1. Unit 9 READING basketball court

2. Equipment about basketball basketball metal hoop backboard net wooden floor 木地板 装备, 器材

3. Before You Read List eight sports played in China. SportRankSportRank football volleyball table tennis baseball basketball skating swimming boxing

4. Before You Read How popular is each sport? Rank them [1-8] in order of popularity.

5. Learning strategy: MIND-MAPPING Use mind-mapping to remember information. To make a mind-map, change the information you read into a colorful “picture of words”. The brain recalls “pictures” more easily than written information. While You Read 思维图 把 …… 变成 回忆

6. While You Read 1. 用 5 分钟时间通读短文 2. 将生词和不熟悉的短语 及有困难的句子打上记号 3. 和同桌讨论一下你的难点

7. While You Read If you travel around China you will notice a very popular activity everywhere you go-basketball. This much-loved and active sport is enjoyed by all, for fun and exercise. The sport of basketball is a little more than a hundred years old. It is played by more than 100 million people in over 200 countries including China, where basketball has been played in parks, schools, and even in factories.

8. While You Read Basketball was invented by a Canadian doctor named James Naismith, who was born in 1861. When he was at college, his class was once asked to invent a new game that could be played indoors during the long winters. Dr Naismith created a game to be played on a hard wooden floor, so the safety of the players was important. Knocking into players and falling down would be dangerous.

9. While You Read Dr Naismith divided the men in his class into two teams, and taught them how to play his new game. The aim of basketball is for players to try to get a ball into the “basket”: a net hanging from a metal hoop. Players shoot from below the basket, and sometimes the “backboard” is used for guiding the ball into the basket. Players move towards one end of the court while throwing the ball to each other.

10. While You Read It is believed that on December 21st, 1891, the first basketball game in history was played. Then in 1936 in Berlin, it became an Olympic event. A team from China took part, and although they didn’t win they used the experience to help develop the game at home. Since then, the popularity of basketball has risen worldwide, and the number of foreign players in America’s NBA (National Basketball Association) has increased. Basketball has also become a more popular sport for people to watch, and many young people dream of becoming famous basketball players.

11. While You Read If you travel around China you will notice a very popular activity everywhere you go-basketball. This much-loved and active sport is enjoyed by all, for fun and exercise. The sport of basketball is a little more than a hundred years old. It is played by more than 100 million people in over 200 countries including China, where basketball has been played in parks, schools, and even in factories. means more than 包括

12. While You Read Basketball was invented by a Canadian doctor named James Naismith, who was born in 1861. When he was at college, his class was once asked to invent a new game that could be played indoors during the long winters. Dr Naismith created a game to be played on a hard wooden floor, so the safety of the players was important. Knocking into players and falling down would be dangerous. 创造 撞上 ( 某人 )

13. While You Read Dr Naismith divided the men in his class into two teams, and taught them how to play his new game. The aim of basketball is for players to try to get a ball into the “basket”: a net hanging from a metal hoop. Players shoot from below the basket, and sometimes the “backboard” is used for guiding the ball into the basket. Players move towards one end of the court while throwing the ball to each other. 分开, 划分 朝着 …… 的方 向

14. While You Read It is believed that on December 21st, 1891, the first basketball game in history was played. Then in 1936 in Berlin, it became an Olympic event. A team from China took part, and although they didn’t win they used the experience to help develop the game at home. Since then, the popularity of basketball has risen worldwide, and the number of foreign players in America’s NBA (National Basketball Association) has increased. Basketball has also become a more popular sport for people to watch, and many young people dream of becoming famous basketball players. 发展

15. After You Read Complete the mind-map with information from the reading. parks schools exercise foreign players in NBA court basket (net, metal hoop) in 1936,became an Olympic event 1st game played in 1891 played indoors on wooden floor aim to score ‘baskets’

16. After You Read Answer the following questions. 1. Who invented basketball? 4. Name a professional basketball organization in America. 3. What is the aim of basketball? 2. Why were the Berlin Olympic important for basketball? James Naismith. In 1936 in Berlin, basketball became an Olympic event. To get the ball into the hoop (basket). NBA (The National Basketball Association).

17. It ’ s good to be a basketball player because … It ’ s difficult to be a basketball player because … Discuss the good things and difficult things about being a basketball player. it keeps you healthy. you must practice a lot to become good.

18. Do you know when basketball was invented?