课标人教实验版高一 Module 2

Unit 2

Extensive reading

Revision

Translation

1. They had to compete against several

larger companies to get more

buyers.

2. The famous actor was interviewed

by reporters about his marriage..

3. Can you find out Mr. Liu’s address for

me?

4. Why do you suppose he changed his

mind suddenly?

5. I don’t understand how the two ideas

relate to each other.

Reading (P14)

1.Talk about the two pictures.

(1).Who is the man?

What about the girl?

(2). What can you see in the picture?

(3). What is the girl giving to the man?

(4). What are golden apples used for?

The race

The unbeaten Atalanta captivated Hippomenes. Venus was determined to help him by giving him three golden apples,

which he dropped as he raced Atalanta,

who lost time by stopping to pick up eac

h treasure. With this trick, Hippomenes

won the race and his bride.

(1) Who was Atlanta?

(2) What was she good at?

(3) Who did she want to marry?

(4) How could Hippomenes win Atlanta?

Skimming

(1) Who was Atlanta?

Atlanta was a Greek princess.

(2) What was she good at?

She was good at running.

(3) Who did she want to marry?

She wanted to marry the men who

ran faster than her.

(4) How could Hippomenes win Atlanta?

He won him with the help of three

golden apples.

(5) Main idea:

It’s about Atlanta who races to marr

y the man who can run faster than h

er. In order to win the race, Hippom

enes asked for help from the Goddes

s of Love.

True or False questions. (P14)

1. She practised running to compete i

n the Olympic Games. ( )

2. At first Hippomenes understood

why men ran against Atlanta.

( )

3. Atlanta was not confident she

would win. ( )

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4.She was so angry that she could not run

in the Olympics. ( )

5.She made as many men as she could sha

re her pain. ( )

6.Her father did not understand her wish

to compete in the Olympiscs. ( )

7.He didn’t refuse her wish to choose a hu

sband in a race. ( )

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Reading task (P51)

Bjornar Hakensmoen

What happened

What he did

A Canadian’s skiing pole broke during a race.He gave her his own pole even though his Norwegian team were competing against her team.

Bjornar Hakensmoen

What he said

What Sarah said

It is only what any good

sportsman would do.

Hakensmoen showed the

true meaning of sport.

Eric Williams

His situation

What he does

What people say

He has low mental ability.

He takes part in the

Special Olympics.

He does his best and

appreciates any help given

to him.

Kip Keino

His situation

What he did

What it showed

What people thought

He was very ill and in great pain.

He still took part in the race.

True courage and perseverance.

They praised him by putting him on the front cover of a sports magazine.

Finish the exercises. (P49-50 Ex.1&3)

Summary and homework