Unit10ReadingⅡ.pptVIP

Unit 10 Sports Reading Ⅱ 学习目标： 通过阅读课文，掌握重 点词汇和短语。 Step 1 快乐自学 The Spirit of Marathon 马拉松精神 Athens was a beautiful city in ancient Greece. The Persians 雅典是古希腊一座很美丽的城市。 波斯人 wanted very much to have it as theirs. In September of 490BC, 很想拥有这座城市。 公元前490前的九月， a fierce battle between the Persians and the Greeks happened at 在雅典北部一个叫马拉松的地方，希腊与波斯之间 a place called Marathon, north of Athens. After days of hard 爆发了一场激烈的战争。 经过了数日的 fighting, the Greeks won the battle. 艰苦战斗，希腊赢得了胜利。 With great joy, the Greeks sent Pheidippides, a soldier who 兴高采烈的希腊人派了一个擅长跑步的士兵 was good at running, back to Athens to tell their people the 费迪皮第兹返回雅典告诉人们 news of victory. The distance from Marathon to Athens was 胜利的消息。 从马拉松到雅典 about 26 miles. Pheidippides was eager to get to Athens as 大概有26英里。费迪皮第兹渴望尽可能快地回到雅典 soon as possible, so he ran the whole distance without 所以他一刻不停地跑。 stopping. He was very tired, but he did not give up. He kept 他非常累，但是他没有放弃。 他一直 on running and running. When he finally got to the city of 跑。 当他最终到达雅典时， Athens, he couldn’t move any more . He shouted, “Good 都不能再动了。 他喊道：“好 news! We have won!”Then, he fell down and died. The story 消息！我们赢了！” 之后，他倒在了地上，离开了人世。 of Pheidippides has been told for more than two thousand 费迪皮第兹的故事已经流传了两千多年。 years. When the first modern Olympic Games were held in 19世纪末，当第一届奥运会在 Athens at the end of 19 century, people were looking for a big 雅典举办时， 人们一直在寻找一个重大 event to recall the ancient glory of Greece. The idea of a 项目来纪念古希腊的荣耀。 马拉松比赛的想法 marathon race came up. It was a long distance running event （被人们）提出来。 它是一项长距离的跑步比赛 -