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Reading: Yao Ming Arrives

Do you like playing basketball? Pre-reading Do you like playing basketball?

Some famous NBA basketball stars LeBron James

Some famous NBA basketball stars Allen Iverson

Some famous NBA basketball stars Kobe Bryant

Who is he ? Yao Ming

The first pick in the 2002 NBA Draft

While-reading Text A Yao Ming Arrives Task 1. Skimming Read fast to get the main idea of the text. Task 2. Scanning Scan the text to get the details of the text.

C Skimming The text is mainly about _______ . Yao Ming leave the Shanghai Sharks. Yao Ming is a good guy to get along with. Yao Ming will play with the Houston Rockets.

Scanning Read the text carefully and try to find out the answers to the questions; then share answers with your partner.

Exercise1:Choose the right answer 1.Yao Ming is a sensation in _______ . A.Shanghai only. B. Houston and Shanghai. C. The international basketball community.

Exercise2: Choose the right answer. 2.Yao Ming has ____ for most young people? A. Traveled around the world. B. Set a good example. C. A chance to be a good player .

Exercise3:Choose the right answer 3.We can learn from paragraph 2 that Yao Ming ___. A. is a talented player. B. Beat the Algeria team. C. led China to a victory.

an international sensation Exercise4: Fill in the blanks Yao Ming is the greatest basketball player of the day in China and is _________ in the 2002 NBA Draft. He will play with the Houston Rockets. Yao Ming has become ______________ in the basketball community. Yao is truly a gifted player. For example, he has helped the Shanghai Sharks win the __________________.People are proud to have such a player not only on the basketball court, but also _____________. the first pick an international sensation 2001 CBA championship in the community

Have a discussion : Post-reading What kind of personality does Yao Ming have? What can we learn from him?

What qualities should a great player need? intelligent; persistent perseverant modest determined …

Try to use the key words‚phrases and sentences Smart We can learn from Yao Ming …. kind Easy to get on with He is a …person and … talented

success(成功) S U C E Smart; strong in mind Understanding, uncomplaining careful cheerful enthusiastic; energetic self-determined self-confident

Self- assessment（自我评价） 1. Do you know how to skim or scan a passage ? 2. Do you have a better understanding of the text?

Homework 1. Retell the text . 2. Surf the Internet to find more information about Yao Ming.

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