Period 5,Module 1 Basketball Reading and Writing Reading Practice,Reading and writing 1. Discuss with your partner,Do you like watching basketball or playing yourself? Do you like watching the NBA? Who do you like best among the NBA players? Are there any Chinese players in the NBA? If so, who are they? Which Chinese player do you think is now going on well in the NBA? Do you like him? Why? Which team is he in now?,Reading and Writing-2. Warming up,Position: C Born: Sept. 12, 1980 Height: 7-5 / 2,26 Weight: 296 lbs. / 134,3 kg. From : China,His career highlights,Ranked third in NBA field goal percentage in 2004-05 with a .552 average three-time NBA All-Star (2003-05) Among NBA leaders, ranked seventh in field goal percentage, 13th in blocked shots per game and 15th rebounding average (2003-04) Named starting center for Western Conference All-Star team for second consecutive season (2004) Ranks third in Rockets history in career blocked shots per game and eighth in career blocked shots ,Reading and Writing -3. Prediction,Do you think the head coach of the team is satisfied with him? Anything he is not very good at or used to?,Reading and Writing-4. Practice,Read the passage and do Activity 1 on page 9 Keys: Yes, because he is not aggressive enough. No, they dont. They are more polite and not as selfish. Yes, he does, but it will take him some time to get used to playing like that.,Reading and Writing- 5. Language Focus,Yao, however, is a selfless and kind person. bring up in one nature an instant hit nationwide aggressive If necessary dominate,Reading and Writing-6. Discussion,Do activity 2 on page 9 with your partner. Think of some examples of aggressive behaviour? To compete with players from other countries, what must Chinese athletes do?What do they lack? And what are they good at?,Reading and Writing-7. Writing,Do Activity 3-Write a reply after reading the passage about Yao Mings attitude and behaviour in NBA An example Dear Editor, Im writing in reply to the article about Yao Ming . I like that fact that the article draws attention to I would like to say something about In my opinion, the reason why is that I believe that Chinese sportsmen and women Yours sincerely, XXX,An example,Dear Editor, I am writing in reply to the article about Yao Ming which appears in your newspaper yesterday. I like the fact that the article draws attention to that China is producing world class sportsmen and women like Yao Ming. However, I would like to say something about Yao Mings attitude. In my opinion, the reason why he is so “nice” is due to what the situation was like when he played in China. In the Shanghai Sharks, the whole team played for him and he never had to ask for the ball,he dominate every game. I believe that Chinese sportsmen and women are as good- and often better than players from other countries, but we have a natural idea of politeness and team play rather than the individual “star” status which is typical of world basketball and soccer. Yours sincerely, Name,Reading practice-1. Warming-up,Do Activity 1 on page 11 Discuss the questions with your partner or group mates. Focus on: What possible risks are there when you play basketball?,Reading Practice-2. Understanding of the title,Dizzy Heights of School Basketball dizzy heights令人眩晕的高度 the dizzy heights of是习语,指重要的职位,显赫的地位,含有一定的幽默色彩.文章标题表面上用的是常用习语,其含蓄用意却回归在dizzy的本义上(指球员被撞晕),有一语双关之意. -令人眩晕的校园篮球,Reading Practice-3. Skimming ( the first 3 paragraphs),Why is it said that basketball is a safe sports?,the players energy is partly directed upwards, at a 90-degree angle to the ground, and over the heads of the others. So this is less risk of a collision between two players.,Reading Practice-4. Language focus,2. In baseball and American football, the players energy moves _ to the ground and towards their _, so they wear _ which give _ to their heads.,parallel,opponents,helmets,adequate protection,3. Basketball players wear _ which are _ designed to _ energy when they _ into the air , they wear no other protection, just _.,socks and sneakers,specially,absorb,bound,a vest and shorts,If there is _ of direction in their energy, from _ to _, such as when they _ across the court, _ the ball, there is a real danger of personal injury.,an abrupt change,vertical,horizontal,accelerate,bouncing,Semantic map of the first 3 paragraphs,Reading Practice-5. Detailed Reading,Do activity 2, 3, and 4 in your textbook.,Key to activity 2 : D,Key to activity 3 : C,Key to activity 4 : ACCB,Reading Practice-6. Language focus,at the interval Whereas everyone else was tall and slim with short haircut, Joe was short and stout, with long hair and a large belly. make a circuit of the court make a controversial pass commit a foul a suspension of play shot the penalty There were three minutes t