课件26张PPT。Period 2 Reading Look at the picture on Page 3. What will the passage probably be about?The Trojan War Review the start of the
Trojan War Read the story first and arrange the pictures in the correct order. Try to find some key sentences about each picture. Now check if you have put the pictures in the correct order and find an easy description of each picture.The soldier came down the stairs– two at a time…… outside the main gates of the city stood a huge wooden horse……So the Trojans dragged it (the wooden horse) into the city with ropes…= pull sth. along with difficulty…That night, in the main square, all the citizens of Troy celebrated …= a person who lives in a certain place…No guards stopped them as they opened the main gates. Outside stood the Greek army……The Greek seized the captain…= take hold of sth. or sb. suddenly and with forceThe soldier came down the stairs—two at a time.‘Captain, they’ve gone,’ he cried. ‘They’ve disappeared—all of them. The plain is …’ But the captain wasno longer listening. He was going up the stairs—three at a time.
Seconds later, the captain stood on the high wall of the city of Troy. He looked down at the empty plain and, beyond it, at the empty sea. ‘They’ve gone and we’ve won,’ he said. ‘The Greeks have tried for ten years to capture our city. Now they’ve sailed away. And they’ve taken everything with them.’‘Not everything, sir,’ the soldier said. ‘They’ve lefttheir horse.’ Outside the main gates of the citystood a huge wooden horse.
‘Ah, yes,’ the captain said, ‘that wooden horse. It’sso big that they couldn’t take it with them. Well, it’sours now. Get some help and pull it into the city.That won’t be difficult. It’s on wheels.’
‘But why is it on wheels?’ the soldier asked. ‘I thinkthat maybe the Greeks want us to …’
The captain interrupted him. ‘You’re a soldier,’ he said.‘You don’t have to think. You have to obey orders,and I’m giving you one now. Move that horse.’ So theTrojans dragged it into the city with ropes. Complete the following table about the Trojan War.TimeBefore night
sailed awaywood looked down atseawonobey ordersdraggedintoropeswheelsThe soldier was probably feeling ______ when he came down the stairs.a frightened b excited c angry
According to the captain, the Greeks left the horse behind because ______.a it was too big to fit in the Greek shipsb they did not want it any morec it contained some Greek soldiers
What do you think the soldier was going to say when the captain interrupted him? He was probably going to say ‘I think that maybe the Greeks want us to ______.’a return the horse to them b take the horse into the cityc push the horse into the sea
Choose the best answers to complete these sentences.…he was going up the stairs---two at a timeThat night, in the main square, all the citizens of Troy celebrated. They sang and danced around the horse, and made jokes about their enemies, the stupid Greeks. Then the Trojans made sure all the gates of the city were securely locked, and they all went to sleep, including the gate guards.By midnight, the square was empty, except for the giant horse. The six Greek soldiers waited for another hour, to be sure. Then, very quietly, they opened the secret door on the side of the horse and climbed out.TimeThey returned in the darkness
What did the Greeks
do?
What did the Trojans do?1. All the citizens celebrated. They sang and danced… made jokes about …2. …made sure …were securely locked…3. …all went to sleep,…At night
sixsquare The six Greek soldiers waited for another hour because they wanted to be sure that ______.a the Greek army had opened the gatesb all of the Trojans were asleepc the Greek army had entered the cityNo guards stopped them as they opened the main gates. Outside stood the Greek army. It had returned in the darkness when the citizens were celebrating inside.Now the army entered the city. The Greeks seized the captain. For ten years, they could not capture the city
by fighting, but in one night, they succeeded in capturing it through a trick.Answer the following questions according to the text :What did the six Greek soldiers do after the square was completely empty?
An hour later
climbed outenteredseizedstoppedcaptured 2 The Greeks had not been able to defeat the Trojans for ten years because ______.a the Greeks could not get inside the gates of Troyb the Trojans had a wooden horsec the Trojans had lots more soldiers
3 The Greek army disappeared because they were ______ the Trojans.a beaten by b playing a trick on c frightened by
4. How did the Greeks capture the city at last?
Through a trick, not by fighting.Summary The Greeks l________ the huge horse outside the city, and went away. A soldier of Troy saw the Greeks had left and found the wooden horse. He r________ it to the captain. The captain thought they w_______ the war at last, and he o_________ the soldiers to pull it inside the city as a symbol of their victory.
The Trojans then celebrated, but the Greeks had not r________ gone away. They were just hiding in their ships. In the evening, when they could not be seen, they sailed b________ to Troy. That night, when everyone was a________, Greek soldiers who were hiding in the wooden horse q________ climbed out of the horse and opened the city gates. The Greek army came inside. Soon, they were s________ in capturing the city.uietlyacksleepuccessfulefteportedonrderedeally Work in groups. Think about these questions and discuss with your group members.Homework:
I. Oral work:
1. To read the text with the tape
2. To retell the story in your own
words
II. Written work:
1. To write a summary of the story
2. To write a short passage on the
topic “What led to the result of
the war” Imagine you were one of the six soldiers inside the wooden horse. After the war, you tell your story to your family. Part of the story is given below. Fill in the blanks with the words in brackets.left it outside the main gatesdid not go far awaysaw the horsewas inside with fiveother soldierspulled thehorse into the main square of the citycelebratedmade jokes about usmade sure that the gates were lockedwent to sleepclimbed out of thehorseopened the gatesentered the cityseized himWe took the captain away and put him in prison. _____ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Work in pairs. Write a few more sentences to complete the story above. For days, we went into all the houses and temples and took away everything that we could carry, but we didn’t kill the citizens of Troy. We found a lot of gold and jewels in the palace. When we had taken what we wanted, we returned home in our ships.