be allowed to,run against...,will be pardoned,hear of...,be amazed,as fast as...,change one's mind,ask...for help from...,

　　promise to,will be relaxed,pick up,be confident about...,share one's pain,run past...,compete with...,cheap to marry

　　4.Listening

　　For listening turn to page 15 and be ready to do exercises 1.

　　First read the questions carefully and imagine what is the listening about.

　　When doing exercise 2,you must make clear what is wrong with the sentence.And tell the class which is correct,which is wrong and which is only half true.

　　5.Acting

　　Next we are going to put the text A STORY OF ATLANTA on stage.You know there are four charactors in the story.Who would like to be them?

　　Who will be Alanta's father,the old king?

　　Who will be the Goddess of Love?

　　Ok.Li Li,you are the Greek princess.Zhang Qiang,you are the brave young man Hippomenes.Lucy, you are the Goddess of Love.Zhou Gang,you are the princess's father. The rest of class,please prepare it in groups of four.Then act your play before class.

　　A text play of THE STORY OF ATIANTA

　　Time:one morning in spring

　　Place:at the palace

　　People:the old king(K),the princess(A),the young man(H),the Goddess of love(L).

　　F:My dear daughter,you see how beautiful the spring is!You are just like the spring flowers.Why don't you marry?So many young kings and princess want to marry you,and they are all so rich,smart and nice.

　　A:Oh,dear father.I have promised that I will only be married to a man who can run faster than me.I will run against him.If he cannot run as fast as me,he will be killed.No one will be pardoned.

　　F:But,my dear daughter.No man has won you.They all sent themselves to death.When will you get married?

A:I won't marry unless I am allowed to run in the Olympic Games.(Hippomenes is allowed to come in)