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选择性必修一 Unit 3
Understanding ideas
The Road To Success
1. Near the small town of Grottoes, Virginia, a narrow dirt road goes from the house of Stephen Curry's grandfather to the woods nearby. A far cry from the bright lights and shiny courts of the National Basketball Association (NBA),it was along this road that Stephen's grandfather built a simple basket by attaching a piece of plastic to a telephone pole.
nearby adv._______ shiny adj. ________ court n.__________
a basketball/tennis court ____________ attach...to... _____________
强调句型:_____________________________________________________________________
2. Like his father, basketball star Dell Curry,Stephen spent many childhood hours playing on this muddy basketball court. He probably didn't realise it at the time, but it was where he learnt to be creative and flexible as a player.You see, with every shot, the weak plastic backboard gave way. The bumps and rocks that lined the road under the basket caused the ball to bounce in all directions. Knowing where the ball would go wasn't easy. He had to adjust his own playing style as a result. Shooting with great accuracy was another thing he learnt. Only shots perfectly aimed at its centre went into the heavy, thick basket. In this way, practising day in and day out helped Stephen sharpen his skills.
flexible adj.______ shot /∫ot/n.__________backboard n.__________
give way___________ give way _____________ bump n.____________
bounce /bauns/ v.___________ in all directions______________
动名词短语做主语:_________________________________________________________
3 Despite his father's successful career,Stephen was thought by many people, including his high school teammates and coaches, to be too short, too thin and too weak to follow in his father's footsteps. But Stephen carried on. Playing basketball was his dream.He wouldnot give up. He finally ended up playing college ball at a small, little-known school, Davidson College, not too far from where he lived. His cre