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Unit 4 Growing up
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What do you think of him?
What do you learn from him?
hard-working
confident
optimistic(乐观的)
insistent (坚持的)
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Spud Webb is a retired __________ NBA player. Though he was a small boy, he had a big _______—he wanted to play in the NBA.
In junior high, though he was _______ to play at first because he was too small, he did not ______ heart. And finally he became the ______ of the team.
In senior high, he practised so hard that the coach _________ his mind. Spud _____ on to become ______ of the team.
American
dream
refused
lose
star
changed
went
leader
Retell how Spud Webb became an NBA player
Because of his height, no __________ would ______ him to play basketball. He decided to play at a junior college and _____ his team to the national ______________. This brought him to the ___________ of North Carolina State University. As a ________, he ____________ in getting a scholarship.
________ the NBA took ________ of him, he __________ in another basketball league for about a year. In _________, he joined the Atlanta Hawks. In 1986, he won the Slam Dunk Contest.
university
invite
led
championship
attention
result
succeeded
Before
notice
remained
1985
Retell how Spud Webb became an NBA player
small size
big dream
Answer: Did he succeed at first?
But: He succeeded at last.
paragraph 5
junior high
senior high
junior college
university
after graduating
small size
big dream
paragraph 2
paragraph 3
paragraph 4
The first time he was refused: junior high
What did he do while attending junior high?
try out for the school team
refused
What was the result?
How did he feel?
not lose heart
score 20 points
What was the achievement this time?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Check your answers.
No matter how hard your situation is, you had better ________________ (别灰心).
【点拨】本题用词语运用法。had better not do sth. 最好不做某事;lose heart 泄气,灰心。
not lose heart
go on 继续
e.g. He went on to talk about the world situation.
他接着又谈了谈世界局势。
You shouldn’t go on living in this way!
你不应该以这种方式一直生活下去!
Can I go on with my work now?
我现在可以继续做我的工作了吗?
知识点
Spud went on to become leader of the team.
辨析:go on to do sth.与go on doing sth.;go on with sth.
go on to do sth. 表示某一件事已做完,再接着去做另一件事。
go on doing sth. 表示“一直做某事”。
go on with sth. 尤指停顿或中断后,继续做某事。with 后通常接名词或代词作宾语。
name /neɪm/ vt. 命名
e.g. Can you name all the plants in this garden?
你能说出这个花园里所有植物的名称吗?
He was named captain of the team.
他被任命为这个队的队长。
What’s your name? 你叫什么名字?
This kind of behaviour gives him a bad name.
这种行为使他背上骂名。
be named 被任命为
...he was named Player of the Year in Texas.
name作及物动词,常见用法
① name sb./sth. ... 把某人/某物命名为……
② name sb./sth. after sb./sth.
以某人/某物的名字给某人/某物命名
name 的一词多义:n. 名字 n. 名声;名誉
vt. 说出……的名称 vt. 任命;委任
Junior high
Senior high
College/ University
After graduation
• He was_________ to play for the school team.
• He did not ____________.
• He got the ________and scored __________ in his first game. He became the ______of the team.
• He had to ________________ because of his height.
• He got the coach to _______________.
• He became ______ of the team. In his last year, he was named ________________ in Texas.
• _____ university invited him. He played at _____________.
• He got ____________ from North Carolina State University.
• He led his team to ________________________.
• ________ was not interested in him. He was forced to join ________________________.
• ________ took notice of him. He joined ________________.
• In 1986, he won ______________________.
refused
lose heart
chance
20 points
star
sit in the stands
change his mind
leader
Player of the Year
No
a junior college
a scholarship
the national championship
The NBA
The NBA
the Atlanta Hawks
the Slam Dunk Contest
another basketball league
What did Spud experience at different stages of his life? Fill in the blanks and retell.
Task 5
生于……
参加……的选拔
灰心
从那时起
改变某人的想法
结果
成功做某事
对……感兴趣
注意到
放弃
Pay attention to the underlined expressions.
Junior High
Senior High
Junior College
University
Proudest moment
Main body:para.2-5
was refused
scored 20 points
the star
sit in the stands
become leader
was named
no university
scholarship
NBA player
won the Slam Dunk Contest
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Para3 because of his height
Para4 only 170 cm
Para5 more than 20 cm taller than ...
Para1 very small——
Para2 too small
had a big dream
did not lose heart
practised even harder
led his team to...
remained…
Tough Spud
at different stages of his life
small man with
a dig dream
1)生于
2)参加……的选拔
3)灰心
4)从那时起
5)改变某人的想法
6)结果
7)成功做某事
8)对……感兴趣
9)注意到
10)放弃
be born in
try out for
lose heart
from then on
change sb's mind
as a result
succeed in doing sth
be interested in...
take notice of
give up
Translate the following expressions into English.
1 stand
2 national
3 succeed
4 scholarship
5 prove
6 matter
a achieve something that you have been trying to do
b use facts to show that something is true
c a place where people stand or sit to watch sports
d be important
e of a whole country
f money given to somebody so that he or she can continue to study
(P52)
B1
Match the words on the left with the meanings on the right.
Conclusion:para.5
What did Spud prove?
He proved that size and body type does not matter. You can do almost anything if you never give up.
main difficulty
Spud once faced
How he conquered(克服)
the difficulty
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Class activity
Try to retell Spud's life with the help of information mentioned in the table.
Summary
Genre:
Order:
Conflict:
Solution:
Biography
Time
Spud's height
The spirit of never giving up
THANKS FOR LISTENING
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