解放军文职招聘考试Apollo 阿波罗

 Apollo 阿波罗

Among the crowd of Olympian gods the one most widely admired was Apollo. He was the son of Zeus and Leto. According to Greek mythology, Leto was driven by Hera from land to land at last Poseidon took pity on her and brought the island of Delos out of water for her to live on. There she gave birth to the twins, Apollo and Artemis.

Apollo was the sun-god. He wore a purple robe(长袍). He usually sat in his bright eastern palace early in the morning and made ready to start his daily journey across the sky. During the day he drove his carriage of gold and ivory (象牙), and brought light, life and love to the great world below. Late in the afternoon he came to the end of his journey in the far western sea and got on his golden boat to return to his eastern home.

Apollo was the god of music and poetry. He could stir up all feelings. These feelings are expressed in lofty songs. With his lyre (古希腊的竖琴) of gold and the sweet accents of his godlike voice he led the choir of the Muses at Olympus. The pleasant music from his lyre was so exciting that stones marched into their places in rhythmic time and of their own will when he helped Poseidon build up the walls of Troy (特洛伊城). On one occasion, invited to a contest by the human musician Marsyas, he won and then flayed him to death for his pride. On another occasion, he lost out to Pan at a musical contest and turned the ears of the judge, King Midas, into those of an ass(驴).

His son, Orpheus, took over such skill from the father that his lyre moved man and animals alike.

Apollo stood for youthful and manly beauty. His golden hair, stately manner and air all combined to make him the admiration of the world. A beautiful girl, by the name of Clytle, was so fond of his beauty and glory that from dawn to dusk she knelt on the ground, her hands outstretched towards the sun god, and her eyes looked at his golden wheeled carriage racing across the blue sky. Though her love was not returned, she had never changed her mind about Apollo.    The gods were moved at the sad sight, and changed her into a sunflower.

I  Aims and Demands（教学目的和要求）

To learn a passage about Apollo, one of the gods in Greek myths and let the students get some information about Apollo and Greek myths.

Ⅱ Key Points and Special Difficulties（重点和难点）

Key points（重点）:

1) to describe Apollo

2) to grasp some useful expressions:

according to, take pity on, give birth to, on one occasion, lose to, take over, stand for, by the name of

Special difficulties(难点): different names of Gods in Greek myths

Ⅲ Teaching Aids and Approaches（教具及教学方法）

Multi-media, Task-based approach and the integrated approach

Ⅳ Brief Teaching Procedures(教学过程)

Step1 Background information(背景知识)

Do you know about Apollo? Can you tell me something about it?

(Apollo is the god of the sun, and he is one of the gods in Greek myths…)

Step2 Fast reading（快速阅读）

Read fast and answer the following questions（快速阅读并回答下列问题）:

1) How many gods are mentioned in the passage? Who are they?

2) What was Apollo’s carriage?

3) How did Apollo help build up the walls of Troy?

Keys（参考答案）:

1) Five. Apollo, Zeus, Leto, Hera and Poseidon.

2) It was the sun.

3) Moved by the pleasant music from his lyre, stones marched into their places.

Step3 Careful reading（细读）

1. Pick up some nouns or adjectives from the passage to modify Apollo.

(the son of Zeus and Leto, sun-god, god of music and poetry, pride, beauty, stately manner…)

2. Key language points（语言点）

1) take pity on= show pity for 同情，怜悯

2) give birth to=bear/ deliver 生，生育

3) On one occasion, invited to a contest by the human musician Marsyas, he won and then flayed him to death for his pride.

Once he competed against Marsyas. After defeating Marsyas, Apollo killed him because of his pride.

4) On another occasion, he lost out to Pan at a musical contest …

lose out to…= be defeated by/ be beaten by… 输给……

5) stand for = mean/ represent 代表，象征

Step4 Classroom activities（课堂活动）

Work in groups of four and discuss:

1) What was Apollo like?

2) What was Zeus like? What about Poseidon?

Step5 Homework（作业）

Tell your neighbor about one or two gods in Greek myths.

Step6 Assessment（评价）

Words and Expressions（词和短语）

1. admire  vt. 崇拜，钦佩                       2. lofty  adj. 崇高的，高尚的

3. march  v. 行军，前进                          4. rhythmic  adj. 韵律的，有节奏的

5. stately  adj. 庄严的，威严的                6. outstretch  v. 伸出，伸展

7. according to 根据                                 8. take pity on  同情，怜悯

9. give birth to生，生育                            10. lose to 输给……

11. take over接管                                    12. stand for代表