新目标英语9年级课件 unit9 Reading new.pptVIP

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. 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. Now 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 America’s NBA increased. Basketball was invented by James Naismith. Basketball became an Olympic event. 2.Basketball was invented by a Canadian doctor named Naismith, who was born in 1861. Homework A. 1. Choose an invention and do research on it. Write a paragraph about the story of it. 2. Read the passage again and ask more questions according to the passage. B. 1. Retell the story by using the mind-map. 2. Make sentences with the number of, a (great) number of, be invented by, be asked to do, be divided into, be used to do It is played by more than 100 million people in over 200 countries including China, where basketball has been played in parks, schools, and even in factories. 2. Basketball was invented by a Canadian doctor named James Naismith, who was born in 1861. 4. A team from China took part, and although they didn’t win they used the experience to help develop the game at home. Key phrases 1.a little over a hundred years old: just more than a hundred years old 刚刚超过100年 2. knock into sb. 撞在某人身上 3. fall down: to fall to the ground?摔倒 4.devide… into…: make sth. into several parts 把…分成… 5. the aim of sth: the goal of sth …的目的 6. since then: from then on 从那时起 7. the number of foreign players 外国球员的人数 8. throw the ball to each other 相互传球 Paraphrase