文档介绍：Unit 6
Reading
Phrases
1. 为……义务做事 volunteer for...
2. 最令人惊奇的经历 the most amazsabilities 为后置定语，修饰 children and adults。介词
短语作定语一般要后置。
. The key to my bicycle is missing.
我的自行车钥匙丢了。
The students on duty are cleaning the classroom.
②give sb. a chance to do sth. 意为“给某人做某事的机会”
. I will give you a chance to explain yourself.
③chance 可数名词，意为“机会”，强调偶然性。
. Do you have a chance to win?
You have no chance now.
Please give me a chance to explain.
短语 by chance 偶然地；碰巧
. I met one of my old friends by chance yesterday.
3. They include many events similar to those in the Olympics….
①event 此处用作可数名词，意为“比赛项目；大事”。
. How many events are there at your school sports meeting?
It’s an event in history. 那是历史上的一件大事。
②similar adj. 意为“同样的，类似的”，be similar to 意为“与……相似”，其中 to
为介词，其后多接名词或代词
. My watch is similar to yours.
拓展：be similar in 意为“在……方面相似”; be the same as 意为“与……相同”
They are similar in color.
The two houses are similar in shape.
My coat is the same as my friend’s.
4. Over 40,000 people gave up their spare time for the 2007 Special Olympics World
Games.
give up 放弃，其后可接动词-ing 形式
. Nick’s father had to give up smoking because of his illness.
give up 后还可以跟名词（短语）
. Ed’s mother gave up her job to look after him.
注意：代词作 give up 的宾语时要放在 give 和 up 之间。
. This is