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

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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

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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