1. Unit 4 Growing up Reading Ⅱ Sandra

2. By the end of this lesson, we’ll be able to: ▲ learn to talk about a retired player. ▲ learn about another retired player. ▲ know what to do when facing difficulties.

4. Tell us the story of Spud Webb Introduction Four stages in his career What he proved 职业；生涯

5. Spud Webb Year & Birth place Texas, 1963 Height170 cm Dreamplay in the NBA

6. Senior High Junior High NBA Four stages in his life College/ University

7. hard work, does not matter, never give up

8. Help Simon find out how Spud didn’t give up at different stages of his life. 1.In junior high, he was refused to play at first because he was too small, but he___________ ________________________________________ 2.In senior high, he often had to sit in the stands because of his height, but he________________ __________________________________________ When he finally got the chance, he scored 20 points in his first game. practised even harder and got the coach to change his mind. He went on to become leader of the team. did not lose heart.

9. 3.After he graduated from high school, no university would invite him to play basketball because he was only 170cm tall.He decided________________________ _______________________________________________ 4.After he graduated from university,theNBA was not interested in him because all its players were over 20cm taller than he was. He remained____________________________________ _______________________________________________ to play at a junior college. There he led his team to the national championship. in another basketball league for about a year before the NBA took notice of him. lead-led-led

10. Complete their conversation with the information in the article. Simon: When was Spud Webb born? David: He was born in___________. Simon: Was he very tall? David: No. He was____________than the other kids at school. Simon: When did he became an NBA player? David: He_____ the Atlanta Hawks in 1985 and became the________ player in the NBA at that time. Simon: What was his proudest moment? David: He______ the Slam Dunk Contest in 1986. Simon: Great! Spud proved that size and body type really doesn’t________. We can do almost anything if we never_________. 1963 much smaller joined shortest won matter give up

11. My hero Height: 1.55m Achievements: won 6 world championships and 4 Olympic championships between 1989 and 1997.

12. give up prove refuse lose heart succeed in interested try out for… even harder matter national team Deng Yaping was a great table tennis player. She was born in Henan in 1973. She was so short that when she ____________the _____________, she __________ at first. But she didn’t_______________and practised___________. Finally, she_____________getting into the team in 1988. She won her first world championship. She had many great achievements. And many teenagers in China became_________in playing table tennis because of her. Deng Yaping _______that size and body type does not __________. If we never____________, we can do almost anything. tried out for national team was refused lose hearteven harder succeeded in interested proved mattergive up

13. 1. 比 …… 小得多 much smaller than… 2. 失去信心 lose heart 3. 进球得了 20 分 score 20 points 4. 从那以后 from then on 5. 继续做某事 go on to do sth. 6. 改变某人的想法 change one’s mind 7. 仅仅是因为 simply because 8. 带领队伍打进全国锦标赛 lead the team to the national championship 9. 实现目标 succeed in doing sth. 10. 让某人引起 …… 的注意 bring sb. to the attention of… 11. 迫使某人做某事 force sb. to do sth. 12. 注意到某人 take notice of sb. 13. 有许多成就 have many achievements 14. 他最骄傲的时刻 his proudest moment Useful expressions

15. What do they tell us?

16. While there is life, there is hope. Where there is a will ， there is a way. 有志者，事竟成！

18. Match the words on the left with the meanings on the right. I II 1.stand (line 8) ___ a. achieve something that you have been trying to do 2.national(line16) ___ b. use facts to show that something is true. 3.succeed(line 18) ___ c. a place where people stand or sit to watch sports 4.scholarship(line19)___ d. be important 5.prove(line29) ___ e. of a whole country 6.matter(line 3 ___ f. money given to somebody so that he or she can continue to study c e a f b d

19. score leader name graduate force league remain a. b. c. d. e. f. g.

20. try out for, be refused to, score 20 points, star of the team

21. sit in the stands, change his mind, become leader of the team, Player of the Year

22. invite to, a junior college, lead to, bring him to the attention of, succeed in

23. not interested in, be forced to, take notice of the Atlanta Hawks, great achievements, his proudest moment the Slam Dunk Contest

24. He was very small — much smaller than the other kids at school. Shanghai is _______________my hometown. 上海比我的家乡大多了。 He practised ____________and got the coach to change his mind. 他训练更加刻苦，终于使教练改变了看法。 much bigger than even harder 比较级前可以加 much, a little, quite, even 等副词 表示程度或加强比较。如：

25. Through hard work, Spud Webb proved that size and body type does not matter. matter 用作动词，意思是 “ 要紧，有重大影 响 ” 。如： 1.The job _______more to him than anything else. 对他来说，这份工作比其他什么都重要。 matters 2.Age doesn’t____________. 年龄无关紧要。 3. It doesn’t_______. 没关系。 matter

26. He did not lose heart. 他没有灰心。 lose heart 表示 " 泄气, 灰心 " 。 No matter what you do, never_________. 不管你做什么, 千万不可泄气。 lose heart lose 过去式 _______ 过去分词 __________ lost After trying many times, he finally_______. 多次尝试之后，他最终灰心了。 lost heart

27. Wang Cheng ___________ winning the competition. 王诚成功地在竞赛中获胜。 The meeting was very_________________. 这次会议很成功。 He passed the exam_________________. 他成功地通过了考试。 succeeded in succeed in doing 意为 “( 在某方面 ) 取得成功；达到 目的 ” 。 succeed 是动词，其名词形式是 success, 形容词为 successful ，副词为 successfully 。 successful successfully

28. He remained there for about a year before the NBA took notice of him. 在 NBA 注意到之前, 在那里待了大约一年。 ◆ remain 作不及物动词, 表示 “ 逗留, 保持不变 ” 。 I didn’t _________long in the city. 我没在那个城市逗留很长时间。 ◆ take notice of … 表示 " 注意, 察觉 " 。 He is too proud to _______________others. 他很骄傲, 不理睬别人。 remain take notice of 不注意；不理会 _______________ She saw me in the street,but__________________me. 她在街上看到我，但是她没有理我。 take no notice of… took no notice of

29. Multiple choice 1.Every player wants to____________ the national team. A. try out in B. try on for C. D. try for 2. He has to stay in hospital_____________ illness. A. B. because C. since D. as because of try out for

30. 3._______________, he won the match at last. A. In order to B. C. Although D. Because of 4. At last, he succeed____________ the first in the match. A.got B. in get C. D. on getting As a result in getting

31. Complete the sentences. 1. 在上初中的时候，李娜比学校里其他小孩都要小 得多。 While in junior high, Li Na____________________ _________________at school. 2. 不论遇到什么困境，都不要失去信心。 __________________whatever difficulty you’ve met. 3. 李娜训练更加刻苦，使得教练改变了看法。 Li Na_______________________ and _______________________________________. the other kids was much smaller than Don’t lose heart practised even harder got the coach to change his mind

32. 1. 姚明参加了学校篮球队的选拔，但被拒绝了。 Yao Ming________________ the school basketball team but was refused. 2. 通过刻苦训练，姚明带领我们的篮球队进入了 全国锦标赛。 hard practice ， Yao Ming _______________________ the national championship. tried out for Through led our basketball team to

33. Fill in the blanks. 1.Lin Dan didn’t__________( 得分 ) in the match, but it doesn’t mean he is a bad player. 2.The father __________( 命名） the baby Lin Dan when he was born. 3.Lin Dan__________( 逗留，保持不变） in the school team for about 2 years before he got into the national team. score named remained

34. 1.Liu Xiang asked, ‘Does it_________( 要紧） if I don’t take my ID card with me?’ 2.I have been a Youth_______( 联盟） member for two years. 3.He was chosen to be the________(lead) of the school basketball team two months ago. 4.After long time of practising, he finally_____________(success) in getting the first place in race. matter League leader succeeded

35. junior high senior high stand junior college championship scholarship graduate league prove Tell the Chinese meanings according to the English. 初级中学 高级中学 看台 两年制专科学校 锦标赛，大赛 奖学金 毕业 联盟，社团 证明

36. Senior High Junior High NBA Four stages in his life College/ University