When

was

it

invented?Unit

6objectivesToskimthetextonbasketballandunderstanditsmainideaTolearntomakemindmapTobeabletounderstandspecificinformationinatextTolearntoworkhardandovercomedifficultiestoachieveyourdreamsTolearnnewwordsandexpressionsDoyoulikebasketball?Howmuchdoyouknowaboutthissport?abasketball

court

[k?:t]This

is

…Equipment

(設(shè)備)

about

basketballbasketballmetalhoopbackboardnetwoodenfloorthemostfamousteaminAmerica

themostfamousteaminChina

Basketballisnotonly(不但)apopularsporttoplay,butalso(而且)apopularsporttowatch.Canyounameaprofessionalbasketballorganization?Doyouknowsomeprofessionalbasketballplayers?Wecallthemheroes.

professional

basketball

players

(basketball

heroes)Michael

JordanKobe

BryantYao

MingPara1.________________________________Para2.________________________________Para3.________________________________2bReadthepassagequickly.What'sthemainideaofeachparagraph?ThedevelopmentofbasketballDoYouKnowWhenBasketballWasInvented?ThepopularityofbasketballTheinventionofbasketballChanging

the

information

you

read

into

a

mind

map

may

help

you

remember

it

more

easily.Mind-mapping思維導(dǎo)圖是一種做筆記的方法，以關(guān)鍵詞和直觀形象的圖標(biāo)建立起各個概念之間的聯(lián)系。思維導(dǎo)圖是一種簡單而有效的圖形思考和筆記工具，繪畫時既是記錄也是思考和創(chuàng)作的過程。Before

you

read…·playedonahard____·______teams·get________intootherteam’s_____·inventedby__________·firstgameon________·becameOlympiceventin______intheyear_____·mostfamousgames:_______·populargamesinChina:_________Dr.JamesNaismithfloor2c

Completethemindmapwiththeinformationinthepassage.GameDevelopmentPopularity·playedby_______________people·over______countriestwotheballbasketDec.21,1891Berlin1936NBACBAmorethan100million200Usethemindmaptosummarizewhatyouandyourpartnerrememberaboutthedevelopmentofbasketball.Usethefollowingquestionstohelpyou.2d1.Whoinventedbasketballandhowisitplayed?2.Whenwasthefirstbasketballgameinhistoryplayed?3.WhyweretheBerlinOlympicsimportantforbasketball?4.WhataretheprofessionalbasketballgroupsinAmericaandChina?5.Howpopularisbasketball?1.Whoinventedbasketballandhowisitplayed?Dr.JamesNaismith.Therearetwoteamsandplayersonthesameteammustworktogethertogettheballintotheotherteam’sbasket.2d

Answerthefollowingquestions.2.Whenwasthefirstbasketballgameplayedinhistory?

OnDecember21,1891.3.WhyweretheBerlinOlympicsimportantforbasketball?

4.WhataretheprofessionalbasketballgroupsinAmericaandChina?TheCBAinChinaandtheNBAinAmerica.5.Howpopularisbasketball?BecauseitmadebasketballbecomeaneventattheOlympics.Itisover100yearsoldandisplayedbymorethan100millionpeopleinover200countries.2eWhatdoyouthinkoffamousbasketballplayers?Makealistofgoodanddifficultthingsaboutbeingafamousbasketballplayer.goodthingsdifficultthingsbeingafamousbasketballplayercanreceivemanycheersfromfanshavemoreopportunitiestocontactwithdifferentpeoplemustsacrificeyourownfreedomandspaces,evenyourpersonallifeBasketballisamuch-lovedandactivesportthat

isenjoyedbymanyforfunandexercise.Itisover100yearsoldandisplayedbymorethan100millionpeopleinover200countries.Itisbelievedthatthefirstbasketballgameinhistorywasplayed

onDecember21,1891.Thenin1936inBerlin,itbecameaneventattheOlympics.DoYouKnowWhenBasketballwasInvented?Basketballwasinvented

byaCanadiandoctornamedJamesNaismith,who

wasbornin1861.Whenhewasacollegeteacher,hewasaskedtothinkofagamethat

couldbeplayed

inthewinter.Dr.Naismithcreatedagametobeplayedinsideonahardfloor.Dr.Naismithdividedthemeninhisclassintotwoteamsandtaughtthemtoplayhisnewgame.Playersonthesameteammustworktogethertogettheballintheotherteam’sbasket.Atthesametime,theyneedto

stopthecompetingteamfromgettingtheballintotheirownbasket.

Today,thepopularityofbasketballhasrisen

aroundtheworld,withmanyyoungpeopledreamingofbecomingfamousplayers.InChina,youcansometimesseepeopleplayingbasketballinparks,schoolsandevenfactories.Basketballhasnotonlybecomeapopularsporttoplay,butithasalsobecomeapopularsporttowatch.AlthoughAmerica’sNBAgamesarethemostfamous,theCBAgamesarebecomingmorepopularinChina.Thenumberofforeignplayers,includingChineseplayers,intheNBAhasincreased.TherearealsomoreandmoreforeignplayersintheCBA.Manyyoungpeoplelookuptothesebasketballheroesandwanttobecomelikethem.Thesestarsencourageyoungpeopletoworkhardtoachievetheirdreams.

Basketballisamuch-lovedandactivesportthat___________(enjoy)bymanyforfunandexercise.Itisover100yearsoldand_______(play)bymorethan100millionpeople.It____________(believe)thatthefirstbasketballgameinhistory___________(play)onDecember21,1891.Thenin1936inBerlin,itbecame____eventattheOlympics.

Fillintheblanks.is

enjoyedis

playedis

believedwas

playedanBasketball________________(invent)bya_________(Canada)doctor.Whenhe_______(be)acollegeteacher,he_________(ask)tothinkofofagamethatcould__________(play)inthewinter.Dr.Naismithdividedthemeninhisclass_____twoteamsandtaughtthem______(play)hisnewgame.______(Player)onthesameteammustworktogether_______(get)theballintheotherteam’sbasket.Atthesametime,theyneedtostopthecompetingteamfrom_________(get)theball_____theirownbasket.beplayedwasaskedwasintoPlayerstogetgettingCanadiantoplayintowas

inventedToday,the_________(popular)ofbasketball_____(rise)aroundtheworld,withmanyyoungpeopledreamingof__________(become)famousplayers.InChina,youcansometimesseepeople______(play)basketballinparks,schoolsandeven________(factory).Basketballhasnotonlybecome___popularsporttoplay,butithasalsobecomeapopularsport________(watch).________America’sNBAgamesarethemostfamous,theCBAgamesarebecoming_____________(popular)inChina.

popularitybecomingplayingfactoriesahasrisento

watchAlthoughmore

popular

Thenumberofforeignplayers,__________(include)Chineseplayers,intheNBA____________(increase).There_____(be)alsomoreandmoreforeignplayersintheCBA.Manyyoungpeoplelookup_____thesebasketball________(hero)andwant__________(become)likethem.Thesestarsencourageyoungpeople___________(work)hardtoachievetheir_________(dream).includinghas

increasedaretoheroesto

becometo

workdreamsLanguage

pointsAt

the

same

time,

they

need

to

stop

the

competing

team

from

getting

the

ball

into

their

own

basket.stop/prevent/keep…from

doingstop

to

dosth“停下來做某事”，停下來去做另外一件事。stop

doingsth“停止做某事”，停止正在做的事情。

阻止某人做某事同時，他們需要阻止對方將球投進(jìn)自己的籃筐里。Dr.

Naismith

divided

the

men

in

his

class

into

two

teams…奈史密斯將班上的人分成兩組…(1)divide做及物動詞，意為“分，劃分，隔開”。e.g.Pleasedividetheclassintogroups.(2)divide還可做不及物動詞，意為“分，除盡”。e.g.Thesubjectdividesintothreebranches.Threewillnotdivideintoseven.In

China,

you

can

sometimes

see

people

playing

basketball

in

parks,

schools

and

even

factories.see

sb.

do

sth.

看見某人做過某事I

often

see

him

draw

a

picture.see

sb.

doing

sth.

看見某人正在做某When

I

pass

the

window

I

see

him

drawinga

picture.在