课外活动
    01 our school's extra-curricular activities are very wonderful.
    我们学校的课外活动很丰富。
    解析 ▲ extra-curricular也可以用作extracurricular，是由词缀extra-和形容词curricular构成的派生词，extra-意为“在……之外，超出”，curricular意为“课程的”，extracurricular意为“课外的”，通常用作名词的前置定语，如extra-curricular activities（课外活动）。
    学学这样说
    1. what's your favorite sport? 你最喜欢什么运动？
    2. the time for extracurricular activities is between 17:00 and 18:00 in the afternoon. 课外活动时间是下午五点到六点之间。
    3. some students like to take an active part in extra-curricular activities.
    一些学生喜欢积极地参与课外活动。
    4. steven has many extra-curricular activities and he is on the football team.
    史蒂文参加了很多课外活动，而且他加入了足球队。
    5. lily has been involved in many extra-curricular activities, such as music, sport and drama. 莉莉参加了许多课外活动，如音乐、运动、戏剧。
    6. what kind of activities are you involved in? 你参加了什么课外活动？
    补充短语
    take an active part in... 积极参加……
    be involved in... 参与……，涉及……
    such as 例如
    02 we should diversify our after-school activities to attract more students.
    我们应该让课外活动多样化，以吸引更多的学生。
    语法tips
    diversify在此处意为“（在形式和性质方面）使多样化，使不同”，如diversify one's skills/interests（培养……多方面的技能╱兴趣），也可指“使（经营或产品）多样化，将（资金）分散投资”。其过去式和过去分词形式均为diversified。
    学学这样说
    1. we have few after-class activities. 我们几乎没有什么课外活动。
    2. he was the member of our school's speech club.
    他是我们学校演讲俱乐部的成员。
    3. let's play football on the playground. 咱们去操场上踢足球吧。
    4. what extracurricular activities did you usually take part in at college?
    你上大学时通常参加什么课外活动？
    5. do we have any time for outdoor activities today?
    我们今天有时间进行课外活动吗？
    6. most students join after-school clubs. 大部分学生参加了课外活动小组。
    7. most students do not have enough time for their extra-curricular activities.
    大部分的学生没有足够的时间做课外活动。
    应用对话
    steven: we should diversify our after-school activities to attract more students.
    tom: i cannot agree more.
    史蒂文：我们应该让课外活动多样化，以吸引更多的学生。
    汤姆：我同意你的观点。
    03 no school work can take the place of friends you met in the activities.
    学校里任何的学习都不能替代你在课外活动中遇到的朋友。
    常用单词
    activity [?k't?v?t?] n. 活动
    随机测验
    a: why do you insist on extracurricular activities?
    b: no school work can _____ the place of friends you met in the activities.
    a. join b. bring c. take d. get
    翻译
    a：你为什么坚持开展课外活动？
    b：学校里任何的学习都不能替代你在课外活动中遇到的朋友。
    答案：c
    提示：take the place of...为固定词组，意为“取代/代替……”，相当于take one's place。
    04 extra-curricular activities are an integral part of school life.
    课外活动是学校生活的重要组成部分。
    解析 ▲ integral作形容词，意为“构成整体所必需的”，通常用作be an integral part of...，be integral to...；也可以表示“完整的”，通常用作名词的前置定语；用于数学中，则是表示“整数的，积分的”。
    学学这样说
    1. extra-curricular activities in english are of great help to your english study.
    英语课外活动对你们学习英语有很大帮助。
    2. it's necessary to give students enough time to do outside activities.
    给予学生足够的时间从事课外运动是必要的。
    3. by joining in such activities, they can learn what they can't learn from books. 通过这些活动，他们能学到课本上没有的东西。
    4. extra-curricular activities are beneficial to children's health.
    课外活动有益于孩子们的健康。
    5. extra-curricular activities can broaden our horizons. 课外活动能扩大我们的视野。
    6. from these activities we can learn valuable experience that we won't learn in the classroom. 通过这些活动，我们可以学到很多在课堂上学不到的宝贵经验。
    7. colorful after-school activities can help students reduce their study pressure. 丰富多彩的课外活动能帮助学生们减轻学习压力。
    补充短语
    be of great help to... 对……有很大帮助
    be beneficial (to...) （对……）有益的，有用的，有好处的
    05 too many extra-curricular activities will interfere with your studies.
    过多的课外活动会妨碍你的学业。
    常用单词
    extra-curricular ['ekstr? k?'r?kj?l?(r)] adj. 课外的
    interfere ['?nt?'f??(r)] v. 妨碍，打扰
    语法tips
    interfere with...为固定词组，在句中意为“阻碍╱妨碍╱妨害……”，其宾语可以是人，也可以是物，该词组也可以表示“（未经允许）摆弄，（尤指）弄坏”。而interfere in...，interfere between...and...则是表示“干涉，干预”。
    应用对话
    steven: too many extra-curricular activities will interfere with your studies.
    tom: thank you for your warning.
    史蒂文：过多的课外活动会妨碍你的学业。
    汤姆：谢谢你提醒我。
    06 after-class activities take up too much of your time for study.
    课外活动占去了你太多时间。
    语法tips
    take up为固定词组，在句中意为“占据（时间╱空间）”，也可以表示“拿起，吸收（液体），以……作为爱好╱消遣，开始从事（尤指职业），对……提出要求”等。
    学学这样说
    1. some students don't like extra-curricular activities. 一些学生不喜欢参加课外运动。
    2. john is not active in any school activities. 约翰对学校课外活动一点也不积极。
    3. many parents think that a student's work is learning knowledge and nothing else. 许多家长认为学生的任务就是学习知识，其他的都不重要。
    4. in his opinion, taking part in after-class activities is wasting time.
    在他看来，参加课外活动是浪费时间。
    5. whether they should take after-school activities or not catches the attention of many teachers, students and parents.
    他们是否该参加课外活动引起了很多老师、学生和家长的注意。
    补充短语
    whether...or not 是否……
    catch the attention of sb＝catch one's attention 吸引某人的注意
    after-class/after-school activities 课外活动
    07 do you think that it's worth your while to take part in extracurricular activities at college?
    你觉得在大学期间参加课外活动值得吗？
    解析 ▲ be (well) worth one's while为固定词组，意为“对某人有利益╱有好处”，而be (well) worth doing则是表示“值得做某事”；at college意为“在大学”。
    学学这样说
    1. after good relax and rest, students will work harder.
    好好休息和放松后，学生会更加努力学习。
    2. in my view, extra-curricular activities are very useful. 在我看来，课外活动是很有用的。
    3. extracurricular activities improve both health and friendship.
    课外活动不仅能促进健康，而且能增进友谊。
    4. we should join in more activities after school. 我们应该参加更多的课外活动。
    5. susan is also heavily involved in drama. 苏珊很积极地参加了戏剧活动。
    6. in my opinion, every student should engage in some extra-curricular activities. 我认为每个学生都应该参加一些课外活动。
    补充短语
    in my view 在我看来
    engage (sb) in... （使某人）参加某活动或从事某事