1、Do you like basketball? Do you watch basketball games? What do you think of this sport? Do you know when basketball was invented? And do you know how it was invented?,2a Pairwork,Discuss the sport with your partner and share your ideas with the class.,Go for it !,A hard floor,Learning strategy: MIND

2、-MAPPING Changing the information you read into a mind map may help you remember it more easily.,思維導(dǎo)圖,把變成,記住,Read and complete 2c Complete the mindmap with the information in the passage.,Game played inside on a hard _ _teams got_ into other teams _,Development invented by _ first game on_ became Ol

3、ympic event in _ in the year_ most famous games:_ popular games in China:_,Popularity Played by_ people over _countries,floor,two,the ball,James Naismith,December 21,1891,Berlin,1936,NBA,CBA,100 million,200,basket,Do You Know When Basketball Was Invented? Basketball is much-loved and active sport th

4、at is enjoyed by many for fun and exercise. It is over 100 years old and is played by more than 100 million people in over 200 countries. It is believed that the first basketball game in history was played on December 21, 1891. Then in 1936 in Berlin, it became an event at the Olympics.,超過 ；多于,奧林匹克

5、運動會,人們相信,It is believed that the first basketball game in history was played on December 21，1891. 人們認為歷史上第一場籃球賽是在1891年12月21日。 It is believed that .意為“人們認為”，是固定句型，其中it為形式主語，真正的主語為that引導(dǎo)的從句。其他常見類似的句型還有： It is said that.據(jù)說 It is supposed that.據(jù)猜測,Basketball was invented by a Canadian doctor named James

6、 Naismith, who was born in 1861. When he was a college teacher, he was asked to think of a game that could be played in the winter. Dr. Naismith created a game to be played inside on a hard floor, Dr. Naismith divided the men in his class into two teams and taught them to play his new game. Players

7、on the same team must work together to get the ball in the other teams basket. At the same time, they need to stop the competing team from getting the ball into their own basket.,創(chuàng)造,把.分開/分為,stop.from. 阻止.做.,加拿大的,Today, the popularity of basketball has risen around the world, with many young people d

8、reaming of becoming famous players. In China, you can sometimes see people playing basketball in parks, schools and even factories. Basketball has not only become a popular sport to watch. Although Americas NBA games are the most famous, the NBA games are becoming popular in China. The number of for

9、eign players, including Chinese players, in the NBA has increased.,受歡迎；普及,see sb doing sth看到某人正在做某事,的數(shù)量,There are also more and more foreign players in the CBA. Many young people look up to these basketball heroes and want to become like them. These stars encourages young people to work hard to achi

10、eve their dreams.,欽佩；仰慕,encourage sb to do sth 鼓勵某人干某事,Read 2b quickly again. 判斷正誤 1.Basketball is very popular in China. 2. Basketball is played by over 100 million people in China. 3. James Naismith was born in 1861. 4. Basketball became an Olympic event in 1936. 5. Chinese team won the match in B

11、erlin Olympics.,T,F,T,T,F,2d Use what you remember from the mind-map to answer the following questions. 1. Who invented basketball and how is it played? James Naismith. Players on the same team must work together to get the ball in the other teams basket. At the same time, they need to stop the comp

12、eting team from getting the ball into their own basket. 2. When was the first basketball game in history played? On December 21, 1891.,3. Why were the Berlin Olympics important for basketball? In 1936 in Berlin, basketball became an Olympic event. 4. What are the professional basketball groups in Am

13、erica and China? America: NBA China: CBA. 5. How popular is basketball? Today, the popularity of basketball has risen around the world, with many young people dreaming of becoming famous players.,CBA,NBA,Writing Imagine you are a business person. Write a description of your new invention. Try to sel

14、l the invention to the class.,It is often difficult to decide on the inventor of certain inventions. This is because sometimes a few people may _things which are _ the same. Its hard to tell who came up with the idea first. Some inventions can also lead to other inventions_. So some people _ whether

15、 the inventor came up with the idea himself or herself.,1.Complete the passage with the correct forms of the words in the box.,invent,nearly,doubt,all of a sudden,Practice,They think that the inventor used someone elses idea to creat his or her invention. That is why books or _usually _ more than on

16、e inventor when giving information about inventions.,mention,websites,Someone stole my watch. _ 2. They used five eggs to make this big cake. _ 3. When did they invent the personal computer? _ 4. They asked us not to run in the hallway. _ 5. Someone took the video back to the store. _,My watch was stolen.,Five eggs were used to make this big cake.,When was the personal computer invented?