Unit 2 The Olympic Games Do you know any stories or persons in ancient Greek ?Apollo阿波罗Cupid丘比特Venus (Aphrodite) 维纳斯（阿弗洛狄特）Golden apples stand for justice( 正义）,it can give you magic power. Snakes stand for evil(邪恶），it can cheat youinto doing something wrong.The story of AtlantaPre-reading: guessing1.Try to describe the two pictures in your own words.(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?Scan the passage and find the answers:1. Who was Atlanta? 2. What was she good at? 3. Who did she want to marry? 4. How could Hippomenes win Atlanta?task:scanning (2m)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 she want to marry?4. How could Hippomenes win Atlanta?She wanted to marry a man who could run faster than her.He asked for help from the Greek Goddessof Love. The Greek Goddess of Love gavehim three golden apples to attract Atlantasattention and make her slow down.Task : What is the story about ?vWhen vWherevWho vWhat Ancient GreeceGreeceAtlanta, HippomenesHippomenes wanted tomarry Atlanta and wouldrun against herWhats the main idea of this text?Its about _who races to marry the man who can _than her. In order to_, _asked for _from the Goddess of Love.Atlanta run faster win the racehelpHippomenesTask :Listening and practicevListen to the tape and finishexercise 1 on page 14True or False questions. (P14) 1. 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. ( )FFF4.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 didnt refuse her wish to choose a husband in a race. ( )TTTTDiscussion(1) What do you think would happento Hippomenes? (2)Will Hippomenes be killed or realize his dreammarry Atlanta ? Why?Reasons to be killedAtlanta is not attracted by the Golden applesNobody can run faster than AtlantaHippomenes cheated in the running Reasons to marry AtlantaTrue love can overcome any difficultiesThe goddess of love helped HippomenesAtlantas carelessness lead to her fail in the runningI love happy endingGroup Workwork in pairs ,and try to give an ending to this story and give your reasons .you can start it like this:Next day, the race bagan. Hippomenes did anything as the Goddess of Love told him Lets listen to the tape and see what happened to HippomenesListening(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.234567891011try to retell the text according to the questions1.Who was Atlanta? Greek princess beautiful run fast 2.What had happened to Atlanta?not allowed angry not marry 3.What did she say when her father asked her marriage?run faster kill 4.What did the men do when they heard Atlantasrequirements? went home stayed there 5.What did Hippomenes think about her rules and what did he do after he saw Atlanta?amaze foolish change his mind 6.What did the Goddess do to help Hippomenes?golden apples throw relaxHomework 1.Write a summary of the whole story2.Recite the first paragraph of the text