20152016学年高中英语Unit2TheOlympicGamesUsinglang

Listento“thestoryofAtlanta”andanswerthefollowingquestions1.Howmanyfiguresarethereinthestory?Whoarethey?2.WhowasAtlanta?Whatwasshegoodat?1.Howmanypeoplearethereinthestory?Whoarethey?4people:Atlanta,herfather,Hippomenes,theGoddess.2.WhowasAtlanta?Whatwasshegoodat?AGreekprincess,shewasgoodatrunning.3.Whatkindofmandidshewanttomarry?Shewantedtomarryamanwhocouldranfasterthanher.4.WhendidHippomeneschangehismindtorunagainstAtlanta?WhenhesawAtlantacameoutofherhousetorun.5.FromwhomdidHippomenesaskforhelp?FromtheGreekGoddessoflove.6.WhatdidtheGoddessgivetohim?Shegavehimthreegoldenapples.WhatwouldhappentoHipomenes?Wouldhewinordie?Canyoumakeaguess?HethrewanappleinfrontofherSothenextdaytheracebegan.Atlantaranfasterthanhim.Shepickeditup.Shedidn’tpickitup.Hewaskilled.Theylivedhappily.Decidewhethereachofthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.1.Atlantacouldrunfasterthananyman.F2.AtfirstHippomenesunderstoodwhymenranagainstAtlanta.F3.Atlantawasnotconfidentshewouldwin.F4.ShewassoangrythatshecouldnotrunintheOlympics.T5.Shemadeasmanymenasshecouldshareherpain.T6.Herfatherdidnotunderstandherwishtocompete.T7.Hedidnotrefuseherwishtochooseahusbandinarace.TListeningonP121.OnemanwantedtowinandmarryAtlantaverymuch．2.Atlantamarriedhimandtheylivedhappilyeverafter．3.Whentheracebegan,Atlantaranpasthim．4.HeaskedtheGoddessofLoveforhelp．5.Atlantawasaverybeautifulprincess．Listentothetapeanddotheexercises.•6.Manymentriedtocompetewithher,butfailedandsowerekilled．•7.Shestoppedtopickthemup．•8.Shegavehimthreegoldenapples．•9.Sherantooslowlyandhewon．•10.Hethrewthegoldenapplesoneafteranother．•11.Shecouldrunfasterthananyman．Herearefoursentencesdescribingtheideaofthestory.Whichisbestfordescribingwhathappened?Saywhatiswrongwiththeotherthree.1.Thisstoryisaboutaprincesswhoracesbecauseshedoesnotwanttomarry.2.Thisstoryisaboutaprincessandamanwhoagreetomarry.3.Thisstoryisaboutamanwhocheatstomarryaprincess.4.Thisisastoryofhowagoddesshelpsamanmarryaprincess.1.Thisiswrongbecauseitisonlyhalftrue．Atlantaracesbecauseshedoesnotwanttomarryanybodylessgoodthanherself．2.ThisiswrongbecauseitonlytellsapartoftheStory.Atlantadoesnotagreetomarrythemanuntilhewinstheraceagainsther．3.Thisisnotquitetrue．ThemandidneedhelptowintheraceagainstAtlantabutitwasnotcheating,asAtlantahadthechoiceofpickinguptheapplesornotduringtherace．4.Thisiscorrect．HippomineswasstandingwaitingandwhenAtlantacameoutshethought,“________________________________.Hisdeath_________________________!”Soshesaidtoherfather,“___________________．Therace_________________________．”ButHippomenessaid,“Shehassaidit:________________________________________________________________________!”Listentothetapeagainandfillintheblanks.IdonotwantthismantodiewillnotbecausedbymeTellhimtogoawaywillnotberuntodayrunsfasterthanher．Comeonnow!Let'srunshewillbemarriedtothemanwhoSothenextdayHippomeneswaswaitingwhenAtlantacameout.Shethought,“Idonotwantthismantodie.!”Soshesaidtoherfather,“Tellhimtogoaway．Theracewillnotberuntoday．”ButHippomenessaid,“theseareherrules:shewillmarrytothemanwhorunsfasterthanher．Comeonnow!Let'srun!”ListeningtextWhentheracestartedHippomenesranfastbutAtlantaranevenfaster．Soonshewasinfront．AtonceHippomenesthrewoneofthegoldenapples．ItfellfartothesideofAtlantaandsheruntogetit.Asshepickeditup,shesawHippomeneswasinfront.Sosheranveryfastuntilshewasinfrontagain.JustthenHippomenesthrewanotherappleoverherheadandfartotheside．Againshestoppedtopickitup,andHippomeneswentinfront.WhenshefinallycaughtupwithHippomenesthesecondtime,hethrewthethirdappleandthelastgolednapple.AsitflewthroughtheairAtlantasawitandwantedit．Soshepickedthisoneuptoo．BythistimeHippomeneswasalmostattheendoftherace．Atlantacouldnotcatchupwithhimbecausetheapplesweretooheavey.SoHippomeneswontheraceandmarriedAtlanta．ThankstotheGoddesstheylivedhappilyeverafter.SPEAKINGANDWRITINGWhatisyourfavouritesport?•Makedialogswithyourpartnerusingthefollowingphrases.•Ilike…because…•Ibecameinterestedinitwhen…•Myfavourite…is…•Ipractise…•InthefutureIhopeto…HOMEWORK•Makenotesofyourideasandwriteashortpassageentitled“myfavouritesport”.