Sphinx斯芬克斯--a being with a human face but a lion body

　　Pandora潘多拉--a beautiful girl with every ill and evil thought and deed

　　Zeus宙斯--the chief God who governed the world

　　Hera天后--the wife of Zeus who governed the love

　　Ⅱ.Guided reading

　　1.Reading and judging

　　Read the text THE STORY OF ATLANTA,and complete the True or False guestions after the text on page14.

　　2.Reading and answering

　　Read the text again,and answer the following questions.

　　A.What was Atlanta's problem?

　　B.What were Atlanta's rules?

　　C.What was Hippomenes'amazement?

　　D.What made Hippomenes change his mind?

　　E.Whom did Hippomenes turn to for help?

　　F.Can you guess what was the ending?

　　For reference:

　　A.Atlanta could run faster than any men in Greece.But she was not allowed to run in the Olympic Games.

　　B.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.

　　C.Hipppomenes could not understand why so many young men wanted to risk their lives.

　　D.Atlanta's beauty made him understand his amazement and change his mind.

　　E.He turned to the Goddess of love for help.

　　F.Hippomenes was killed because of losing his race.

　　G.He ran faster than Atlanta and married her.

　　3.Reading and underlining

　　Next you are to read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the passage. Copy them to your notebook after class as homework.

Collocations from THE STORY OF ATLANA