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Unit 2 The Olympic Games
Listening, Speaking and Writing
Aims:
To read about the ancient Olympic Games
To listen and talk about hobbies
To write about hobbies
Procedures
1. Warming up
Warming up by introducing
Hi! Class. You know Greece is the world-known country with an ancient civilization.
It has a long history with so much marvelous culture. The Greeks had wonderful
stories about the Gods and Goddnesses who were part of their religion. They believed
that these god or goddesses would help humans if they felt sorry for them or if the
humans were good people. However, the Gods did not always help. They behaved like
people who were unpredictable and capricious. To try to get the support of the Gods
people had to pray to them and offer them present. In this story the Goddess Hera, the
wife of the chief God, Zeus was sorry for Hippomenes and agreed to help him.
Warming up by sharing
Now, boys and girls. Is there anybody who can tell us some Greek mythology. You
know they are so famous in human history. Or can you speak out some names of
Greek Gods and Goddesses.
Prometeus 普罗米修斯 —— a son of the former chief God
Sphinx 斯芬克斯 —— a being with a human face but a lion body
Pandora 潘多拉—— a beautiful girl with every ill and evil thought and deed
Zeus 宙斯—— the chief God who governed the world
Hera 天后—— the wife of Zeus who governed the love
Ⅱ. Guided reading
1. Reading and judging
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Read the text THE STORY OF ATLANTA, and complete the True or False questions
after the text on page14.
2. Reading and answering
Read the text again, and answer the following questions.
A. What was Atlanta’s problem?
B. What were Atlanta’s rules?
C. What was Hippomenes’ amazement?
D. What made Hippomenes change his mind?
E. Whom did Hippomenes turn to for help?
F. Can you guess what was the ending?
For reference:
A. Atlanta could run faster than any men in Greece. But she was not allowed to run in
the Olympic Games.
B. She promised to be married to a man who could run faster than her. If he could not
run as fast as her, he would be killed.
C. Hipppomenes could not understand why so many young men wanted to risk their
lives.
D. Atlanta’s beauty made him understand his amazement and change his mind.
E. He turned to the Goddess of love for help.
F. Hippomenes was killed because of losing his race.
G. He ran faster than Atlanta and married her.
3. Reading and underlining
Next you are to read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the
passage. Copy them to your notebook after class as homework.
Collocations from THE STORY OF ATLANA
be allowed to, run against…, will be pardoned, hear of…,be amazed, as fast as…,
change one’s mind, ask… for help from…,
promise to, will be relaxed, pick up, be confident about…,share one’s pain, run
past…,compete with…, cheap to marry
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4. Listening
For listening turn to page 15 and be ready to do exercises 1.
First read the questions carefully and imagine what is the listening about.
When doing exercise 2, you must make clear what is wrong with the sentence. And
tell the class which is correct, which is wrong and which is only half true.
5. Acting
Next we are going to put the text A STORY OF ATLANTA on stage. You know there
are four charactors in the story. Who would like to be them?
Who will be Alanta’s father, the old king?
Who will be the Goddess of Love?
Ok. Li Li, you are the Greek princess. Zhang Qiang, you are the brave young man
Hippomenes. Lucy, you are the Goddess of Love. Zhou Gang, you are the princess’s
father. The rest of class, please prepare it in groups of four. Then act your play before
class.
A text play of THE STORY OF ATIANTA
Time: one morning in spring
Place: at the palace
People: the old king(K), the princess (A), the young man (H),
the Goddess of
love (L).
F:
My dear daughter, you see how beautiful the spring is! You are just like the
spring flowers. Why don’t you marry? So many young kings and princess want
to marry you, and they are all so rich, smart and nice.
A: Oh, dear father. I have promised that I will only be married to a man who can run
faster than me. I will run against him. If he cannot run as fast as me, he will be
killed. No one will be pardoned.
F:
But, my dear daughter. No man has won you. They all sent themselves to death.
When will you get married?
A:
I won’t marry unless I am allowed to run in the Olympic Games. (Hippomenes is
allowed to come in)
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H: Oh, my kindest king and my prettiest princess!
I’ll marry the princess. I’ll compete with you.
A: Do you know the rules?
H: Yes, princess!
F:
Oh, young man! Go away! You can’t win her. You are only losing your life!
H: No, I want a try!
F:
Foolish thing! Go away! Don’t go to die! (Hippomenes was pushed away and felt
sad, crying. The Goddess of Love is watching everything above him in the sky
and pities him)
L:
Oh, young man, what’s the matter? Why are you so sad?
H: Oh, my Goddess, can you help me? Can you help me to win the princess and
marry her?
L:
Ok, young man. Do you really want to marry her and love her?
H: Of course. She is so beautiful.
L:
Ok, it is easy. Take these three golden apples.
Throw apples in front of Atlanta when she is running past and she will be
relaxed. When she stops to pick it up, you will be able to run on and win.
H: Oh, thank you, my Goddess!
(Hippomenes returns to the palace)
K: Well, young man, why are you here again?
H: My kindest king. I want to marry her and run against her!
K: Well, young man. I repeat. Don’t be silly! Go away!
H: No. I love her. I will marry her － or die!
6. Speaking
Now, class. Let’s carry out a survey of the interests in the class and write down the
names of the classmates who have the same interests. You can carry out the task like
this.
Which do you like, sport, music or collection?
Which of the sports do you like best?
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What is your favorite sport?
Are you interested in table tennis?
After the survey, the ones who have the same interests sit together and please
work in groups of four to talk about their interest.
Why do you like this sport / music / collection?
When do you begin to like it?
What’s enjoyable about the hobby?
What have you learned from the hobby?
III. Guided writing
1. Writing an imagined dialogue
Groups 1 and 2 are going to write an imagined dialogue between the princess and
Hippomenes. You may begin like this : Oh, my dear princess, I want to marry you…
2. Writing a description
Turn to page 16 and follow the direction to write a description of your favorite hobby.
Here is an example:
Swimming is my favorite sport. I like it because it can bring me much fun. The
process of learning swimming is very interesting. You can try different ways of
swimming, such as breaststroke and backstroke. You can swim at any time of the year
if you like. In hot summer, if you jump into the river or the sea to have a swim, you’ll
feel cool and comfortable. Even in cold winter, you can swim if you are brave
enough. It’s a healthy sport and it can build up your body. If you are a beginner, you
must be careful.
You’ll better not swim alone and bring life buoy with you in case of danger. If you
want to be a good swimmer, you must have a lot of practice and have great
determination.
IV. Closing down by finding information
Go to the library to read or get online to search in order to find more information on
the Olympic Games and the ancient Greek mythology. Take notes of your finding and
report to your groupmates next Monday morning.
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