Do you often do sports? What sports do you usually do? Can you list eight sports played in China? Do you know them? football National Men Football Team of Chinatable tennisdouble playersbasketballYao MingbadmintonLin DanbilliardDing JunhuitennisgymnasticsXing Aowei swimmingLuo Xuejuanskidding of wheelrankingsportrankbasketballfootballtable tennistennisbadmintonskidding of wheelswimmingbilliard13245678Before readingBefore you read, listen and decide whether these sentences are true or false. 1. basketball is very popular in China. 2. basketball was invented by an American doctor. 3. basketball was at first invented to be played indoors during the long winters. 4. the first basketball game in history was played on November 21st, 1891. Listen readingTTFFreadingNow read and number these events in order. Basketball is popular all over the world. The first basketball game in history was played. Foreign players in Americas NBA increased. Basketball was invented by James Naismith. Basketball became an Olympic event. 12345Without reading the article again, use what you remember from the mind-map to answer the following questions. 1. who invented basketball? 2. why were the Berlin Olympics important for basketball? 3.what is the aim of basketball?4. name a professional basketball organization in America. James Naismith. Because it became an Olympic event. For players to try to get a ball into the “basket”. NBA.homeworkChoose an invention and do research on it. Write a paragraph about the story of it.