教材文本Unit 2 Listening (Workbook)

Unit 2 The Olympic Games(Workbook)LISTENING1 Before listening to the story look at the pictures below. Write underneath each picture what is happening. In what ways can messages be sent to people far away?_ _ _Can you think of more ways to communicate with others without using technology?2 Now listen to the tape and write down in one sentence how the hero of the story sent his message miles away. _3 Listen again and answer these questions:1 What was Phidippides job as well as running?2 Why did the Greek army go to Marathon?3 Did Phidippides do what he was asked? How do you know?4 In your opinion, why did the Marathon become an event in the modern Olympic Games? What is so special about Phidippides? Suggested answers to Exercise 1：Captions of pictures：1 Smoke signals on the Great Wall to warn of invasion. 2 A message in a bottle in the ocean. 3 A man sending a homing pigeon to its home with a message tied to its leg. More possible ways in which messages can be sent to people far away：in person travelling by bicycle or on horseback skateboarding, skating, roller skating, etc walking going by plane, hang glider, balloon, etc by other means tied to the back of a fish written in the sky by an airplane on the back of an animal taken from its home and trying to return to itSuggested answer to Exercise 2：Phidippides sent his message miles away all by himself on foot. Suggested answers to Exercise 3：1 Phidippides job was a soldier as well as a great runner. He fought in the Battle of Marathon against the Persians. He also sent messages miles away by running. 2 Their city was going to be attacked, so the Greek army went to Marathon to fight their enemy. 3 Phidippides did what he was asked. We know because there is a monument to him and to the dead soldiers at Marathon. He died giving his message. Suggested answers to Exercise 4：Marathon (long distance race) was included in the first modern Olympics Games： Phidippides has become a link with the ancient Olympic past. His story is well-known. It is an inspiring example. It is also an example of a great running achievement. LISTENING ETXTPHIDIPPIDIES AND THE MARATHONIn the modern Olympic Games the longest running race is called the Marathon. It gets its name from a town in Greece called Marathon which is 26 miles from Athens, the capital city of Greece. This is the story of why the Marathon race is included in the Olympic Games. Once there was an ancient Greek soldier called Phidippides. He ran so fast that he was often sent on long journeys with important messages. One day the leaders of Athens realized that their city was going to be attacked. They sent their army to the small town of Marathon, where they fought their enemies. It was a very long and hard battle, but at last the army from Athens won. They were very happy. However, they knew that the people of Athens would be wondering what had happened. So they asked Phidippides to go to Athens and tell them the good news. Phidippides set off. He was very tired after all the fighting but he ran as fast as he could. As he got near Athens he began to slow down. His head was bursting and he could hardly breathe. As he got to the centre of the city, he fell to the ground. All the people rushed up to him. Phidippides opened his mouth. “Athens is