Unit 2 The Olympic Games,Book 2

i have never heard of such a thing before.     such a thing has never been heard of before.
we must take good care of the children here.      the children must be taken good care of here.
his classmates laughed at him for the foolish mistake.      he was laughed at for the foolish mistake by his classmates.
period 3: using language
teaching 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 普羅米修斯 —— 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
read the text the story of atlanta, and complete the true or false guestions after the text on page14.
2. reading and telling true of false
read the text and finish exercise 1 on page14.
1. she practiced running to compete in the olympic games. ( f )
2. at first hippomenes understood why men ran against atlanta. ( f )
3. atlanta was not sure she could win. ( f )
4. she was so angry about the fact that she could not run in the olympics. ( t )
5. she made as many men as she could share her pain. ( t )
6. her father did not understand her wish to compete in the olympics. ( t )
7.he did not refuse her wish to choose her husband in a race. ( t )
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.