Compound words

air conditionerblood pressure fast food remote controlwashing machine driving licensegrey-hairedovereatempty-handed

Read the following words and guess their meaning.

空调 血压快餐遥控洗衣机 驾驶执照头发灰白的吃得太多一无所获的

Read the following dialogue.

A: Did you know that Liu Xiang was the

first Asian to win the gold medal for the

men’s 110-metre hurdles in the Olympic

Games?

B: Yes! Everyone knows that he is a very

hard-working athlete. He is a well-

trained runner.

Questions:

1. Do you know the meanings of the

italicized words?

2. Do you know how the words are

made?

110-metre(n. / adj.)---

hard-working (adj.)---

well-trained (adj.)---

110 (num.)meter (n.)

hard (adv.)working (v-ing)

well (adv.)trained (v-ed)

A compound word is created when two or more than two words are joined together to form a new word.

Think about other words that are created in this way.

To form compound adjectives

Formation Compound (adj.)

adj. +n.+-ed

adj. +v-ing

adv. +v-ing

n. +adj.

n. +v-ed

adj. + v-ed

adv. + v-ed

warm-hearted, cold-blooded

easy-going, ordinary-looking

hard-working, long-lasting

tax-free, world-famous

air-conditioned, man-made

soft-boiled, clear-cut

well-educated, well-paid, well-done

To form compound nouns

Formation Compound (n.)

n. + n.

n. +v-ing

handbag, bookmark,website, motherland

sightseeing, window-shopping, housekeeping, day-dreaming

Match the words in column A with the ones in column B to form new words.

A

1. black

2. broad

3. every

4. bed

5. blue

6. suit

B

a. room

b. eyed

c. cast

d. case

e. where

f. board

A

7. radio

8. bus

9. reading

10.passer

11.play

12.over

13.news

B

g. ground

h. throw

i. driver

j. by

k. paper

l. active

m. room

Question:

When you come across unfamiliar

words, do you often use the knowledge

of word formation to guess the meaning

of the new words?

If so, can you think of some examples?

Put the following into English.

1. 项链

2. 雨衣

3. 男朋友

4. 聚会

5. 书店

6. 地震

7. 消防队员

necklace

raincoat

boyfriend

get-together

bookstore

earthquake

firefighter

8. 气象员9. 金鱼10. 说英语的11. 握手12. 电影制片人13. 水面下的14. 伐木工

weatherman

goldfish

English-speaking

handshake

film-maker

underwater

woodcutter

Olympic sports and

Events

• Loot at the four sports in the textbook. Do you know what they are?

In the long jump, competitors try to jump as far forward as possible.

Long jump

The discus involves throwing a flat, round object.

discus

golf

Hit balls into a series of holes on a course using the fewest number of strokes ( 击打 )There are 9 or 18 holes in a game of golf.

In archery you need to know how to use a bow and an arrow.

archery

Do you know some common Olympic Games? Let’s have a try.

Shooting ________

Fencing ________

Gymnastics ________

Weightlifting ________

射击剑术体操

举重

Wrestling ________

Boxing ________

Judo ________

Tae kwon do ________

Canoeing _________皮划艇

摔跤拳击柔道跆拳道

shot put 击剑discus throw 摔跤 javelin throw 悬挂式滑翔canoeing 举重ice hockey 冰球weightlifting 划独木舟 wrestling 掷铁饼fencing 推铅球 hang-gliding 掷标枪

Match the words correctly.

rings 鞍马high bar 跳马side horse 自由体操vaulting horse 双杆double bar 吊环free exercises 单杠

• Work in group of four.

• Discuss the sports listed in Exercise B and put them into the correct category.

The 2016 Olympic Games will hold 28 sports and 38 disciplines in total; golf and sevens rugby ( 七人制橄榄球 ) were voted into the final two spots of competition, and kitesurfing ( 风筝冲浪 ) replaces windsurfing in the program.

kitesurfing

rugby

While kitesurfing, a relatively new sport overall, will be making its Olympic debut ( 首次露面 ), golf and rugby will be making their Olympic return. Fifteen-man rugby had previously been an Olympic sport, debuting in Paris in 1900, but made its final appearance in the 1924 Games (in Paris, coincidentally). Golf will be making its first appearance in the Olympic programme in 112 years.