【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 To review some words related to the passage.Stimulate Ss’ interest in fairy tales about the ancient Olympic Games.T: In the first text, we have learned something about the Olympic Games, yes or no?S: Yes. T: Can you still remember where the ancient Olympic Games started? S: GreeceT: What do you call the people or the language of this country? S: GreekT: Greece is an ancient country full of stories。 do you think so? S: Yes. T: Now, let’s look at the picture ing from the ancient country.King Princess Hippomenes GoddessT: Class, it is obvious that the two pictures tell us a magical legend. Do you know what happened to the four persons? S: No T: Ok, next let’s turn to page 14 and read the story about the four persons.Step 2. Reading 1. SkimmingPurpose: To get a brief understanding of the passage.Read the text quickly and find out the relationship among the four persons.2. ScanningPurpose: To get Ss to have some details in the text. Read the text again and then do the following true or false questions.(1) Atlanta could run faster than any man. ( )(2) At first Hippomenes understood why men ran against Atlanta. ( )(3) Atlanta was not confident she would win. ( )(4) She made as many men as she could share her pain. ( )(5) Her father did not refuse her wish to choose a husband in a race. ( )Suggested Answers: (1) F (2) F (3) F (4) T (5) T3. Reading and answeringPurpose: To make Ss further understand the text.Read the text in silence, and answer the following questions.(1) What was Atlanta’s problem?(2) What were Atlanta’s rules?(3) Why did Hippomenes think that the men who ran the race were so foolish?(4) What made Hippomenes change his mind?(5) Whom did Hippomenes turn to for help?Suggested Answers:(1) Atlanta could run faster than any men in Greece. But she was not allowed to run in the Olympic Games.(2) She promised to be married to a man who could run faster than her. If he could not run as fast as her, he would be killed.(3) Hipppomenes could not understand why so many young men wanted to risk their lives.(4) Atlanta’s beauty made him understand his amazement and change his mind.(5) He turned to the Goddess of love for help.4. Talking and writingGroup work Ask Ss to talk about the possible ending in groups of four. After discussing, let every student write down the result they have got. And then ask some Ss to read out their results. For your reference (Various possible endings are allowed. Here are three kinds of different results.):(1). Hippomenes was killed because of losing his race.(2). Hippomenes ran faster than Atlanta and married her.(3). Atlanta and Hippomenes fell in love with each other at first sight. In spite of this, he still had to run the race, and unfortunately he lost the race and was killed by the king without being stopped by Atlanta in time. Atlanta was so sad that she killed herself before Hippomenes’ dead body.5. Homework. Get Ss to read and underline all the useful expressions in the passage. Copy them to your notebook as homework after class.Useful expressions in The Story Of Atlanta:be allowed to, hear of…, as fast as, change one’s mind, ask… for …from…, pick up, confident about…, pete with…Period 5 Listening Speaking amp。 WritingTeaching Goals: Learn to talk about hobbies.2. To develop Ss’ listening ability. learn to write about hobbiesTeaching Procedures:Step 1. ListeningPurpose: 1. To get the main information in the listening part.2. To develop Ss’ listening ability3. To learn about the real ending of the story of Atlanta.. listening, try to work out the order of Ex3 (P15). Suggested answers:(4)One man wanted to win and marry Atlanta very much.(11)Atlanta married him and they lived happily ever after.(7)When the race began ,Atlanta ran past him.(5)He asked the Goddess of Love for help.(1)Atlanta was a very beautiful princess.(3)Many men tried to pete with her, but failed and so were killed.(9)She stopped to pick them up.(6)She gave him three golden apples. 3. Listen to the tape again and finish Ex5 (P15) Answer: don’t want, to die, to go away, will not be run, her rules, will marry the man, runs faster, Come on4. Discuss the questions of Ex6 (P15)5. After finishing the three exercises, ask Ss to retell the passage with expression.Step 2. Speaking Purpose: To get Ss to talk about records about high tightrope walking.Group workCarry out a survey of the interests in the class and write down the names of the classmates who have the same interests. You can carry out the task like this. Which do you like, sports, music or collections? Which of the sports do you like best? What is your favorite sport? After the survey, the Ss who have the same interests sit together and please work in groups of four to talk about their interest. At last, let Ss present their dialogues.Step 3. Writing a descriptionPurpose: To learn to write a passage entitled “My favorite sport”.Step 4. Homework1. Go to the library to read or get online to search in order to find more information on the Olympic Games and the ancient Greek mythology. the exercises in the Workbook. Period 6 and 7 Vocabulary and Useful Expressions1. pete；競爭聯(lián)想拓展pete with 與……競爭pete for 競爭以獲得……pete with/against sb. for sth. 為得到某物與某人競爭pete in (a game, a match) 參加；在……方面競爭be in petition with petition ；競爭petitor 。競爭者petitive 。有競爭力的 (1)單項(xiàng)填空 Our athletes will some games, such as running and wrestling. They have the hope to get some gold medals. （200912江西南昌一中檢測）A. pete B. pete inC. Join D. attend (2)用方框內(nèi)所給短語的適當(dāng)形式填空 （原創(chuàng)）pete with/pete against/pete for/pete in ①It