引入：如果有困难时怎么办．向谁求助？那个人会帮忙吗？有没有曾经向god求助？在古时候，人们相信神会帮助人类，所以有了很多这样的故事．

Unit 2 The story of Atlanta

About the story Characters in the story the Goddess of Love Princess Atlanta a man called Hippomenes the Greek King

Read and answer What made the Greek Princess angry? What bargain did she make with her father? What was Hippomenes’s reaction when he heard of the rules at first? What about when he saw Atlanta? What did the Goddess of Love give him? How could he run faster than Atlanta, according to Venus?

√ ︿ ︿ Read and answer What made the Greek Princess angry? That’s because she was not allowed to win glory for herself. Her father wanted to marry her to a young man. She was unwilling to marry with a man who couldn’t run faster than her. She agreed to get married a man who could run faster than her. My parents have married for 18 years. √ ︿ to been ︿

Read and answer 2. What bargain did she make with her father? She would run against any man who wanted to marry her. If he couldn’t run as fast as her, he would be killed.

Read and answer 3. What was Hippomenes’s reaction when he heard of the rules at first? What about when he saw Atlanta? The reaction of Hippomenes when he heard of the rules when he saw Atlanta He was amazed. Why are these men so foolish? He changed his mind. I will marry Atlanta or die! He fell in love with her at the first sight because of her beauty.

Read and answer 4. What did the Goddess of Love give him? 5. How could he run faster than Atlanta, according to Venus? She gave him three golden apples. Throw an apple on front of her Atlanta when she is running fast. When she stops to pick it up, he would be able to run past her and win.

This is a story without an end, can you try to imagine a most possible end? What are golden apples used for? Let’s listen to the given end of the story … …

Read and fill the blanks Hippomenes was waiting when Atlanta came out. She thought, “I __________ this man ______!” So she said to her father, “Tell him __________. The race ____________ today.” But Hippomenes said, “These are __________: She ________________ who __________ than her! __________ –let’s run!” don’t want to die to go away will not be run will marry the man her rules runs faster Come on 10

Read and number them ( ) 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. (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. 4 11 7 5 3 9 6 10 8 2

Atlanta’s favorite sport was running. What’s your favorite sport Atlanta’s favorite sport was running. What’s your favorite sport? Give reasons why you like it so much. I like …because… I became interested in it when…

I first became interested in football when I was nine I first became interested in football when I was nine. Now I play in my school team and join my friends for a game every week on a regular basis. It is fun. My favorite footballer is David Beckham although I also like Ronaldo. They are both excellent and have great skills too. Apart from playing at school I go to sports school every weekend. I learn many skills there, such as passing the ball and scoring. I especially like playing on the wing like Beckham but being a stirker is good as well.

I first became interested in football when I was nine I first became interested in football when I was nine. Now I play in my school team and join my friends for a game every week on a regular basis. It is fun. (how) My favorite footballer is David Beckham although I also like Ronaldo. They are both excellent and have great skills too. (favorite athlete) Apart from playing at school I go to sports school every weekend. I learn many skills there, such as passing the ball and scoring. I especially like playing on the wing like Beckham but being a stirker is good as well. (what you do to improve your skill)

Atlanta’s speech for women’s admission to the Olympics Discuss in groups of 4 and think about the reasons to support.(写到黑板上) Ladies and gentlemen, I totally support that women should be admitted to the Olympic Games. Firstly,… Besides,…for example,… What’s more… So I strongly vote for women’s admission to the Olympic Games.

Homework: Write down your speech and polish it with your partner.

Women should be admitted to the Olympic Games. Men and women are born equal. Women should enjoy the right that men have. Women can perform as well as men. Sometimes, women do better. For example, I can run faster than any man in Greece. I strongly vote for women’s admission to the Olympic Games.

Homework Finish the excises 1, 2 and 3 on page 49.

Group work: Do you think Hippomenes deserved to win the race and marry Atlanta? How do you think Atlanta felt when she discovered H had had help from the Goddess of Love? If you were Atlanta, would you agree to marry H?