(共23张PPT)
Extensive reading
Revision
Translation
1. They had to compete against several larger companies to get more buyers.
2. The famous actor was interviewed
by reporters about his marriage.
3. Can you find out Mr. Liu’s address for me
4. Why do you suppose he changed his mind suddenly
5. I don’t understand how the two ideas relate to each other.
Reading (P14)
1.Talk about the two pictures.
(1).Who is the man
What about the girl
(2). What can you see in the picture
(3). What is the girl giving to the man
(4). What are golden apples used for
The race
The unbeaten Atalanta captivated Hippomenes. Venus was determined to help him by giving him three golden apples,
which he dropped as he raced Atalanta, who lost time by stopping to pick up each treasure. With this trick, Hippomenes won the race and his bride.
(1) Who was Atlanta
(2) What was she good at
(3) Who did she want to marry
(4) How could Hippomenes win Atlanta
Skimming
(1) Who was Atlanta
Atlanta was a Greek princess.
(2) What was she good at
She was good at running.
(3) Who did she want to marry
She wanted to marry the men who ran faster than her.
(4) How could Hippomenes win Atlanta
He won him with the help of three
golden apples.
(5) Main idea:
It’s about Atlanta who races to marry the man who can run faster than her. In order to win the race, Hippomenes asked for help from the Goddess of Love.
She was so angry that she said to her
father that she would not marry anyone
who could not run faster than her.
[考点] marry是及物动词,表示“与……
结婚”,无须再用其他介词。
常见结构有: be married (to),用于
表示结婚的状态;get married (to),用
于表示结婚的动作;marry sb. to sb.
把……嫁给。
(2) marry是非延续性动词,不可与表
示一段时间的状语连用。
(3) be married可以与表示一段时间的
状语连用。
[考例] My uncle ______ until he was forty-five. (上海2000)
A. married B. didn’t marry
C. was not marrying D. would marry
[点拨] 句意为:我的叔叔直到45岁才结婚。 marry不能用进行时,故排除C。当短暂动词与until连用时,应用否定形式。
True or False questions. (P14)
She practised running to compete in the Olympic Games. ( )
2. At first Hippomenes understood
why men ran against Atlanta.
( )
3. Atlanta was not confident she
would win. ( )
F
F
F
4. She was so angry 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 in the Olympiscs. ( )
7. He didn’t refuse her wish to choose a
husband in a race. ( )
T
T
T
T
Reading task (P51)
Bjornar Hakensmoen
What happened
What he did
A Canadian’s skiing pole
broke during a race.
He gave her his own pole
even though his
Norwegian team were
competing against her team.
Bjornar Hakensmoen
What he said
What Sarah said
It is only what any good
sportsman would do.
Hakensmoen showed the
true meaning of sport.
Eric Williams
His situation
What he does
What people say
He has low mental ability.
He takes part in the
Special Olympics.
He does his best and
appreciates any help given
to him.
Kip Keino
His situation
What he did
What it showed
What people thought
He was very ill and in great pain.
He still took part in the race.
True courage and
perseverance.
They praised him by putting him on the front cover of a sports magazine.
Finish the exercises. (P49-50 Ex.1&3)
Summary and homework