The Story of
Atalanta
Using language
Reading&Listening
Athena
雅典娜
战争女神
智慧女神
Apollo
阿波罗
太阳神
真理之神
Zeus
宙斯
第三届神王,
掌管天界
Hera
赫拉
宙斯妻子
神后
掌管婚姻和家庭
Nike 胜利女神
the Greek Goddess of Love
阿佛洛狄忒(Aphrodite)
罗马名字维纳斯(Venus)
小爱神爱罗斯
(Eros)
罗马名字
邱比特 (Cupid)
AtalantaHippomenes
when
who
where what
whyhow
when
who
where
what
why
how
Ancient or modern?
In which country/place?
Who are they?
What happened and what made it happen?
Why did it happen?
How did it happen?
Read the story to find out the
characters(角色) and the relationships
among them.
Task 1:
the King Atalanta
Hippomenes Goddess of Love
father
daughter
helper
want to marry
Characters? Relationships?
It's the road map
that takes your
story from point
A to point B
2. Atalanta-beautiful-run faster-made rules
3. Many men-competed-but failed-killed
4. Hippomenes-to the king-the race began
1. The Goddess of Love-3 golden apples
5. Hippomenes-changed his mind-marry or die
Task 2:
The race
Possible Endings
Task 3:
G1&2 G3&4 G5/6
sad happy surprising
Guess and discuss
How many kinds of endings are there
possible in one story?
• Make you feel joyful
• Make you feel pity
• You never imagine
• ...
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•(1). Hippomenes was killed because of losing
his race.
•(2). Hippomenes ran faster than Atalanta and
married her.
§(3). Atalanta and Hippomenes fell in love at first
sight. In spite of this-- run the race---
unfortunately he lost the race--was killed --
Atalanta was so sad --- killed herself.
§(4). Hippomenes lost the race but saved by the
goddess. They fell in love later and got married.
§(5). Hippomenes threw the golden apples but
accidentally hit Atalanta. Atalanta was dead and
Hippomenes killed himself .
Listen to the tape and see
how the story develop
The Ending
( ) Atlanta married him and they lived happily.
( ) When the race began Atlanta ran past him.
( ) She stopped to pick them up.
( ) She ran too slowly and he won.
( ) He threw the golden apples one
after another.
1
5
3 Listen and work out the order.task 4
2
3
4
Listen and try to work out the order.
Hippomenes won the race and married
Atalanta. However, Hippomenes forgot
to say thank you to the goddess and she
was so angry and changed the couple
into lions .
The real ending in Greek mythology
Critical thinking
I wish to express my gratitude to you for …
Think about it : What seems unreasonable(不合理)
or what doesn't make sense(讲不通) in the story?
For example
Think about it : What seems unreasonable(不合理)
or what doesn't make sense(讲不通) in the story?
Organize your words by :
üAs far as I am concerned,...
üPersonally speaking, ...
üIn views of ...
üJudging from...
üThere is no doubt that...
üIn my opinion,...
Homework
Thank you!