1、 the greek goddess of love 小愛神愛羅斯小愛神愛羅斯 (eros) (羅馬名字羅馬名字 邱比特邱比特 cupid) listen to the text and find out the main idea. the story is about a _who races to _the man that can _than her. in order to_ the race, a man _ name is hippomenes asks for _from the_. princess run faster win help whose goddess of l

2、ove marry scan the passage and find the answers: 1.who was atlanta? 2.what was she good at? 3.who did she want to marry? 4.how could hippomenes win atlanta? a greek princess running a man who could run faster than her he asked for help from the greek goddess of love. the greek goddess of love gave h

3、im three golden apples to attract atlantas attention and make her slow down. 1. marry 結婚結婚,嫁嫁,娶娶 a marry b mary married a rich frenchman last year. marry a to b 把把a 嫁給嫁給b he married both his daughters to rich businessmen. adj. married a get/ be married (to b) she has been married for two years. n. m

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5、ay. amazing = surprising 令人驚奇的令人驚奇的 3. promisepromise promise sthpromise sth he promisedpromised a gift for my birthday. promise sb sthpromise sb sth he promised me a giftpromised me a gift for my birthday. promise (sb) to do sthpromise (sb) to do sth he promised to buypromised to buy me a mp3. prom

6、ise sbpromise sb that that he promised thatpromised that he would buy me a mp3. vt.允諾允諾,答應答應,有可能有可能vi 保證，前途保證，前途 the clear sky promises fine weather. this project promises well.這個工程大有前途。這個工程大有前途。 n. 諾言、字據，與諾言、字據，與make, break, keep, carry out 搭配搭配 1.-how long have you _?(結婚結婚) -it is about ten years

7、since we_ . 2.i was _ at the news.(吃驚吃驚) 3.this year _ to be another good one for harvest.(今年看來又是個豐收年今年看來又是個豐收年) been married got married amazed promises predicting the race began. but the writer didnt tell us the race began. but the writer didnt tell us the end of the story.the end of the story. wh

8、o would win the race?who would win the race? would hippomeneswould hippomenes die? die? would atlanta marry him?would atlanta marry him? ( ) one man wanted to win and marry atlanta very much. ( ) atlanta married him and they lived happily. ( ) when the race began atlanta ran past him. ( ) he asked t

9、he goddess of love for help. ( 1 ) atlanta was a very beautiful princess. 4 5 7 11 listen and work out the order ( ) many men tried to compete with her, but failed and so were killed. ( ) she stopped to pick them up. ( ) she gave him three golden apples. ( ) she ran too slowly and he won. ( ) he thr

10、ew the golden apples one after another. ( ) she could run faster than any other man in greece. 2 3 6 8 9 10 listening text the race so the next day hippomenes was waiting when atlanta came out. she thought, “i dont want this man to die.” so she said to her father, “tell him to go away. the race will

11、 not be run today.” but hippomenes said, “these are her rules: she will marry the man who runs faster than her. come on- lets run!” when the race started hippomenes ran fast, but atlanta ran even faster. soon she was in front. at once hippomenes threw one of the golden apples. it fell far to the sid

12、e of atlanta and she ran to get it. as she picked it up, she saw hippomenes was in front. so she ran very fast until she was in front again. just then hippomenes threw another apple over her head and far to the side. again she stopped to pick it up, and hippomenes went in front. when she finally cau

13、ght up with hippomenes the second time, he threw the third and last golden apple. as it flew through the air atlanta saw it and wanted it. so she picked this one up too. by this time hippomenes was almost at the end of the race. atlanta could not catch up with him because the apples were too heavy.

14、so hippomenes won the race and married atlanta. thanks to the goddess they lived happily ever after. role play discussions girl: how to marry boy: what to do hippomenesatlanta by cheating pretend, forgiv e 1. if you were hippomenes, would you run against atlanta? 2. do you think hippomenes deserved

15、to win the race? why or why not? 3. how do you think atlanta felt when she discovered hippomenes had had help from the goddess of love? if you were atlanta, would you still agree to marry him? give your reasons. discussion retell the story (1) sth. about atlanta: atlanta, a very beautiful greek _, r

16、an the fastest in greece, but she was not _ to take part in the olympic games. she was angry and decided not to _ anyone who could not run faster than her. she made a _with her father and made her _that if a man wanted to _ her, she would run against him. if he could not run as _ as her, he would be _. princess allowed marry rulesmarry fast killed bargain retell the story (2) sth. about hippomenes: hippomenes decided to marry atlanta after he saw her. and he went to ask the greek goddess of love for _. she promised to help him and _ him three golden a