浙江省桐庐分水高级中学高中英语同步课件：Unit2TheOlympicGamesusinglanguage（新人教版必修2）.ppt

Period 5 Reading II;Do you know any stories or persons in ancient Greece? ;;;Scan the passage and find the answers: Who was Atlanta? 2. What was she good at?; Who did she want to marry? 4. How could Hippomenes win Atlanta?;Skim the text and find out the main idea of the story.;Read the text again and finish the following true or false exercise.;She practised running to compete in the Olympic Games. At first Hippomenes understood why men ran against Atlanta. Atlanta was not sure she would win. She was so angry about the fact 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 in the Olympics. He did not refuse her wish to choose a husband in a race. ;Discussion: Can you guess the result of race between Atlanta and Hippomenes ?; Underline the important sentences , understand them and recite them. ;Language Points; promise vt. 允诺，答应 promise (sb.) sth.; promise (sb.) to do sth. promise (sb.) that clause 　e.g He promised (her) never to tell a lie. vi. / vt. 预示；有希望…, 很有希望成功; 保证;前途 eg: The clear sky promises fine weather. 　　This project promises well. 这个工程大有前途。 n. 诺言、字据，充当make, break, keep, carry out 的宾语 如果你作出允诺，就得守诺言，不应该违背诺言。 If you make a promise, you should keep it, you ought not to break it. ?