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Unit6
When was it invented?
SB Reading
To learn new words and phrases: the Olympics, Canadian, divide…into…, basket, popularity…
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To learn new sentence patterns: Do you know when basketball was invented? …
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To know the history, invention and popularity of basketball.
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To use the mind map to establish the structure of the passage and retell it.
4
To know that being famous or successful is not easy, we should work hard and never give up.
5
objectives目标
Michael Jordan
Kobe Bryant
LeBron James
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Earvin Johnson
Wilt Chamberlain
Yao Ming
Yi Jianlian
basketball heroes
Pre-reading
1. Can you guess what the
passage talk about?
Do You know When Basketball Was Invented?
Match the main idea with each paragraph.
Fast Reading
para1
para2
para3
The popularity of basketball
The history of basketball
The invention of basketball
Basketball is a much-loved and active sport that 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.
Careful Reading
Read para 1 and find out what these numbers mean.
100
100, 000,000
200
12.21, 1891
1936
100
100, 000,000
200
12.21, 1891
1936
a. the time when first game was played
b. the time when it became an Olympic event
c. the number of people who play basketball
e. the number of countries …
f. how long it has been
Match the numbers with their meanings.
Q1.What’s the purpose[目的] of
people enjoying this sport?
Q2. From Para1, can you find out the fact [依据] about basketball is popular?
For fun and exercise.
Although the history of basketball is not so long, it is played by more than 100 million people in over 200 countries..
Answer the questions below.
Careful Reading
Basketball was invented by a Canadian