Unit2TheOlympicGamesListening,SpeakingandWritingAims:ToreadabouttheancientOlympicGamesTolistenandtalkabouthobbiesTowriteabouthobbiesProcedures1
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YouknowGreeceistheworld-knowncountrywithanancientcivilization
Ithasalonghistorywithsomuchmarvelousculture
TheGreekshadwonderfulstoriesabouttheGodsandGoddnesseswhowerepartoftheirreligion
Theybelievedthatthesegodorgoddesseswouldhelphumansiftheyfeltsorryforthemorifthehumansweregoodpeople
However,theGodsdidnotalwayshelp
Theybehavedlikepeoplewhowereunpredictableandcapricious
TotrytogetthesupportoftheGodspeoplehadtopraytothemandofferthempresent
InthisstorytheGoddessHera,thewifeofthechiefGod,ZeuswassorryforHippomenesandagreedtohelphim
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