Doyouknowwhenbasketballwasinvented IfyoutravelaroundChinayouwillnoticeaverypopularactivityeverywhereyougo basketball Thismuch lovedandactivesportisenjoyedbymany forfunandexercise Thesportofbasketballisalittleoverahundredyearsold Itisplayedbymorethan100millionpeopleinover200countriesincludingChina wherebasketballhasbeenplayedinparks schools andeveninfactories BasketballwasinventedbyaCanadiandoctornamedJamesNaismith whowasbornin1861 Whenhewasatcollege hisclasswasonceaskedtoinventanewgamethatcouldbeplayedindoorsduringthelongwinters DrNaismithcreatedagametobeplayedonahardwoodenfloor sothesafetyoftheplayerswasimportant Knockingintoplayersandfallingdownwouldbedangerous Dr Naismithdividedthemeninhisclassintotwoteamsandtaughtthemhowtoplayhisnewgame Theaimofbasketballisforplayerstogetaballintothe basket anethangingfromametalhoop Playersshootfrombelowthebasketandmayusethe backboard forguidingtheballintothebasket Playersmovetowardsoneendofthecourtwhilethrowingtheballtoeachother ItisbelievedthatonDecember21st 1891 thefirstbasketballgameinhistorywasplayed Thenin1936inBerlin itbecameanOlympicevent AteamfromChinatookpart andalthoughtheydidn twintheyusedtheexperiencetohelpdevelopthegameathome Sincethen thepopularityofbasketballhasrisenworldwide andthenumberofforeignplayersinAmerica sNBA NationalBasketballAssociation hasincreased Basketballhasalsobecomeamorepopularsportforpeopletowatch andmanyyoungpeopledreamofbecomingfamousbasketballplayers Unit9Whenwasitinvented Reading ByCaiFangFromShashiNo 11MiddleSchool Beforereading What sthemostpopularsportinourclass Whatdoyouknowaboutbasketball Whilereading Readingformeaning Task1 Whilereading Readingfordetails Task2 TrueorFalse WriteTfortrueorFforfalse 1 BasketballisverypopularinChina 2 Basketballisplayedbylessthan100milloinpeopleintheworld 3 JamesNaismithwasbornin1861 4 BasketballbecameanOlympiceventin1891 5 ChineseteamwonthematchinBerlinOlympics T F T F F 1 created kri eit i tomakesomethingnewororiginal2 dividee di vaid l breakintoparts3 metalb mentl j somekindofmaterialsuchasCu Fe Au 4 risea raiz h reachahighorhigherlevel5 hoopc h k alargeringofwoodormetal6 courtg k t m indoororoutdoorspaceforballgames7 shootf t n trytokicktheballintothegoal Whilereading Readingfordetails Task3 1 Wasthesportofbasketballinventedlessthan100years 2 WheredidDr Naismith sstudentsplaybasketballatfirst 3 WhyweretheBerlinOlympicsimportantforbasketball 4 Whatistheaimofthebasketballgame 5 Writedowntwooftheprefessionalbasketballorganizationsintheworld Whilereading Readingfordetails Task4 No itwasn t It sover100years Theyplayedonthehardwoodenflooratfirst BecausebasketballbecameanOlympicevent Theaimofitisforplayerstogetaballintothe basket NBA CBA Nowisplayedeverywhere factories forfunand parks school exercise AfterReading Mind mapping BASKETBALL history JamesNaismith Berlin December21st1891 AfterReading Mind mapping BASKETBALL ForeignplayersinNBA AfterReading Mind mapping 1 Basketballispopularnowandpeople itforfunandexercise 2 ACanadiandoctor JamesNaismithinventedbasketball 3 Abasketballgameisplayed twoteams 4 AteamfromChina partinBerlinOlympicin1936 5 Lotsofyoungpeopledreamof famousbasketballplayers play called between took becoming SomeReading LearningStrategies Readingfirstformeaningandreadingagainfordetails Usingcontexttounderstandnewwordsandphrases Mind mappingisagoodwaytorememberinformation Makingupyourownsentences