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2. How long does a men’s basketball match last? Famous basketball players What is a professional basketball organization called in the US? How many players are there in a basketball match? What is the place called where people play basketball? … Ten. They are divided into two teams. about 40 minutes or 48 minutes. It’s called a basketball court. National Basketball Association

3. Read and match the questions with the paragraphs. What is the popular activity in China? By whom was basketball invented? How do you know basketball is very popular ? How is basketball played? How does basketball develop? Para.1 Para.2 Para.4 Para.3 Para.5 Fast reading

4. We can divide the passage into three parts. Para.1 Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 The popularity of basketball today The invention of basketball The history of basketball Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 [p ɔ pju'læriti] Main idea

5. Part 1: para.1&2 The popularity of basketball today Careful reading What for? How popular? Played everywhere in China? When invented? For fun and exercise 100 years ago More than 100 million people. Over 200 countries factories parksschools

6. Part 2: The invention of basketball By whom was it invented? When was it invented? Why was it invented? A doctor named James Naismith When James was at college. To invent a game that could be played indoors during the long winters Para.3 How was basketball invented?

7. Para.4 How was basketball played? What’s the aim of playing basketball? The aim of playing basketball is for players to get a ball into the “basket”. What is a basket? =a net hanging from a metal hoop a net a metal hoop What’s it used for? It’s used for shooting the ball into. What’s used for guiding the ball into the basketball? a backboard

8. How to play basketball (1)We divide players into two teams. (2)The players shoot from below the basket and use the “backboard” for guiding the ball into the basket. (shoot-shot-shot) (3)Players move towards one end of the court while throwing the ball to each other. =while they are throwing

9. What was dangerous while playing basketball? Knocking into players and falling down would be dangerous. What is used for keeping the players safe? A hard wooden floor. The safety of the players is important.

10. Part 3: The history of basketball Para. 5 How does basketball develop? 1.What happened on December 21st,1891? 2.When and where did basketball become an Olympic event? 3. After Berlin Olympic Games, how does basketball develop? The first basketball game in history was played. In 1936 in Berlin, it became an Olympic event. (1)The popularity of basketball has risen worldwide. (2)The number of foreign players in America’s NBA has increased. (3)Basketball has also become a more popular sport…

11. Para. 5 1.When and where did basketball become an Olympic event? It became an Olympic event in 1936 in Berlin. 2.Did China take part in the Berlin Olympic Games? Did we win? What’s the meaning of it? 3. After Berlin Olympic Games, how does basketball develop? (1)The popularity of basketball has risen worldwide. (2)The number of foreign players in America’s NBA has increased. (3)Basketball has also become a more popular sport… rise-rose-risen We used the experience to help develop the game at home. How does basketball develop?

12. 100 years old 1st game played in 1891 played indoors,on wooden floor get a ball into the basket foreign players in NBA parksschools exercise courtbasket/backboard

13. 1.be used for playing /being thrown to each other ( ) 2.be used for shooting the ball in( ) 3.be used for guiding the ball into the basketball( ) 4.be used for keeping the players safe( ) What are they used for? basketball metal hoop & net backboard wooden floor

14. Now played everywhere factories for fun and parks school exercise Paragraph 1 — 2 The popularity of basketball be enjoyed by many people the number of people ______________ the number of countries ______________ over 100 million over 200 age over 100 years

15. Who: Where: How: Why: What: James Naismith, a Canadian doctor In a college Neither by accident nor by mistake They were asked to invent a game that could be played indoors during… The safety of the players was important. Knocking into players and falling down would be dangerous because of the hard wooden floor. Para3: By whom was basketball invented? an indoor activity =be made of wood