Unit2UsinglanguageTheOlympicGames,Listento“thestoryofAtlanta”andanswerthefollowingquestionsHowmanyfiguresarethereinthestory?Whoarethey?WhowasAtlanta?Whatwasshegoodat?,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.F,2.AtfirstHippomenesunderstoodwhymenranagainstAtlanta.F,3.Atlantawasnotconfidentshewouldwin.F,4.ShewassoangrythatshecouldnotrunintheOlympics.T,5.Shemadeasmanymenasshecouldshareherpain.T,6.Herfatherdidnotunderstandherwishtocompete.T,7.Hedidnotrefuseherwishtochooseahusbandinarace.T,ListeningonP12,1.OnemanwantedtowinandmarryAtlantaverymuch．2.Atlantamarriedhimandtheylivedhappilyeverafter．3.Whentheracebegan,Atlantaranpasthim．4.HeaskedtheGoddessofLoveforhelp．5.Atlantawasaverybeautifulprincess．Listentothetapeanddotheexercises.411751,6.Manymentriedtocompetewithher,butfailedandsowerekilled．7.Shestoppedtopickthemup．8.Shegavehimthreegoldenapples．9.Sherantooslowlyandhewon．10.Hethrewthegoldenapplesoneafteranother．11.Shecouldrunfasterthananyman．3961082,Herearefoursentencesdescribingtheideaofthestory.Whichisbestfordescribingwhathappened?Saywhatiswrongwiththeotherthree.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'srunshewillbemarriedtothemanwho,SothenextdayHippomeneswaswaitingwhenAtlantacameout.Shethought,“Idonotwantthismantodie.!”Soshesaidtoherfather,“Tellhimtogoaway．Theracewillnotberuntoday．”ButHippomenessaid,“theseareherrules:shewillmarrytothemanwhorunsfasterthanher．Comeonnow!Let'srun!”Listeningtext,WhentheracestartedHippomenesranfastbutAtlantaranevenfaster．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…,HOMEWORKMakenotesofyourideasandwriteashortpassageentitled“myfavouritesport”.
