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RDADING COURSE 2
Unit 7
Greek Stories
General Schedule
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In class:
1. Section A:
pretest / Text I / Reading
Comprehension (P91-95)
2. Section B (P98-102)
3. More on Vocabulary building (P95-97)
4.Check Exercises on Section C
After Class:
 1.Find more words about reading.
 2.Section C (P102-106)
 3.Discussion question
Section A Text I
Lead-in
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Do you what these pictures are about in the
Greek stories?
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Selene – the moon goddess
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Orpheus
Orpheus and Eurydice
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Pandora
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Echo and Narcissus
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In Greek mythology, Zeus is the highest
ranked god for he was the ruler of all
natural things.
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The Greek goddess of wisdom, war, the arts,
industry, justice and skill.
HERMES was the god of
the herds, markets, athletics
and heraldry.
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Prometheus stole fire from the gods and
gave it to mankind, and was severely
punished for it.
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In Greek mythology, Epimetheus was the brother of
Prometheus .While Prometheus is characterized as
ingenious and clever, Epimetheus is depicted as foolish
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In classical mythology, Dionysus or Dionysos is the god
of wine, the inspirer of ritual madness and ecstasy, and
a major figure of Greek mythology
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Poseidon-the Greek god of the sea.
In his
Poseidon
right hand
Comprehension Questions
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1. According to the story, what effect did Orpheus’
music have on the living things who heard his
music?
2. what does “unwittingly” in line 27 mean ?
3. What did Orpheus do after the death of
Eurydice?
4. What was the one condition he had agreed upon
with Pluto for taking back his wife?
5. What was the punishment for looking back
during their passage through the dark world?
Useful expressions
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The spell of music 音乐的魅力
Nymphs of the valley (希腊神话）居于山
林水泽的仙女
At length 最后
A living mortal 活着的凡人
Fade away逐渐消失
Language points
spell
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(spoken words which are thought to have magical
power, or (the condition of being under) the
influence or control of such words:
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The witch cast/put a spell on the prince and he
turned into a frog.
Sleeping Beauty lay under the wicked fairy's spell
until the prince woke her with a kiss.
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at length
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1 for a long time:
George went on at great length about his various
illnesses.
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2 If something happens at length, it happens after
a long period of time:
At length, the authorities allowed her to go home.
fade away
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to slowly disappear, lose importance or
become weaker:
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The voices became louder and closer and
then faded away again.
As the years passed, the memories faded
away.
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linger
vi
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to take a long time to leave or disappear:
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The smell from the fire still lingered days
later.
It's impossible to forget such horrific events
- they linger (on) in the memory forever.
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Retire
formal , vi
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to leave a room or group of people and go
somewhere quiet or private:
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After dinner our host said, "Shall we retire
to the drawing room?"
Phrases from Greek/Latin Mythology
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apple of discord 不和的根源，发生纠纷的事端
judgment of Paris 不爱江山爱美人
Helen of Troy 红颜祸水，倾国尤物
Achilles’ heel 致命的弱点
the Trojan horse 暗藏的危险;内奸
the sword of Damocles 达摩克利斯之剑;富贵中隐藏的危
险
Damon and Pythias 生死之交
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Pandora's box 灾难的根源
Penelop's web 永远也完不成的工作
stable of Augeas 积累成堆难以解决的问题；最肮脏的地
方
swan song 诗人、作家临终前的杰作；演员、歌唱家最后
一次表演
under the rose 秘密地，私下地
Sphinx’ riddle 千年难解之谜
Semantic Variations
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For each italicized word in the sentence
given, decide which semantic variation best
exresseses the meaning of the author of the
sentence. Circle the letter of the best answer.
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1. He could not release himself from the
spell of her music.
A. a brief period of time
B. to write the letters of a word
C. irresistible influnece
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2. A narrow passage led directly through
the house into the garden.
A. a long narrow space
B. a journey by ship
C. a portion of a written work
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3. All men are mortal, unable to continue
living forever.
A. human being
B. deadly
C. extremely great
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4. They finally reached the coast after five
weeks sailing.
A. to arrive at
B. to stretch out a hand or arm
C. part of a river
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5. The former president still has a small
band of supporters.
A. a group of persons
B. a group musicians organized to play
together
C. flat strip of material
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6. They're content to socialize with a very
small circle of people.
A. subject matter
B. amount contained
C. satisfied
Antonyms
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Circle the one word in each of the following
groups that is the antonym of the other three.
1. allow permit let
forbid
2. battle perplex confuse clarify
3. joy
delight bliss
sorrow
4. wander meander ramble remain
5. reveal disclose uncover conceal
Section B
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Woody nymph [希神][罗神]居于山林水泽
的仙女
Pine away 消瘦下去
Draw lots 抽签, 抓阄
put off 搪塞
Section C
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Pass through adventures 度过历险
Order sb about 随意差使某人
Suitor 求婚者
Restore sb to his own form 恢复原貌
Happy tears flooded one’s eyes 热泪盈眶
Merrymaking 寻欢作乐
Discussion Question
How familiar are you with the wonderful
world of Greek mythology, with its gods and
goddesses, heroes and heroines, marvels and
monsters? Does Greek mythology reveal
some truth about human nature and social life?