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Unit 2 The Olympic Games
Do you know any stories in ancient Greece ?
the King of the Gods
Zeus ( 宙斯 )
Hera ( 赫拉 )
The Goddess of
Women and Marriage
The Goddess of Love
In Rome( 罗马 ),
she’s called
Venus ( 维纳斯 )
Aphrodite ( 阿佛洛狄特 )
Golden apples can give people magical power.
No one can
say no to it.
A Greek story about AtlantaPage 14
Pre-reading: Guessing
Who is the man wearing a crown( 王冠 )?
What about the girl?
King
Page 14
Read the first paragraph and find out:
1. Who was Atlanta?
2. What was she good at?
3. Who did she want to marry?
Task : Scanning (2min)ⅠPage 14
Scan the passage and find the answers:
1. Who was Atlanta?
2. What was she good at?
She was a Greek princess.
She was good at running.
3. Who did Atlanta want to marry?
She wanted to marry a man who could run faster than her.
Was there a man that could run faster than Atlanta?
4. What did Atlanta’s father do?
He tried to persuade Atlanta and finally Atlanta made a bargain with him.
A. made a joke B. made a mistakeC. made an agreement D. something unknown
?
Task Skimming Para 2&3 (3min)Ⅱ
Would Atlanta stay single( 单身的 ) her whole life?
The main idea of this text
It’s about _______who races to marry the man who can _________than her. In order to________________, ___________asked for ______from the Goddess of Love.
Atlantarun faster
win the race
helpHippomenes
Goddess
GoddessHippomenes
AtlantaKing
Task Pair WorkⅢ : Retell the story
1.Who was Atlanta? Greek princess beautiful run fast2.What had happened to Atlanta? not allowed win glory angry not marry3.What did she say when her father asked her marriage? run faster kill4.What did the men do when they heard Atlanta’s rules? went home stayed there5.What did Hippomenes think about her rules and what
did he do after he saw Atlanta? amaze foolish change his mind6.What did the Goddess do to help Hippomenes? golden apples throw
Who do you think will win the race?
Discussion
(1) What do you think would happen to Hippomenes?
(2) Will Hippomenes be killed or marry Atlanta? Why?
Reasons to be killed
Atlanta didn’t love
Hippomenes
Nobody can run faster than Atlanta
Hippomenes cheated in the running
…
Reasons to marry Atlanta
Atlanta kept her promise
The goddess of love helped Hippomenes
Atlanta’s slowed down when picked up the apples
…
I love happy ending
The Ending of the Story
Exercise 3 & 5 (p15)
Listening (p15)Number these sentences.
( ) One man wanted to win and marry Atlanta very much.
( ) Atlanta married him and they lived happily.( ) When the race began Atlanta ran past him. ( ) He asked the Goddess of love for help.(1) Atlanta was a very beautiful princess.( ) Many men tried to compete with her, but failed and
so were killed.( ) She stopped to pick them up.( ) She gave him three golden apples.( ) She ran too slowly and he won.( ) He threw the golden apples one after another.( ) She could run faster than any other man in Greece. 2
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Hippomenes was waiting when Atlanta came
out. She thought, “I _________ this man
_____!” so she said to her father, “Tell him
__________. The race ____________ today.”
But Hippomenes said, “There are __________:
She _________________ who ___________ than
her! ___________ -- let’s run!”
Listen again and fill in the blanks.
don’t want to die
to go away
will not be run
her rules
will marry the man runs faster
Come on
Homework Exercise 1 on P 14