必修二Unit2TheOlympicGames Period3ExtensiveReading

1、P eriod 3 Extensive ReadingThe General Idea of This Period :This p eriod is to in troduce the stude nts to Greek literature and to help them un dersta nd the problems that women had in Ancient Greece.The Greeks had wonderful stories about the Gods and Goddesses who were part of their religi on. They

2、 believe that these Gods (or Goddesses) would help if they felt sorry for them or if the huma ns were good peopi e.The Gods did not always help though.They behaved like people who were unpredictable and capricious.To try to get the support of the Gods people had to pray to them and offer them p rese

3、 nts .In this story the Goddess Hera, the Greek Goddess of Love (the wife of the chief God , Zeus) was sorry for Hippomenes and agreed to help him.Teaching Aims：1. Enable the students to learn and talk about Atlanta story.2. Learn some useful words and expressions : prince, pri.ncess, amaze (amazing

4、 , amazed), foolish , promise, golden, etc.3. Lear n some sentence p atter ns：(1) I will only be married to a man who can run faster than me.(2) It was so tall that I had to look up to the sky to see it.(3) There was a man called Hippomenes who was amazed when he heard of Atlanta rules.Teaching Impo

5、rtant Points :1. E nable the stude nts to comp rehe nd the story of Atla nta and get the gen eral idea of the story of Atla nta and someth ing about the begi nning of the Olympic Games in the an cie nt time.2. To know the athlete in the p ast and the fact that wome n were not allowed to take part in

6、.Teaching Difficult Point :To un dersta nd the content and finish the true or false exercises efficie ntly.Teaching Methods:1.Skimmi ng to get the gen eral idea of the story of Atla nta.2.Sca nning to get detailed in formati on and get to un dersta nd the story better.3. Task-based methods to get th

7、e stude nts to comp rehe nd the p assage and be able to retell the story in their own words.Teaching Aids:1. A tape recorder.2. A multimedia.Teaching P rocedures：Step 1 Revisio nIt gett ing cold no w.Will you bring or buy some thick clothes to school?Yes.In fact we may also say that because it is ge

8、tting cold now , some thick clothes. Some thick clothes will be brought or bought.1. Revise the future p assive voice.T:Ss：T:Ss:T: That is to say, some thick clothes will be brought or bought.Sometimes we can use future p assive voice to exp ress a future acti on .Remember the form?Ss: Yes.will/be t

9、o/being go to be done.T: Very good.Now let check our homework to see how well you grasp the grammar.2. Check the homework. (P age 49 Ex.1 Choos ing the right words and comp let ing the sentences)Step 2 Reading ( Page 51)T: Now do you want to know more about the Olympic Games?Ss： Yes.T: Turn to Page

10、51.This reading material includes three different topics about the ancient Olympic Games.Now let read them one by one.What is the main idea of the first part?(After reading )T: Who can answer this question?S1: It describes the opening ceremony of the ancient Olympic Games.T: Can you describe it in d

11、etails?S2: First the athletes offered presents to Zeus and prayed to win and to wear the victor crow n. The n they pro mised to p lay fairly and not to cheat.T: That is all for this part.Come to the second part.What is the content of the dialogue?S3: It tells us the training life of a successful ath

12、lete and the rewards that he got for winning the match.T: What were the rewards?S4： He received many presents from his hometown : free meals, no money problems for the rest of his life and songs writte n about him.T: Let come to the third material.What was the story about?S5: A woman was discovered

13、in the Olympic Games.She aroused some argument.A law was p assed that wome n were not allowed to take part in the Games.T: Good.Look at the form on Page 52.You can read the material quickly and finish the form.(Give the stude nts eno ugh time to discuss the an swers to fill in the form on P age 52.)

14、Check the an swers.Keys：1. Athletes offer presents to the God , they prayed, see the statue of Zeus.2. The men and young boys.3. Parts of Greece, Athens and Sparta.4. Practise for many hours a day, do a lot of exercise to the sound of music.5. Many pres ents： free meals and no money problems as well

15、 as songs about him.7.They let her go , but have decided to pass a law that all trainers must be men. Step 3 Reading (The Story of Atlanta on Page 14 )1.Leading in Talk about the pictures on Pag e 14.T:Ss：T:Ss：6. A woma n has bee n discovered.Please turn to P age 14.Look at the first picture.What ca

16、n you see in it?Two people.Who is the man?He is the king.T:Ss：T:What about the girl?She is his daughter.Yes, she is named Atlanta and they are talking about their marriage.Now let look at the sec ond pi cture.This time what can we see here?Ss: We can see a young man and a fairy.T: Good.The man is na

17、med Hippomenes and the fairy is the Goddess of Love.We can see the Goddess of Love is giving something to Hippomenes.W hat is she giving to him?Some appi es.Right.I n fact she was givi ng Hippomenes some golde n appI es.What does golde n mean?It means havi ng the color of gold.Good.But why does the

18、Goddess give Hippomenes some golden appies?What are theySs:T:Ss:T:used for?Si: They are used as food.S2: They are present from the Goddess.S3: They can be used as a large sum of money.T: OK , let find out what they really for.2.Gett ing the gen eral ideaListe n to the tape to get the gen eral idea.T

19、: PI ease liste n to the tape carefully to get the gen eral idea .Pay atte nti on to the inton ati on.lf you feel like , read after the tape.T: Who have got the main idea?S4: The story is about Atlanta who races to marry the man who can run faster than hern order to win the race , Hippomenes asked f

20、or help from the Goddess of love.3.Skimmi ngGet the stude nts to read the story and find the an swers to the follow ing questi ons.Who was Atla nta?What was she good at?Who did she want to marry?How could he Hippomenes win Atla nta?(1)(2)(3)(4)Yes.Now who can give us the an swers to the questi ons?M

21、iss , let me have a try.I think Atlanta was a Greek princess. Yes or no?T: Now pl ease read the story and try to find the an swers to the follow ing four questi ons.lf you come across any unknown words , try to guess their meanings. (After three minutes. ) Now have you fini shed?Ss:T:S5：T:Yes.Good.W

22、hat about the sec ond on e?Who can give us an an swer?Ss：T:S6: She was good at running.She was not only beautiful but also could run faster than any man in Greece.T: Well done.What about the third one?S7： She wan ted to marry a man who could run faster tha n her.T: Was that p ossible?Some say yes an

23、d some say no .Lets see the last questi on.Who can give us an an swer?S8: Let me try.He asked for help from the Greek Goddess of Love.The Greek Goddess of Love gave him three golden apples to attract Atlanta attention and make her slow down.4. Consolidation( True or false)Get the Ss to do the true o

24、r false as a comp eti .ti on to check their un dersta ndin .g of the story.If a statement is false, they should tell the reason.run faster than any man in1. Atlanta could .run faster than any man. (False.She could(False.At first he couldn were foolish to run againstGreece.)2. At first Hippomenes un

25、derstood why men ran aga inst Atla nta. understand why men ran against Atlanta.He thought those men Atlanta.)3. Atla nta was not con fide nt she would win.(False.She was con fide nt.)4.She was so angry that she could not run in the Olympics. ( False.The reason for her not being allowed to run in the Olympic was not that she was angry but that she was a woma n. She was angry at the fact that she could not run in the Olympics.)5.She made as many men as she could share h