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Ⅰ．重点单词

1．glory n．光荣；荣誉

glorious adj．光荣的

2．bargain vi．讨价还价；讲条件；n．便宜货 3．hopeless adj．没有希望的；绝望的

hope n．希望 hopeful adj．有希望的 4．foolish adj．愚蠢的；傻的 5．pain n．疼痛；痛苦

6．deserve vi．& vt．应受(报答或惩罚)；值得 Ⅱ．核心短语 1．on purpose故意地

2．make a bargain with sb和某人达成协议 3．hear of听说；获悉 4．run the race参加赛跑

5．change one's mind改变某人的主意 6．pick up接收；拾起

7．one after another陆续地；一个接一个地 8．apart from除了……；除……之外 9．hand in hand手拉手 Ⅲ．经典句式

1．She was very beautiful and could run faster than any man in Greece．

她很美丽而且比希腊的任何一个男人跑得都快。

2．She was so angry that she said to her father that she would not marry anyone who could not run

faster than her．她如此生气，以至于她对她父亲说，她不会嫁给任何跑不过她的男人。 3．This is important because the more you speak English，the better your English will become．

这很重要，因为你开口讲得越多，你的英语就会越好。

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阅读清障 ①Atlanta/?t'l?nt?/n．亚特兰大(女名；城市名) ②princess/prIn'ses/n．公主 ③glory/'ɡlrI/n．光荣；荣誉 win glory for为……赢得荣誉

④would是情态动词，表示“会，将会” ※who引导的定语从句，修饰先行词anyone。 ⑤bargain/bɑɡIn/vi．讨价还价；讲条件n．便宜货 make a bargain with sb与某人达成协议 ⑥run against与(某人)竞争 ⑦pardon vt．宽恕；赦免 ⑧prince/prIns/n．王子 ⑨hear of听说，得知

⑩hopeless/'h?plIs/adj．没有希望的；绝望的 (反)hopeful adj．抱有希望的；满怀希望的 ?run the race参加赛跑，此处run为及物动词。 run the marathon参加马拉松比赛

?Hippomenes/hI'pm?niz/n．希波墨涅斯(男名；古希腊人名)

※There was...rules为主从复合句，主句中who引导定语从句；修饰Hippomenes；when引导时间状语从句；过去分词短语called Hippomenes作后置定语，修饰a man。 ?foolish/'fulI/adj．愚蠢的；傻的

It's foolish of sb to do sth某人做某事是愚蠢的。 ?change one's mind改变主意 make up one's mind下定决心

※although the men ran very fast是although引导的让步状语从句。 ※As引导的时间状语从句，意为“当……的时候”，相当于when。 ?goddess/'ɡdIs/n．女神 Goddess of Love爱情女神 ?promise to do sth许诺做某事

?in front of在……的前面(事物外部的前面) in the front of在……的前部(某个空间内部的前面)

?stop to do sth停下来去做另一件事(to do为目的状语)；stop doing sth停止做某事(doing作stop的宾语)。

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?pick up拾起，捡起

?see sb do sth看见某人做了某事

21will在此处表示意愿，意为“愿，要，会”。 ○

原文呈现 THE STORY OF ATLANTA Atlanta was a Greek princess．She was very beautiful and could run faster than any man in Greece．But she was not allowed to run and win glory for herself in the Olympic Games．She was so angry that she said to her father that she would not marry anyone who could not run faster than her．Her father said that she must marry, so Atlanta made a bargain with him．She said to him, “These are my rules．When a man says he wants to marry me, I will run against him．If he cannot run as fast as me, he will be killed．No one will be pardoned．”

Many kings and princes wanted to marry Atlanta，but when they heard of her rules they knew it was hopeless．So many of them sadly went home, but others stayed to run the race

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①．There was a man called Hippomenes? who was amazed when he heard of Atlanta's rules，

“Why are these men so foolish?？”he thought．“Why will they let themselves be killed because they cannot run as fast as this princess？”However, when he saw Atlanta come out of her house to run, Hippomenes changed his mind?．“I will marry Atlanta—or die！”he said．

The race started and although the men ran very fast，Atlanta ran faster．As Hippomenes watched he thought，“How can I run as fast as Atlanta？”He went to ask the Greek Goddess? of Love for help．She promised to help? him and gave him three golden apples．She said，“Throw an apple in front of? Atlanta when she is running past．When she stops to? pick it up

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，you will be able to run past her and win．”Hippomenes took the apples and went to the

King．He said，“I want to marry Atlanta．”The King was sad to see? another man die，but 1 marry her—or die！”So the race began． Hippomenes said，“I will2○

课文译文 亚特兰大的故事 亚特兰大是一位希腊公主。她很漂亮，而且比希腊的任何男人跑得都快，但她不被允许在奥运会上参加赛跑比赛为自己赢得荣誉。她非常生气，于是就对她的父亲说，她不会嫁给任何跑不过她的男人。她的父亲说她必须结婚，于是亚特兰大就和她的父亲达成了一个协议。她对父亲说：“我有我的规矩。当有人说想娶我时，我就跟他赛跑。如果他不能跑得和我一样快，他就要被杀掉。任何人都不会被赦免。”

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许多国王和王子想娶亚特兰大，但当他们听说了她的规矩时，就知道希望渺茫。因此他们中的很多人闷闷不乐地回家了，其他人则留下来参加赛跑。一位叫希波墨涅斯的人得知亚特兰大的规矩后，大为吃惊。“为什么这些人那么愚蠢呢？”他想，“为什么他们跑不过这个公主就让别人把自己杀掉呢？”然而，当他看到亚特兰大从屋子里出来跑步时，希波墨涅斯改变了主意。他说：“我要么娶亚特兰大，要么就去死！”

比赛开始了，虽然那些男人跑得很快，可是亚特兰大跑得更快。希波墨涅斯边看边想：“我怎样才能跑得与亚特兰大一样快呢？”他去向希腊爱情女神求助。她答应帮助他，并且给了他三个金苹果。她说：“当亚特兰大跑过你的时候，你就扔一个苹果在亚特兰大前面。当她停下来去捡它时，你就可以超过她而获胜。”希波墨涅斯拿着苹果去见国王。他说：“我要娶亚特兰大。”国王很忧伤，因为又要看着一个人去送死，但是希波墨涅斯说：“我要娶她，要不，我就去死！”于是比赛开始了。

Ⅰ．Choose the best answer according to the text． 1．What were Atlanta's rules?

A．She would kill the man who wanted to marry her． B．She would run against the man who wanted to marry her． C．The man who ran against her would be killed． D．She would marry the man who would run against her． 答案 B

2．What did Hippomenes think of the men who ran against Atlanta at first?

A．Wise． C．Foolish． 答案 C

3．What can we see from the sentence “I will marry Atlanta—or die！” said by Hippomenes?

A．Hippomenes was so kind that he didn't want other men to be killed． B．Hippomenes believed that he could defeat Atlanta．

C．Atlanta's beauty moved him so much that he would try his best to marry Atlanta even he might lose his life．

D．He would like to do anything for Atlanta as well as to die． 答案 C

4．Who helped Hippomenes?

A．The Greek Goddess of Love． B．The King．

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B．Brave． D．Shy．