内容正文:
Unit 3 Faster, higher, stronger
Starting out & Understanding ideas
Can you name the events of the Olympic Games according to the following signs?
Swimming
Table tennis
Tennis
Volleyball
乒乓球
网球
排球
Weightlifting
Badminton
Cycling
Diving
Basketball
Boxing
Fencing
Gymnastics artistic
举重
跳水
拳击
击剑
竞技体操
Hockey
Ice hockey
Jumping
Sailing
Shooting
Skateboarding
曲棍球
冰球
跳高/跳远
航行,
帆船
射击
滑板
1.How much do you know about this sport?
Lead-in
Pre-reading
Background information
NBA(National Basketball Association)是北美的男子职业篮球组织,是美国四大职业体育联盟之一。其拥有30支球队分为东部联盟和西部联盟,每个联盟又被划分为3个赛区,各赛区由5支球队组成。其赛事美国职业篮球联赛(或称美国篮球联赛,简称美国职篮)也被直接称为NBA,是全世界水准最高的职业篮球赛事。
NBA正式赛季于每年10月中开始,分为常规赛、季后赛两大部分。常规赛结束后,东部和西部联盟分别由前八名进入季后赛,决出东西部冠军,晋级NBA总决赛,后由两个联盟的冠军争夺NBA的最高荣誉─总冠军。
Lead-in
Pre-reading
现
有
球
队
控球后卫
中锋
大前锋
小前锋
得分后卫
1. usually the best ball handler控球手 and or best passer传球手"
2. usually the main shooter投篮手 playing on the wing (n.运动场的边沿)
3. usually the most athletic player on the team who can play inside and outside the key(n. 罚球区)
4. usually a taller player who catches the ball after a player has tried but failed to get a point
5 usually the tallest player on the team who plays inside the key and should be a good scorer得分手
A
E
B
C
D
Look and match.
Height高度
Strength力量
perseverance
坚持不懈
2. What makes a successful basketball player?
Pre-reading:
Stephen Curry
Height
Weight
Position
1.91m
84kg
Point Guard
What is his road to success like?
Pre-reading:
1. What can you get from the title and pictures?
the process involving hard work or difficulties
He is successful.
2. What is the passage mainly about?
How he achieved success in basketball.
Predicting:
Read para.1-3 and summarize what difficulties Curry met.
poor living conditions
—a narrow dirty road
too short, too thin and too weak
a simple basket;
muddy basket court; bumps and rocks
2. Why does the author mention the “simple basket” at the beginning of the passage?
A. To show Stephen Curry's grandfather didn't treat him well.
B. To tell readers how poor Stephen's family was at the time.
C. To show that Stephen's basketball career developed from a low point.
D. To tell that Stephen didn't show his talent when he was a kid.
C
a sharp contrast
a _______ basket
___________ NBA courts
simple
bright shiny
a far cry from
different from
What did Curry learn from the muddy basketball court?
To be creative and flexible
Shoot accurately
Knowing ________________________________,
so he had to ________________________.
where the ball would go wasn't easy
adjust his own playing style
Only when he shot perfectly at ________, the ball could ___________________________.
its centre
go into the heavy, thick basket
Para.2
Reason:
Reason:
Para. 3
What did he do to prove himself?
Stephen_________ . Playing basketball was his dream. He would___________. He finally_______________ college ball at a small, little-known school,Davidson College, not too far from where he lived.
His ___________and _____________
made him a star player.
creativity
perseverance
carried on
not give up
ended up playing
Selected for the NBA in 2009, Stephen joined the Golden State Warriors.
In 2015, Stephen won his first NBA championship, and he led the Warriors to their first championship since 1975.
received the Most Valuable Player award for two years in a row
Find out what Stephen Curry has achieved.
Para. 4-5
Look through the passage and choose the author’s writing intention.
A. To explain why Stephen was doubted by many people.
B. To inform people about Stephen’s basketball skills.
C. To inspire people with Stephen’s determination to succeed.
Organise information from the passage and complete the profile of Stephen Curry.
Stephen Curry is the son of the famous basketballer Dell Curry. He spent his childhood years practising basketball on 1________________________. The poor conditions helped him develop his own playing style. He also learnt to 2______________________. Despite this, it seemed unlikely to many people that Stephen would be a great basketball player, as he was 3___________________________. Nonetheless, Stephen refused to 4_________ , and ended up playing college ball for Davidson College. In 2009, he joined the NBA`s Golden State Warriors. In 2015, he led them to their first NBA championship since 1975. Stephen achieved his dream through 5______________
______________________________________________________.
Nationality: 6_______________________
Occupation: 7_______________________
Awards: 8_______________________
a muddy basketball court
be creative and flexible
too short, too thin and too weak
give up
hard work, perseverance and some help from an old hoop
American
basketball player
the Most Valuable Player
self-belief,
1. 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. (paragraph 2)
2. 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. (paragraph 3)
3. He performed beyond everyone’s expectations with his accurate shooting and continuous efforts.(paragraph 4)
课文长句翻译
1. ....., it was along this road that Stephen’s grandfather built a simple basket by _________(attach) a piece of plastic to a telephone pole.
2.Like his father, basketball star Dell Curry, Stephen spent many childhood hours _________(play)on this muddy basketball court.
3.________ (shoot) with great accuracy精确性 was another thing he learnt.
4.His_________ (creative) and perseverance made him Davidson’s star player.
5._________(select) for the NBA in 2009, Stephen joined the Golden State Warriors. He performed beyond everyone’s expectations with his accurate shooting and _________(continue)efforts.
语法填空考点
attaching
by doing通过......
playing
spend/spent ... doing/on sth.
Shooting
creativity
Selected
continuous
语法填空考点
1.After ________(receive) the Most Valuable Player award for two years in row, Stephen explained his philosophy人生观,哲学, “I never really set out to change the game...
2.______ I wanted to do was just be myself...
3.________(inspire) others to believe in themselves, Stephen Curry is living proof that ......
4.Through self-belief, hard work, perseverance and some help from an old hoop, he __________(show) that anything is possible.
receiving
介词after+doing,在...之后
What
Inspiring
has shown
show--showed--shown
1. What can you get from the title and pictures?
2. What is the passage mainly about?
How he achieved success in basketball.
Review:
句子仿写
原句:He would not give up.
翻译:面对困难时,她不会放弃。
仿写:She would not give up when facing difficulties.
2.原句:Like his father, basketball star Dell Curry, Stephen spent many childhood hours playing on this muddy basketball court.
翻译:就像她的母亲——一位知名画家一样,莉莉周末很多时光都在小花园里画画。
仿写:Like her mother, a famous painter, Lily spent many weekend hours drawing in the small garden.
3.原句:It was along this road that Stephen’s grandfather built a simple basket by attaching a piece of plastic to a telephone pole.(强调句)
翻译:就是在这间屋子里,妈妈通过混合mix面粉flour和鸡蛋做出美味的蛋糕。
仿写:It was in this room that my mum made delicious cakes by mixing flour and eggs.
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