【人教版】2014届高考英语一轮复习单元精品课件必修二Unit 2 Workbook.pptVIP

Now listen to the tape and write down in one sentence how the hero of the story sent his message miles away. * * Unit 2 Task 1: Leading-in Do you know there is an event called “Marathon”? Do you think there was such an event in ancient Olympics? The Marathon was a modern event that was first introduced in the 1896 Olympic Games. The distance is 26 miles 385 yards or 42,195 kilometres. It’s a race in honor of Phidippides, an ancient runner. In the 5th century B.C, the Persians attacked Greece at Marathon near Athens. Phidippides The Greeks were very worried and didn’t know what t