Basketballisnotonlyapopularsporttoplay,butalsoapopularsporttowatch.themostfamousgamesinAmericapopulargamesinChinaToday,thepopularityofbasketballhasrisenaroundtheworld,withmanyyoungpeopledreamingofbecomingfamousplayers.InChina,youcansometimesseepeopleplayingbasketballinparks,schoolsandevenfactories.Basketballhasnotonlybecomeapopularsporttoplay,butithasalsobecomeapopularsporttowatch.AlthoughAmerica’sNBAgamesarethemostfamous,theCBAgamesarebecomingmorepopularinChina.Thenumberofforeignplayers,includingChineseplayers,intheNBAhasincreased.TherearealsomoreandmoreforeignplayersintheCBA.Manyyoungpeoplelookuptothesebasketballheroesandwanttobecomelikethem.Thesestarsencourageyoungpeopletoworkhardtoachievetheirdreams.Basketballisamuch-lovedandactivesportthatisenjoyedbymanyforfunandexercise.Itisover100yearsoldandisplayedbymorethan100millionpeopleinover200countries.ItisbelievedthatthefirstbasketballgameinhistorywasplayedonDecember21,1891.Thenin1936inBerlin,itbecameaneventattheOlympics.BasketballwasinventedbyaCanadiandoctornamedJamesNaismith,whowasbornin1861.Whenhewasacollegeteacher,hewasaskedtothinkofagamethatcouldbeplayedinthewinter.Dr.Naismithcreatedagametobeplayedinsideonahardfloor.Dr.Naismithdividedthemeninhisclassintotwoteamsandtaughtthemtoplayhisnewgame.Playersonthesameteammustworktogethertogettheballintheotherteam’sbasket.Atthesametime,theyneedtostopthecompetingteamfromgettingtheballintotheirownbasket.DoYouKnowWhenBasketballWasInvented?

PredictionWhat’sthearticlemainlyabout?A:Howtoplaybasketball?B:SomethingaboutNBA.C:Thehistoryofthebasketball.While-readingPara.1Para.2Para.3TheinventionofbasketballThehistoryofbasketballThepopularityofbasketballSkimmg(略讀):3'Thefirstsentenceineachparagraphcanhelpyou.Matchthemainideaofeachparagraph.historyBackground(whoandhow)popularityDoesithavealonghistory?CarefulreadingHistory100100,000,000100millionDecember.21.18911936Readparagraph1andfindoutwhatthesenumbersmean.Basketballisamuch-lovedandactivesportthatisenjoyedbymanyforfunandexercise.Itisover100yearsoldandisplayedbymorethan100millionpeopleinover200countries.ItisbelievedthatthefirstbasketballgameinhistorywasplayedonDecember21,1891.Thenin1936inBerlin,itbecameaneventattheOlympics.CarefulreadingHistory100Basketballisover100yearsold.100,000,000100millionBasketballisplayedbymorethan100millionpeopleinover200countries.December.21.1891Thefirstbasketballgamewasplayedon…1936InBerlin,itbecameaneventattheOlympics.Readparagraph1andfindoutwhatthesenumbersmean.1.What’shisname?2.Whatdidhedo?3.Whereishefrom?4.Whenwasheborn?Heistheinventorof

basketball.5.Whenandwhydidheinventbasketball?

ReadPara2andfindtheanswerHeisJamesNaismithHeisadoctor.

HeisfromCanada.Hewasbornin1861.Whenhewasacollegeteacher,hewasaskedtothinkofagame.JamesNaismithisaCanadiandoctorwhowasbornin1861Whoaskedhimtothinkofagame?Didhemakeanyrulesofbasketball?Maybetheheadmaster(校長(zhǎng))ortheleader(領(lǐng)導(dǎo)).

GoonreadingPara2togettherulesHowtoplaybasketball?1.divide…into2.work…get…in3.stop…fromget…intoFirstdividethemenintotwoteams.Thentheplayersonthesameteamworktogethertogettheballintotheotherteam’sbasket.Atthesametime,theyneedtostopthecompetingteamfromgettingtheballintotheirownbasket.Catchthekeyphrases

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阻止某人做某事BasketballwasinventedbyaCanadiandoctornamedJamesNaismith,whowasbornin1861.Whenhewasacollegeteacher,hewasaskedtothinkofagamethatcouldbeplayedinthewinter.Dr.Naismithcreatedagametobeplayedinsideonahardfloor.Dr.Naismithdividedthemeninhisclassintotwoteamsandtaughtthemtoplayhisnewgame.Playersonthesameteammustworktogethertogettheballintheotherteam’sbasket.Atthesametime,theyneedtostopthecompetingteamfromgettingtheballintotheirownbasket.historywhoandhowpopularityIt’sa___sport.…over100yearsBeplayedby______peopleinover_____countries.Itisbelievedthat…onDecember21,1891.CanadiandoctorJames1861When…askedto..madesomerulesFirst…oTo…Atthesametime,stop…into…IthasalonghistoryIsitpopularnow?whohowJames

inventedit.Hemadesimplerulesandit’seasytoplay.()1.Manyyoungpeopledreamofbecomingfamousbasketballplayers.()2.Basketballisonlyapopularsporttoplay.()3.ThereareonlyAmericanplayersintheNBA.()4.TherearemoreandmoreforeignplayersintheCBA.TTFFThereare_______Americanplayers_______foreignplayersintheNBA.

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butalsohistory(whoandhow)popularityIt’sa___sport.…over100yearsBeplayedby______peopleinover_____countries.ItisbelievedthatItwasfirstplayedon___.In___in___,itbecame____.CanadiandoctorJames1861When…askedto..First…divideTo…Atthesametime,stop…into…Thepopularityhasrisen…InChina,…see…playingin…notonlybecome…toplaybut(also)become…towatchlookuptoencourage…to…to…IthasalonghistoryJames

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wanttobeabasketballstar,wehavetoworkhardtoachieveourdreams.summary

feelingWhenwasthefirstbasketballinvented?A.OnDecember21,1861.B.OnDecember21,1891.2.WhendiditbecomeaneventattheOlympics?A.In1936.B.In1940.Tobeaquickcompetitor!Postreading3.Basketballcanbeplayedona_________.A.softfloorhardfloor4.Playersonthesameteammustworktogethertogettheballin___________.theirownbasketB.theotherteam’sbasket5.Basketballisplayedby________peopleinover______countries.A.100million,100100million,2006.Basketballhasnotonlybecomeapopularsport_________,butithasalsobecomeapopularsport_______.towatch,toplayB.toplay,towatchHardfloor2teamsNBACBAYoungpeopleBasketballheroesThefirstgame…Hardfloor2teamsNBACBAYoungpeopleBasketballheroesThefirstgame…Buildyourmindmapinyourgroupaccordingtothekeywordsfromthepassage.BasketballOver100yearsold100millionpeopleOver200countriesDecember21,18911936BerlinOlympicsJamesNaismith1861GroupworkMIND-MAPPINGChangingtheinformationyoureadintoamindmapmayhelp