1、Unit 2 The Olympic Games,Step 1: Review words about sports,Handball硬式棒球 Fencing 劍術(shù)Beach VolleyballVolleyball CyclingDiving Football ShootingWeightliftingArchery箭術(shù) GymnasticsBadmintonWrestling SailingTable TennisRowing BasketballHockey曲棍球Boxing Judo柔道Tennis Baseball Swimming Softball壘球Waterpolo水球,Uni

2、t 2 Using Language,Atlanta Hippomenes princess prince Greek Greece Goddess foolish promise golden one after another,Task 1:learn the new words,女名,男名,公主,王子,希臘的，希臘 人,希臘,女神,愚蠢的,許諾,金色的,陸續(xù)地,重點，要背熟,Do you know any stories or persons in ancient Greek?,Atlanta, a princess,Hippomenes,princess,The Greek Godde

3、ss of Love,Who was Atlanta? What was she good at? Who did she want to marry? How could Hippomenes win Atlanta?,Scan the passage and find the answers:,Scan the passage and find the answers: Who was Atlanta? 2. What was she good at?,She was a Greek princess. She was good at running.,Who did she want t

4、o marry? 4. How could he Hippomenes win Atlanta?,She wanted to marry a man who could run faster than her.,He asked for help from the Greek Goddess of Love. The Greek Goddess of Love gave him three golden apples to attract Atlantas attention and make her slow down.,F,F,F,T,T,T,T,1. She practiced runn

5、ing to compete in the Olympic Games. 2. At first Hippomenes understood why men ran against Atlanta. 3. Atlanta was not sure she could 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

6、her wish to compete in the Olympics. 7.He did not refuse her wish to choose her husband in a race.,Read the statements first and then read the passage quickly. Decide whether they are true or false and give a reason.,Review the text: Complete the passage,Atlanta was a Greek princess who could run fa

7、ster than _men in Greece but she was not _to run in the Olympic Games. She was _angry _ she decided she would run _any man who wanted to _ her. Many kings and princes sadly went home when they _ her rules. Then a man _ Hippomenes saw her and wanted to marry her. So he asked for help from the Greek G

8、oddess of Love. She _ to help him and gave him three _apples. She said that when Atlanta is running past she will be _ and run slower. Hippomenes went to the King with the apples and the race began.,any,that,against,marry,heard of,called,promised,golden,relaxed,allowed,so,One man wanted to win and m

9、arry 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 fro 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

10、 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.,(1),(2),(3),(4),(8),(10),(6),(5),(7),(9),(11),listen to the tape and number the sentences in order of the story,Speaking and writing,Tell your partner about your favourite sport using the outline above. Tehn listen to your partners talk about his/her favourite sport. You may find the expressions below helpful,I like because I became interested in it when . My favourite athlete/