1. They go as fast as they can.
as…as sb. (one) can ＝ as …as possible 尽可能地……
as…as中间加原级的形容词或副词。例：
I will work as hard as I can. 我将尽可能努力工作。
He ran as fast as he could. 他拼命地跑。
Please come here as soon as you can. 请尽快来这里。
2. We call the first Olympic Games the "ancient" Olympics.
我们把早期的运动会叫做"古代"奥运会。
call sb. / sth. ＋n. 称呼某人/某物……，后面的名词作宾语补足语。
例：We call the boy DaMao. 我们称呼那个男孩大毛。
类似于这种可以用名词或名词短语作宾语补足语的动词有：
name/call/make/choose/find/think等。例：
We chose him our monitor at yesterday's class meeting.
昨天班会我们选他当我们的班长。
I find him a clever boy. 我觉得他是个聪明的孩子。
3. It seemed that Zhuang Yong and Jenny Thompson, an American swimmer, had finished at the same time.
看上去好像庄泳和美国游泳选手詹尼·汤姆森同时游完全程。
以下几种方式可以表示"看起来……，似乎……"
It seems that ＋从句
seem to be ＋adj.
seem ＋adj.
例：Danny seemed excited. (Danny seemed to be excited.)
丹尼似乎很激动。
seem to do sth.
例：When his wife's pet cat died, Alan didn't seem to care at all.
艾伦妻子的宠猫死了，他好象一点也不在乎。
4. Diving is one of the most popular events at the Olympics.
潜水是奥运会最受欢迎的项目之一。
one of… ……其中之一，后常加最高级及名词复数。例：
Changjiang is one of the longest rivers in the world.
长江是世界最长的河流之一。
5. Make your country proud. 使你的国家因你而自豪。
proud作宾语补足语，修饰宾语your country；
make的用法：
make the bed 铺床 make tea 沏茶
make dumplings 包饺子 make a car 制造汽车
be made of 由……制成
make sb. /sth. ＋n. 使某人/某物成为……
made sb. /sth. ＋adj. 使某人/某物如何……
make sb. /sth. do 使某人/某物做某事
名词/形容词/do （不定式，省to），作宾语补足语。
6. …his team came in twentieth. 他的队第二十名。
twentieth 第二十
整十数的序数词，变y为ie加th。例：
ninety→ninetieth fifty→fiftieth
7. We had such an interesting day at school today.
我们今天在学校度过了这么有趣的一天。
这句话也可以说成：We had so interesting a day at school today.
such和so意思都是"如此……/这样……"，但用法不同。
It is so interesting a film that we all want to see it once more.
它是如此有趣的电影，我们都想再看一遍。
Thanks a lot for sending me such beautiful pictures by e-mail!
多谢你用e-mail给我发来这么漂亮的图片。
He is so weak that he can't work on.
他如此虚弱以致不能再继续工作。
8. If I don't. I won't be able to sleep tonight.
如果我不写下来的话，我今晚睡不着觉。
此句是if构成的条件状语从句，要用一般现在时代替将来时。
I'll go to the park with my friends if it doesn't rain tomorrow.
如果明天不下雨，我要和朋友去公园。