【人教版】2014届高考英语一轮复习单元精品课件必修二unit2listeningexercise.pptVIP

PHIDIPPIDES AND THE MARATHON A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE ANCIENT AND THE MODERN OLYMPICS * Unit 2 The Olympic Games Listen to the text. THE RACE Listen again and fill in the blanks. So the next day Hippomenes was _______ when Atlanta came out. She _______, “ I don’t want this man to ____.” So she said to her ______, “Tell him to go away. The race will not be ____ today.” But Hippomenes said, “These are her _____: She will ______ the man who runs faster ____ her. Come on — let’s run!” waiting thought die father run rules marry than When the race ______ Hippomenes ran fast, but Atlanta ran even _____. Soon she was in front. At once Hippomenes _____ one of the ______ apples. It fell far to the side of Atlanta and she ran to get it. __ she picked it up, she ____ Hippomenes was in front. So she ran very fast _____ she was in front again. Just then Hippomenes threw _______ apple over her head and far to the side. Again she _______ to pick it up, and Hippomenes went in front. started faster threw golden As saw until another stopped When she finally ______ ___ _____ Hippomenes the second time, he threw the _____ and last golden apple. As it flew through the ____ Atlanta saw it and wanted it. So she ______ this one up too. By this time Hippomenes was _______ at the end of the race. Atlanta could not catch up with him ________ the apples were too heavy. So Hippomenes _____ the race and _______ Atlanta. Thanks to the Goddess they lived happily ____ _____. caught up with third air picked almost because won married ever after Listen to the text. Listen again and fill in the blanks. In the _______ Olympic Games the _______ running race is called the _________. It gets its name from a _____ in Greece called Marathon, which is ___ miles from Athens, the ______ city of Greece. This is the story of _____ the Marathon race is ________ in the Olympic Games. modern longest Marathon town 26 capital included why Once there was an ancient Greek ______ called Phidippides. He r