C．Atlanta． D．The prince． 答案 A

5．Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Atlanta could run faster than any man in the Olympic Games． B．Atlanta didn't want to marry anyone because she is very beautiful． C．When men heard of the rules，none of them dare to run the race． D．Hippomenes was amazed at the Atlanta's rules at first． 答案 D

Ⅱ．True (T) or False (F)．

1．Atlanta could run faster than any man in Greece．(T)

2．At first Hippomenes didn't know why men ran against Atlanta．(T) 3．Atlanta was confident she would win．(T)

4．She was so glad that she could not run in the Olympics．(F) 5．Her father did not understand her rules．(T)

1．Her father said that she must marry，so Atlanta made a bargain with him．(教材P14)

她的父亲说她必须结婚，于是亚特兰大就和他达成了一个协议。

marry vt．& vi．结婚，娶，嫁；把……嫁给 marry sb/get married to sb与某人结婚(表示动作，为短暂性动词短语，不归纳 拓展 与表示一段时间的状语连用) marry A to B 把A嫁给B be married to sb与某人结婚(表示状态，可与表示一段时间的状语连用) ①He married his daughter to a worker． 他把女儿嫁给了一个工人。

②He got married(marry)to his secretary three years ago． 他三年前跟他的秘书结了婚。

③She has been married to Robert for a year． 她与罗伯特结婚一年了。

bargain vi．讨价还价；讲条件 n．便宜货；协议；交易 5

bargain with sb about/over sth与某人协商某事 归纳 拓展 a real/good bargain便宜货；廉价货；买得真划算 make a bargain with sb 与某人达成协议；与某人成交 It's a bargain．这可是便宜货。 ④This jacket is a good bargain at such a low price． 这件夹克售价这么低，真便宜。

⑤The salesman refused to bargain with us over the price． 这位推销员拒绝与我们讨价还价。

[名师点津] marry作及物动词时，其后不加介词；作不及物动词时，与介词to连用，不能用介词with。

2．When she stops to pick it up，you will be able to run past her and win．(教材P14)

当她停下来去捡它时，你就能超过她并获胜。

pick up捡起；拾起；(偶然，意外地)获得；学会；(用车)接；搭载；(精神，健康等的)好转；康复；改善；接收(信号等) 写出下列句子中pick up的汉语意思 ①When he was in France，he picked up some French．(偶然地)学会 ②Don't worry．I'll pick you up at the station．(用车)接 ③Do you pick up VOA in your free time？接收 ④I believe things will pick up soon．好转

⑤He has picked up slowly since he came out of hospital．康复

3．Do you think Hippomenes deserved to win the race？(教材P15)你认为希波墨涅斯应该赢

这场比赛吗？

deserve vt．应受(报答或惩罚)；值得

deserve to do sth应/值得做某事 归纳 拓展 deserve doing＝deserve to be done＝deserve＋相应名词 应/值得…… ①He has worked very hard and deserved to pass(pass) the exam． 他学习很努力，应该能通过考试。

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②He deserved to be punished/punishing/punishment(punish) for what he did．他做了这样的事，应受到惩罚。

[名师点津] deserve后接动名词时，动名词用主动形式表示被动意义，相当于接动词不定式的被动形式。有此类用法的词还有表示“需要”的need，want，require等。

4．This is important because the more you speak English，the better your English will

become．(教材P16)

这是很重要的，因为你说英语越多，你的英语就会越好。

(1)句中含有“the＋比较级(＋主语＋谓语)，the＋比较级(＋主语＋谓语)”。此句型表示后者随着前者的变化而变化，意为归纳 “越……就越……” 拓展 (2)前者相当于一个条件句，因此，要用一般现在时代替一般将来时 ①The harder you work，the greater progress you will make． ＝You will make greater progress if you work harder． 你学习越努力，进步就越大。

②The more you practise，the better you can understand． 你练习得越多，理解得就越透。

③The higher you stand，the farther you will see． 你站得越高就看得越远。

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