Period5Module1BasketballReadingandWritingReadingPracticeReadingandwriting–1.Discusswithyourpartner1.Doyoulikewatchingbasketballorplayingyourself?2.DoyoulikewatchingtheNBA?3.WhodoyoulikebestamongtheNBAplayers?4.ArethereanyChineseplayersintheNBA?Ifso,whoarethey?5.WhichChineseplayerdoyouthinkisnowgoingonwellintheNBA?6.Doyoulikehim?Why?Whichteamisheinnow?ReadingandWriting---2.WarmingupPosition:CBorn:Sept.12,1980Height:7-5/2,26Weight:296lbs./134,3kg.From:ChinaHiscareerhighlights•RankedthirdinNBAfieldgoalpercentagein2004-05witha.552average•three-timeNBAAll-Star(2003-05)•AmongNBAleaders,rankedseventhinfieldgoalpercentage,13thinblockedshotspergameand15threboundingaverage(2003-04)•NamedstartingcenterforWesternConferenceAll-Starteamforsecondconsecutiveseason(2004)•RanksthirdinRocketshistoryincareerblockedshotspergameandeighthincareerblockedshots•……ReadingandWriting---3.Prediction1.Doyouthinktheheadcoachoftheteamissatisfiedwithhim?2.Anythingheisnotverygoodatorusedto?ReadingandWriting---4.Practice•ReadthepassageanddoActivity1onpage9•Keys:1.Yes,becauseheisnotaggressiveenough.2.No,theydon’t.Theyaremorepoliteandnotasselfish.3.Yes,hedoes,butitwilltakehimsometimetogetusedtoplayinglikethat.ReadingandWriting-5.LanguageFocus1.Yao,however,isaselflessandkindperson.2.bringup3.inone’nature4.aninstanthit5.nationwide6.aggressive7.Ifnecessary8.dominateReadingandWriting---6.Discussion•Doactivity2onpage9withyourpartner.•Thinkofsomeexamplesofaggressivebehaviour?•Tocompetewithplayersfromothercountries,whatmustChineseathletesdo?Whatdotheylack?Andwhataretheygoodat?ReadingandWriting---7.WritingDoActivity3---WriteareplyafterreadingthepassageaboutYaoMing’sattitudeandbehaviourinNBAAnexampleDearEditor,I’mwritinginreplytothearticleaboutYaoMing.Ilikethatfactthatthearticledrawsattentionto…Iwouldliketosaysomethingabout…Inmyopinion,thereasonwhy…isthat…IbelievethatChinesesportsmenandwomen…Yourssincerely,XXXAnexampleDearEditor,IamwritinginreplytothearticleaboutYaoMingwhichappearsinyournewspaperyesterday.IlikethefactthatthearticledrawsattentiontothatChinaisproducingworldclasssportsmenandwomenlikeYaoMing.However,IwouldliketosaysomethingaboutYaoMing’sattitude.Inmyopinion,thereasonwhyheisso“nice”isduetowhatthesituationwaslikewhenheplayedinChina.IntheShanghaiSharks,thewholeteamplayedforhimandheneverhadtoaskfortheballhedominateeverygame.IbelievethatChinesesportsmenandwomenareasgood-andoftenbetterthanplayersfromothercountries,butwehaveanaturalideaofpolitenessandteamplayratherthantheindividual“star”statuswhichistypicalofworldbasketballandsoccer.Yourssincerely,NameReadingpractice---1.Warming-up•DoActivity1onpage11•Discussthequestionswithyourpartnerorgroupmates.•Focuson:Whatpossiblerisksaretherewhenyouplaybasketball?ReadingPractice---2.UnderstandingofthetitleDizzyHeightsofSchoolBasketballdizzyheights令人眩晕的高度thedizzyheightsof…是习语,指重要的职位,显赫的地位,含有一定的幽默色彩.文章标题表面上用的是常用习语,其含蓄用意却回归在dizzy的本义上(指球员被撞晕),有一语双关之意.------令人眩晕的校园篮球ReadingPractice---3.Skimming(thefirst3paragraphs)1.Whyisitsaidthatbasketballisasafesports?theplayers’energyispartlydirectedupwards,ata90-degreeangletotheground,andovertheheadsoftheothers.Sothisislessriskofacollisionbetweentwoplayers.ReadingPractice---4.Languagefocus2.InbaseballandAmericanfootball,theplay...
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