosted by,

主人又拿了一些酒进来。Our host brought in some more wine,

我们大学充当这次学术会议的东道主。The academic conference was hosted by our university,

主人host,

女主人hostess,

神god,

女神 goddess,

皇帝emperor,

女皇帝empress,

王子prince,

公主 princess,

服务员waiter,

女服务员waitress,

演员actor,

女演员 actress,

英雄hero,

女英雄heroine,

当选择一个城市来举办奥运会时，有很多东西我们需要考虑。When choosing a city to host the Olympics, there are certain things we need to consider,

 考虑 后可接名词、动名词或从句作宾语，不可接不定式。consider,

 我们正考虑去美国度暑假。We are considering going to America for the summer holiday,

 你是否考虑过如何到那里?Have you considered how to get there?,

看作，认为consider,

consider, + 名词或者形容词  或者 consider,   to be,+ 名词或者形容词   认为  是 。

我把他看作我最好的朋友。I consider him to be my best friend,

 认为汤姆称职，老板决定雇用他。Considering Tom to be fit for the office, the boss considered taking him on,

公共交通运输系统应该很方便。Public transport ought to be convenient,

 方便的，便利的，合适的convenient,

 方便，便利 convenience,

为了方便起见for convenience,

在某人方便的时候at one's convenience,

convenient, 不能以人作主语，

对某人来说做某事方便it is convenient for somebody to do something,

 it is convenient to somebody to do something,

这台洗碗机非常方便。This dishwasher is very convenient,

如果我下午六点来，(对你来说)方便吗?Is it convenient to you if I come at 6 pm?

 Is it convenient for you if I come at 6 pm?,

请在你方便的时候前来。Please come at your convenience,

我很确信你能够游泳游得很好。I'm pretty sure you can swim very well,

 相当，颇pretty,

我的电视机已经相当旧了。My TV is getting pretty old now,

我看得出来他们把这件事做得很好。I can see they've made a pretty good job of it,

 秀丽的，迷人的pretty,

他有一个非常标致的妻子。He has a very pretty wife,

这是南部海岸最迷人的村庄之一。It's one of the prettiest villages on the south coast,

否则，你可能伤了自己。Otherwise, you may hurt yourself,

 否则；另外的otherwise,

今天我身体不太舒服, 否则这事我就亲自去做了。I'm not feeling very well today, otherwise I would do it myself,

我们得早一点去，不然我们可能就没有座位了。We'll go early, otherwise we may not get a seat,

为了防止遭遇可能的危险，在游泳前禁止喝酒。To protect yourself from possible dangers, you mustn't drink before swimming,

 保护，防卫protect,

protect+ somebody, 或者something,+from, + 名词或者动名词   保护 不受

防御，反对  以保护protect,  against,

他伸出手去，保护他的孩子免受伤害。He raised his hand to protect his child from hurt,

维生素D还有预防心疾病的功效。Vitamin D also may protect against heart disease,

 保护的 protective,

 保护；保护物，保护者protection,

在  的保护下under the protection of,

  保护  以免受到伤害 强调保护；Protect,  from,

  阻止做某事”，强调阻止prevent,  from,

 stop,  from,

keep,  from,

prevent, from,和stop,  from,中的from,可以省略，但是在被动语态中都不能省略from,。

保护你的眼睛不受阳光伤害。Protect your eyes from the sun,

昨天晚上什么事使你不能参加我们的晚会?What prevented you from joining us last night?

What stopped you from joining us last night?

What kept you from joining us last night?,

 你在开玩笑吗?Are you joking?,

 笑话；开玩笑joke,

对不起，我只不过想和你开个小玩笑。Sorry, I was only having a little joke with you,

她同孩子们一起嘻嘻哈哈地说笑话。She was laughing and joking with the children,

开玩笑 make a joke,

戏弄某人play a joke on somebody,

同某人开玩笑have a joke with somebody,

讲笑话 tell a joke,

理解其中的可笑之处get the joke,

我们学校没人能打败你。No one in our school can beat you,

 打败，击败；心脏的跳动；打，敲打beat,

她因恐惧而心跳加快。Her heart beat faster with panic,

她用双拳捶木头。She beat her fists against the wood,

下象棋时，她轻而易举地赢了他。She beat him easily at chess,

敲打声，拍子。beat,

摇滚乐的节拍强烈。Rock roll has a strong beat,

搜索 beat about,

打倒 beat down,

击退，打退beat off,

调查；追究beat over,

beat, 敲打，通常指有规律地，有节奏地拍打，如心跳、击鼓、鸟拍打翅膀等。

雨水拍打在窗户上。The rain beat against the windows,

strike,通常侧重用木棒、石头等的打，还可表示钟的敲响；点燃火柴等。

趁热打铁。Strike while the iron is hot,

hit,侧重“击中”目标。

他把网球打过了网。He hit the tennis ball over the net,

knock,侧重“敲门、窗，撞击”。

不要敲门了。Don't knock at the door,

beat,与defeat,表示击败对手，宾语往往是人或队，beat,则指打败或战胜“对手”。

战胜他们队beat their team,

defeat,多指击败“敌军”和“入侵者”。

打败敌人defeat the enemy,

win,多指赢得“比赛”“辩论”和“战斗”等

赢得比赛win the game,

阅读来自体育协会的传单，同他的日常生活相比较。Read these leaflets from the Sports Association, and compare them with his daily routine,

 协会，社团；关联association,

他不和外国人结交。He has no association with foreigners,

 这件赛事是和体育俱乐部合作举办的。This event was organized in association with the Sports Council,

我和他结交受益匪浅。I benefited much from my association with him,

 关联的，联合的 associated,

 联想，联系associate,

与  合作in association with,

与  有关联have association with,

与   无关联have no association with,

associate+ somebody,或者something, +with +somebody,或者something,某人，事与某人，事相联系

和吸毒有关be associated with taking drugs,

乒乓球的精确起源还不明确。The exact origin of table tennis is not known,

起源，由来origin,

宇宙起源问题是个永恒的主题。The origin of the universe is an ageless topic,

许多问题起因于战后的欧洲。Many of the problems had their origins in post-war Europe,

出身，血统。origin,

他的母亲原籍法国。His mother is French by origin,

 起初的，原来的 original,

 最初，原先originally,

   的起源 origin of,

起源于 have one's origin in,

必须在满足很多条件后，一个运动项目才会被国际奥运会考虑接受。There are many requirements that must be met before a sport can be considered by the International Olympic Committee,

 要求requirement,

如果你有什么要求，请向我提出来。If you have any requirements, please ask me,

你的要求不难满足。Your requirements are not difficult to meet,

 需要；要求require,

要求某人做某事require somebody to do something,

某人被要求做某事somebody be required to do something,

require that, + do something, 或者 require that,+ should, + do something,要求做某事

我需要两个孩子来帮我的忙。I require two children to help me,

所有乘客都必须出示车票。All passengers are required to show their tickets,

警察要求这位旅客将他的手提箱打开。The police required the traveler unlock his suitcase,

The police required the traveler should unlock his suitcase,

必须在满足很多条件后，一个运动项目才会被国际奥运会考虑接受。There are many requirements that must be met before a sport can be considered by the International Olympic Committee,

 满足(需要)，达到(要求)等meet,

 这家旅馆符合你的要求吗?Does the hotel meet your requirements?,

希望我能满足你的愿望。I hope I can meet your wishes,

见面；交汇；遇见。meet,

我今天在街上遇见了我的老师。I met my teacher in the street today,

两条马路在城市的北面汇合。The two roads meet just north of the city,

偶遇;碰到meet with,

昨天我在火车上遇到一位朋友。I met with a friend in the train yesterday,

奥林匹克运动会中过去的部分项目已经被取消。Some sports that were part of the Olympics in the past have been removed,

 去除，移开；开除；免除，解除(职务)remove,

 您把您的手提包从座位上拿开好吗?Will you please remove your handbag from the seat?,

 怎样可以快速消除烦恼?How can you remove trouble quickly?,

那个球员被球队开除了。The player was removed from the team,

取消，去掉，去掉的方式不限；remove,

移动某人，物的位置或改变某人，物的姿势，既可作及物动词也可作不及物动词。move,

有些运动项目得以增补进入奥运会，比如跆拳道是在2000年首次被列为奥运项目。Some sports have been added, such as tae kwon do, which was first included in the Olympics in two thousand,

 补充说；补充，添加add,

请将这些数字加起来。Please add these figures up,

她的病给家人添了麻烦。Her illness added to the family's troubles,

加，增加 add, to,

增加，增添add to,

总共，总计达；意味着add up to,

add, + that,从句 补充说

 相加，增加物addition,

另外，加之 in addition,

此外，除  之外in addition to,

武术正在申请加入奥运会。Wushu is still applying to get into the Olympics,

 申请，请求apply,

申请做 apply to do,

向某人提出申请apply to somebody,

向某人申请某事apply to somebody for something,

申请某事apply for something,

适用于，运用于某事apply to something,

把  应用于apply,  to,

我申请了四所大学，全都录取我了。I applied to four universities and was accepted by all of them,

我想申请这项工作。I want to apply for the job,

勤俭节约的原则适用于一切事业。The principle of diligence and frugality applies to all undertakings,

安全驾驶规则适用于每个人。The rules of safe driving apply to everyone,

你不能将这条规则适用于所有的情况。You can't apply this rule to every case,

国际奥委会目前还没有批准该项目，因为考虑到比赛项目的平衡，在奥运会中早已经有很多其他的与搏斗相关的项目了，如跆拳道和拳击。The IOC has still not approved the sport due to the concern about the balance of sports, there are already many other sports in the Olympics that are connected with fighting，such as tae kwon do and boxing,

批准，通过；赞成approve,

市长批准了新的建筑计划。The mayor approved the new building plans,

我不赞成浪费时间。I don't approve of wasting time,

我的同学不赞同这个计划。My classmates don't approve of the plan,

approve,当不及物动词时多与of,连用。

国际奥委会目前还没有批准该项目，因为考虑到比赛项目的平衡，在奥运会中早已经有很多其他的与搏斗相关的项目了，如跆拳道和拳击。The IOC has still not approved the sport due to the concern about the balance of sports, there are already many other sports in the Olympics that are connected with fighting, such as tae kwon do and boxing,

 平衡；天平，秤balance,

我们应该保持自然平衡。We should keep the balance of nature,

实验前化学药品要在天平上称一下。The chemical must be weighted on the balance before the experiment,

维持平衡maintain a balance,

保持平衡keep one's balance,

失去平衡lose one's balance,

总的来说on balance,

失衡off balance,