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9A Unit4 Growing up
Reading Ⅰ
1
Do you know them? How tall are they?
Jordan, 1.98 m
Kobe Bryant, 1.98 m
Yao Ming, 2.26m
Who is the special one?
Can this short man succeed in getting into the NBA?
Listen and predict
A. In order of time.
B. In order of space.
C. In order of importance.
Para 2 in junior high
Para 3 in senior high
Para 4 at college
Para 5 after university
How is the article organized?
a Spud was named Player of the Year
b Spud got a scholarship from a university
c Spud scored 20 points in his first game
d Spud became an NBA player in 1985
e small Spud had a big dream
Paragraph 1 _________
Paragraph 2 _________
Paragraph 3 _________
Paragraph 4 _________
Paragraph 5 _________
c
a
d
b
e
Skim and match P52
Name: Spud Webb
Year of birth:
Place of birth:
Height:
Team:
Dream:
1963
Texas
170 cm
Atlanta Hawks
To play in the NBA
[’teksəs]
德克萨斯州
[ætˈlæntə hɔːks]
亚特兰大鹰队
Read Para.1 and complete
时间状语 (Adverbials of time)
1.What happened to him at first?
2.What happened to him from then on?
He was the star of the team.
in junior high
Read Para.2 and answer
He was refused by the school team.
because of his height
He had to______________.
He practised_____________ and
got the coach__________________.
in his last year
sit in the stands
even harder
to change his mind
to become_______________
went on
leader of the team
was______ Player of the Year
named
What was the coach’s “mind” at first?
in senior high
Read Para.3 and fill in the blanks
However, no university would invite him to play basketball.
decided
led
succeeded
After finishing high school,
Spud decided to ______________________ at first.
Later, he led his team to ___________________________.
Finally he succeeded in ________________________.
play at a junior college
the national championship
getting a scholarship
at college
Read Para.4 and circle three action verbs
1. After he g