活动1【讲授】.Teaching processStep 1 Listening and speaking1a,1b show Ss some pictures and ask Ss to talk about the question “How can the food taste? ”Fill the words from the box.1c Listen and circle T for true or F for false.1d Listen again.Complete the sentences.1e Make a conversation about the invention of potato chips.Use the information in 1c and 1d.Role-play the conversation.Step 2 Free talk2a Do you like basketball?Do you watch basketball games?How much do you know about this sport?Step 3 Reading2b Read the article quickly and underline the topic sentence for the title“Do you know whenbasketball was invented?”Check the answers.Let students read the passage again and know more information about the passage.2c Complete the mind map with the informationin the passage.Ask students to fill in the blank and correct them.2d Work in pairs.Ask and answer the questions with your partner.1.Who invented basketball and how is it played?2.When was the first basketball game in history played?3.Why were the Berlin Olympics important for basketball?4. What are the professional basketball groups in America and China?5.How popular is basketball?Step 4 GroupworkWhat do you think of famous basketball players?Make a list of good and difficult things about being a famous basketball player.Language points1.salty 咸的adj.【拓展】n.+y adj.cloudcloudy, windwindy, rainrainy, sleepsleepy2.by mistake“无意中，错误地”。【拓展】make a mistake/make mistakes犯错误；mistake .for.把错认成3.in the end at last,finally,其后不接of短语，4.【拓展】at the end of.by the end of.ExerciseHomework1.Read the article and recite key words2. Preview the new words and expressions.3. Preview the passageDo You Know When Basketball Was Inventedon page 46?板书设计Unit6When was it invented? Section B(1a-2e)1.salty-salt n.-+-y-adj2.By mistake make a mistake/make mistakes mistake .for.3.In the end at the end of/by the end of