Unit 2
The Olympic Games
Using language
The Story of Atlanta
Teaching aims
1.Improve the reading skills in some degree.
2.Listen to the end of the story.
3.Talk about the favorite sport in English and then write a passage about it.
The Story of Atlanta
Reading
Check up the true or false exercise.
She practiced running to compete in the Olympic games.
At first Hippomenes understood why men ran against Atlanta.
Atlanta was not confident she would win.
She was so angry that she could not run in the Olympics.
She made as many men as she could share her pain.
Her father did not understand her wish to compete.
He did not refuse her wish to choose a husband in a race.
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T
T
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Listen and read the passage again and finish the two tasks
Task 2
Were golden apples important? Why?
Task 1
Find the characters(人物) and their relationship.
Reading

Task 1
Characters(人物) and their relationship

The king was her _____
Hippomenes wanted to _______ Atlanta
marry
asked her
for_____
help
father
Task 2
Were golden apples important? Why?
Discuss and choose the best answer
1.From the passage we can learn that Atlanta ____.
A. was an American beautiful girl.
B. could run the fastest in Greece
C. was a very determined girl
D. could do anything her father wanted
2.Atlanta had to make a bargain with her father because she ____.
A. wanted to marry the man she liked best
B. wanted to run and win glory
C. could run faster than others
D. wanted to show her strength
C
B
Language points for reading II
1. marry 结婚,嫁,娶
marry sb.
Mary married a rich Frenchman last year.
get/ be married to sb. 和…结婚/已婚
She has been married to a rich Frenchman for two years.
Language points for Reading II
1）Joan就要和John结婚了。
2）Smith和Jean结婚十年了。
Joan is going to marry John.
Smith has been married to Jane for ten years.
The girl was so proud that she
wouldn’t ____ an ordinary man.
A. marry with B. marry
C. get married D. marry to
2.pick up
(1) 捡起，拾起
He picked up the book from the floor.
他从地板上捡起书。
(2) 开车接
I’ll pick you up at 7 o’clock.
7点钟我开车来接你。
(3)无意中学会
She soon picked up French when she went to live in France.
她到法国居住后很快学会了法语。

(4)便宜的买到
I picked up some food on my way home yesterday.
昨天在回家的路上我买了些食品。
(5) 接受信号
My radio can pick up a lot of programmes.
我的收音机可以接受很多节目。
(6) 恢复健康，慢慢好转
The old man is beginning to pick up now.
现在这位老人开始恢复健康。
The possible endings of the story are…
Guess
pre-listening
D
C
E
A
C
E
A
D
B
B
Listening
Task 3
Put the pictures in the correct order.
Task 4
Listen to the tape and write down the main idea of the passage.
Hippomenes; Atlanta;
the Greek Goddess of Love.

Hippomenes married Atlanta by winning a race with the help of the Greek Goddess of Love.
Main idea
Task 5
Listen to the tape again and fill in the blanks. Then read this paragraph with expressions
Hippomenes was standing waiting and when Atlantas came out. she thought, “ I_________ this man_______!” So she said to her father, “Tell him __________.
The race _____________today.” But Hipponmenes said, “These are _______:
She _____________ who _________
than her! _________- let’s run!
don’t want
to die
to go away
will not be run
her rules
will marry the man
run faster
come on

Enjoy some pictures
Look at the pictures and say the English
names of the following sports.

football
basketball

volleyball
badminton

baseball
table tennis

tennis
high-jump

running
swimming
Make an interview with your partner. The following questions may help you:
(1) what’s your favorite sport?
(2)Why do you like it?
(3)When did you become interested in that sport?
(4)Who’s your favorite athlete that likes the same sport with you?
(5)What do you do to improve your skill?
Use the following structure to write a short passage:
My favorite sport
一.Among the sports,I like…best because…
I became interested in it when…
二.My favorite athlete is… I like him/her because…
三.I practise… In the future I hope

My favorite sport
My favorite sport is playing football. I became interested in football when I was very young. I used to watch my uncle’s television and saw the Chinese team take part in the world cup. I became so excited
that I decided I would practice harder so that one day I might become part of the Chinese team. Therefore, I practice every day at lunchtime. I try to improve my running skills and my handling of the ball. Sometimes I play games with my friends. In the future, I hope to go to a sports university and perhaps be able to join the Chinese National Team.
refine your writing and hand it in after class
Homework
Thank you!