Unit 2 The Olympic Games Section Ⅳ Learning about Language amp;Using LanguageTHE STORY OF ATALANTAAtalanta① was a Greek princess②
She was very beautiful and could run faster than any man in Greece
But she was not allowed to③run and win glory④ for herself in the Olympic Games
She was so angry that she said to her father that she would not marry anyone who could not run faster than her⑤
Her father said that she must marry, so Atalanta made a bargain⑥ with him
She said to him, “These are my rules
When a man says he wants to marry me, I will run against⑦ him
If he cannot run as fast as me, he will be killed
No one will be pardoned⑧
”Many kings and princes⑨ wanted to marry Atalanta, but when they heard of⑩ her rules they knew it was hopeless⑪
So many of them sadly went home, but others