CulturalCornerCulturalCornerMarathon:theUltimateOlympicEvent奥运会马拉松比赛1.Whataretheoriginsofthemarathon?LegendsaysaGreeksoldierranfromMarathontoAthenstotelloftheGreekvictory.2.WhyisthemarathonthelastOlympicevent?Becauseitissupposedtobethehardestevent.DiscussionDiscussionListentothepassageandcheckthetruestatements.1.Thewholedistanceofthemarathonis42kilometres.2.ThemarathonstartedinabattlebetweenGreeceandPersia.3.Inthe1908OlympicsanAmericanrunnerwonthemarathon.4.NowadaysthemarathonscanbewatchedoutoftheOlympics.5.Onlypeoplewhoaregoodatsportcanrunamarathon.1.WhendidthemarathonbecomeanOlympicevent?In1896.2.Whatwasthedistanceofthemarathoninthebeginning?40kilometres.Discussthequestionsinpairs.3.Howdramaticallydidthe1908Marathonend?AnItalianenteredthestadium,turnedthewrong,fellontothegroundandwashelpedtothefinishingline;justasthesecondrunner,anAmericanenteredthestadiumandwasdeclaredthewinnerintheend.Infact,youdon’thavetowaitfortheOlympicGamestorunorwatchamarathon,...【考点】don’thaveto相当于needn’t，意为“不必”，haveto表示客观上的必要性，意为“不得不，必须”。【考例】—Whatdoyouthinkwecandoforouragedparents?—You___doanythingexcepttobewiththemandbeyourself.(重庆2007)A.don’thavetoB.oughtn’ttoC.mustn’tD.can’t【点拨】选A。根据题意“除了和他们呆在一起自然点，你不必做任何事情”,可知应选A。don’thaveto不必，符合题意。oughtn’tto不应当；mustn’t禁止，不允许；can’t不可能，均不符合题意。根据括号内所给的提示翻译下列句子。1.他们对旅馆的不好的伙食提出抗议。(protest)2.她声称她再也不愿见到他。(declare)Theyprotestedaboutthebadfoodatthehotel.Shedeclaredthatshedidn’twanttoseehimagain.3.你把盘子掉到地上了,现在把它捡起来。(pickup)4.你明天早晨不必起很早，我们10点才出发。(haveto)Youdroppedtheplateonthefloor;pickitupnow.Youdon’thavetogetupearlytomorrowmorning.We’llstartoffatteno’clock.5.Arsenal在最后一分钟得分并赢了这场足球赛。(score)Arsenalscoredinthelastminuteandwonthefootballmatch.学生四人一组活动。用自己的话介绍马拉松，每位同学选择一个小话题，每个话题的介绍不得少于四句话。例如：StudentA:theoriginsofthemarathonStudentB:thedistanceofthemarathonStudentC:the1908MarathonStudentD:theNewYorkMarathonandtheGreatWallMarathon
