课件13张PPT。 Using language:
Reading Unit 2 The Olympic GamesⅠ. Leading in The story of Atlanta1)Scanning Ⅱ. Reading 1. Who was Atlanta?
2. What was she good at?
3. Who did she want to marry?
4. How could Hippomenes win Atlanta? A Greek Princess.Running. A man who could run faster than her. He turned to the Greek Goddess of Love. She gave him three golden apples .1. Atlanta practised running to compete in the Olympic Games.
2. At first Hippomenes understood why men ran against Atlanta.
3. Atlanta was not sure she would win.
4. She was so angry about the fact that she could not run in the Olympics.
5. She made as many men as she could share her pain.
6. Her father did not understand her wish to compete.
7. He did not refuse her wish to choose a husband in a race.
2)Careful reading (True or False)1. Atlanta practised running to compete in the Olympic Games.
2. At first Hippomenes understood why men ran against Atlanta.
3. Atlanta was not sure she would win.
FFFwasn't allowed tocouldn’t understand 2)Careful reading4. She was so angry about the fact that she could not run in the Olympics.
5. She made as many men as she could share her pain.
6. Her father did not understand her wish to compete.
7. He did not refuse her wish to choose a husband in a race. TTTTHippomenesAtlantaThe Greek Goddess of LoveⅢ.Discussion and Prediction Ⅳ. Discussion Discuss in groups to number the sentences in order of the story and then retell the story.
( )One man wanted to win and marry Atlanta very
much.
( ) Atlanta married him and they lived happily ever
after.
( )When the race began, Atlanta ran past him.
( )He asked the Goddess of Love for help.
( )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 man in Greece. 4117513961082Ⅴ. Summary Retell the story in your own words.
Atlanta … who… but she …. /
She was so angry that she decided …. /
Many kings and princes sadly went home when …./ Then a man called Hippomenes …./
So he … the Greek Goddess of Love./
She promised to …/
Hippomenes went to the King with the apples and…./
when the race began, Hippomenes…/
Atlanta stopped…/
………
VI. Homework 1.Rewrite the story in your own
words.
2. Underline the difficult words
and sentences in the passage.