3. 九年级人教新目标 Unit 9 When was it invented? Reading

4. Do you often do sports? What sports do you usually do? Can you list eight sports played in China? Warm up

5. Do you know them? football National Men Football Team of China

6. basketball

7. table tennis

8. badminton

9. billiard

10. tennis

11. gymnastics

12. swimming

13. skidding of wheel

14. sportrank basketball football table tennis tennis badminton skidding of wheel swimming billiard 1 3 2 4 5 6 7 8 1. Before reading

15. 1. Basketball is very popular in China. 2. Basketball was invented by an American doctor. 3. Basketball was at first invented to be played indoors during the long winters. 4. The first basketball game in history was played on November 21st, 1891. T T F F Listen and decide whether these sentences are true or false.

16. Do you like basketball? How much do you know about basketball?

17. basketball court

18. Equipment about basketball basketball metal hoop backboard net wooden floor

19. Now read and number these events in order. Basketball is popular all over the world. The first basketball game in history was played. Foreign players in America’s NBA increased. Basketball was invented by James Naismith. Basketball became an Olympic event. 1 2 3 4 5 2. While reading

20. 1. Who invented basketball? 2. Why were the Berlin Olympics important for basketball? 3.What is the aim of basketball? 4. Name a professional basketball organization in America. James Naismith. Because it became an Olympic event. For players to try to get a ball into the “basket”. NBA. Answer the following questions.

21. 3. After reading 3a. Complete the mind-map with the information from the reading.

22. Now played everywhere factoriesparksschool For fun and _______ exercise

23. 200 countries America BASKETBALL Equipment NBA ballbasketbackboard

24. BASKETBALL History THE GAME James Naismith December 21st 1891 Berlin 9 team players two teams get a ball into the basket

25. Explanation 1. If you travel around china you will notice a very popular activity everywhere you go-basketball. (1) 此处 notice 做及物动词，意为 “ 注意，注意到 ” 。 e.g. I didn’t notice her. (2)notice 还可做名词，意为 “ 布告，通知，注意 ” 。 e.g. You’d better not put up a notice on the wall.

26. 2. The sport of basketball is a little over a hundred years old. a little 与 a bit (1) 相同处： ①做状语，修饰比较级。例如： He is a little /a bit better tody. ②做主语或宾语。例如： Please give me a little/ a bit. (2) 不同处： ① not a little=very not a bit=not at all e.g. He is not a little tired. 他非常累。 He is not a bit tired. 他一点儿也不累。

27. ②前置做定语时后常接 of ，但 a little 不接 of, 而 a bit of 后的 of 不可省略，即 a little money =a bit of money 3. Dr. Naismith created a game to be played on a hard wooden floor… (1)creat 做及物动词，意为 “ 创造, 创作, 引起, 产生 ” e.g. They created a new city in the desert. The new plan created quite a stir. (2)wooden 做形容词，意为 “ 木制的，呆板的， 毫无表情的 ” 。 例如： a wooden shelf 木架 a wooden face 呆板的脸 a wooden stare 呆望

28. 4. Dr. Naismith divided the men in his class into two teams… (1) divide 做及物动词，意为 “ 分，划分，隔开 ” 。 e.g. Please divide the class into groups. (2) divide 还可做不及物动词，意为 “ 分，除尽 ” 。 e.g. The subject divides into three branches. Three will not divide into seven.

29. 5. Players shoot from below the basket,… (1) shoot 做及物动词，意为 “ 投球，射中，射死 ” 。 e.g. He shot a hare. He was shot in the leg. (2) shoot at “ 瞄准 “ e.g. He shot at a bird and killed it.

30. Ⅰ. 根据开头字母，补全单词。 1. Do you know who the computer was i_______ by? 2. The seat belt on a plane are a _______. 3. It was a big m______ to leave my umbrella at home. 4. A c______ is a hundred years. 5. Boys, stop t_______ stones to the poor dog. nvented djustable istake entury hrowing

31. Ⅱ. 中考链接 ( ) 1. They’re making too much noise here. Let’s go ____. A. somewhere quiet B. nowhere quiet C. everywhere noisy D. anywhere noisy ( ) 2. —Didn’t he go home last Sunday? —______. A. Yes, he did B. No, he did C. Yes, he didn’t D. No, he doesn’t ( ) 3. ______ on real ice is very exciting. A. Skate B. Skates C. Skated D. Skating A A D

32. ( ) 4. We have ______ our sports meeting till next Monday because of the bad weather. A. put on B. put off C. put down D. put up ( ) 5. ______ the students in the primary school is about three thousand, and ______ of them are girls. A. A number of, two third B. The number of, two thirds C. A number of, two thirds D. The number of, two third B B

33. Homework 1. Choose an invention and do research on it. Write a paragraph about the story of it. 2. Discuss the good things and difficult things about being a basketball player.