相关简介
本课时聚焦人教版高中英语必修一《Sports and Fitness》Period Three的核心词汇讲解，重点学习“compete”与“pretend”两个动词的用法。通过释义、典型例句和语境串记，帮助理解单词在不同场景下的含义及搭配，提升英语应用能力。
compete vi. 竞争；对抗
Paraphrase: try to gain something
(P41) An athlete should think about honour and his/her fans if he/she is competing for his/her country. 如果一个运动员正在为他/她的国家比赛，他/她应该考虑荣誉和他/她的粉丝。
The two girls will compete for the title “Miss Asia”. 这两个女孩将为了“亚洲小姐”的桂冠而角逐。
Runners from many countries are competing with/against each other for the first gold medal in Olympic Games. 来自许多国家的赛跑运动员正在为获得奥运会的第一枚金牌而彼此竞争。
All the competitors are very competitive in the competition. 所有的竞争对手在竞争中都很有竞争力。
语境串记
The two athletes are competing for the gold medal. The result of the competition is hard to predict because the two competitors are both excellent and competitive. 这两名运动员正在争夺金牌。比赛的结果很难预测，因为这两名竞争者既优秀又有竞争力。
pretend vi. & vt. 假装；装扮
Paraphrase: behave as if something is true when in fact you know it is not
(P41) A soccer player should not pretend to fall down even if it helps his/her team. 一个足球运动员不应该假装跌倒，即使这对他/她的球队有帮助。
The children pretend to be different animals dancing to the music. 孩子们扮成不同的动物，随着音乐起舞。
Although some people pretend to be young, their loose skin give them away. 虽然有些人假装年轻，但是松弛的皮肤出卖了他们。
We should never pretend to know what we don’t know. 我们绝不应当不懂装懂。
He pretended to be doing his homework when his mother came in. 当他妈妈进来时，他假装正在做作业。
He pretended to have known the answer to the problem already. 他假装已经知道了那道题的答案。
We pretended that nothing had happened. 我们假装什么事情也没发生。
