儋州市那大中学 郑丽华

Book2 Unit 2 Olympic Games Period 5 Listening and Speaking

Part Ⅰ Pre-listening Step1 Lead-in

Guess

Part Ⅱ Listening Step1. Number these sentences so they tell the story correctly. ( ) Atlanta married him and they lived happily. ( ) When the race began Atlanta ran past him. ( ) She stopped to pick them up. ( ) She ran too slowly and he won. ( ) He threw the golden apples one after another.

Part Ⅱ Listening Step2. Listen to the story again and fill in the blanks on your paper.

So the next day the race began. Hippomenes was standing _________ and when Atlanta came out she thought, "I do not want this man to ___. His death will not be caused by me!" So she said to her father, "Tell him to __ ______. The race will not be run today." But Hippomenes said, "She has said it: she will be _________ to the man who runs ________ than her. Come on now! Let's run!"

Atlanta ran and Hippomenes ran too. He ran very fast but even so Atlanta ran faster. Soon she was __ ______ _____ him. Then Hippomenes ________ one of the _______ apples. It went over her head and fell to the side of Atlanta. She stopped and had to run to get it. Hippomenes ___ ____. Atlanta looked up and she saw him in front. So she ran faster than the fastest bird. She came near! Then she flew past him and was in front again. Again he threw _______ apple over her head and to the side. Again she stopped to pick it up.

When she reached Hippomenes the ____ time, he threw the third apple so far to the side that she had further to go. She saw it and wanted it. So she ran and picked it up. At that time Hippomenes was _____ and could not run so fast. He was not so far in front. Atlanta ran fast but the apples were _____ and she could not _____ ___ ______ him. So Hippomenes won the race and married Atlanta. ______ ___ the Goddess they lived happily ever after.

1. This story is about a princess who races because she does not want to marry. 2. This story is about a princess and a man who agree to marry. 3. This story is about a man who cheats to marry a princess. 4. This story is about a Goddess helps a man marry a princess. Which sentence is best for describing the idea of the story?

Part Ш Speaking Task1: Pair work Do an interview about the hobby in pair. Steps: 1. Work in pair, and interview each other about your hobbies. 2. Write down the information about hobby in the blanks. 3. Act out your dialogue according to your interview.

The following questions maybe can help you. 1. What’s your favorite hobby? / What are you interested in? My favorite hobby is… I am interested in… 2. Why do you like it ( love / enjoy / prefer /be interested in / be crazy about…)? Because… 3. What good does it do to you? / Why is it useful for you? It can make/give me… Because It can make/give me… 4. What do you need for this hobby? I need… (more time/money/practice…) 5. What have you learned from the hobby? I can learn… 6. What difficulty might you have about it? I can’t… / The difficulty is that…