Unit2The Olympic GamesReading2课件新人教版必修2.ppt

Do you know any stories or persons in ancient Greek? Skim the text and find out the main idea of the story. The story is about a princess who races to marry the man that can run faster than her. In order to win the race, a man asks for help from the Goddess of Love. Atlanta could run faster than any man. At first Hippomenes understand why men ran against Atlanta. Atlanta was not confident she would win. She was so angry that she could not run in the Olympics. She made as many men as she could share her pain. Her father did not understand her wish to compete. He did not refuse her wish to ch