· To read about the basketball players:
Michael Jordan, Wilt Chamberlain;
· To Learn to enjoy the titles
Procedures
Step 1: Warming up by learning Introduction
Please think about the following questions:
(1)Do you love team sports, such as football, basketball, volleyball?
(2)Can you name some basketball players, at home or abroad? Do you know what positions they play?
(3)What are the forwards doing---attacking or defending?
(4)What is the referee doing?
For reference
Michael Jordan guard, Wilt Chamberlain center, Yao Ming center
attacking
watching and controlling the game
1. Fill in the blank with proper words.
Let’s look at the picture on page 1 and what do the words mean?
For reference
court---the playing area
hoop---the circular metal band which is attached to the backboard and holds the basket
basket---the rope through which the ball must pass in order to score points
slam dunk—one of the shots with which a player can score
2. What is the NBA?
Class, what basketball games do you love watching? Why?
For reference
NBA games, CBA games, exciting, fast and furious, the attractive star players rich in good skills
But do you know the history of the NBA? Let’s read the introduction. And reply to the following questions.
For reference
1. Yes they are now.
2. No, they aren’t. (USA, Canada)
3. The players in a professional team get paid. It is their job to play basketball.
amateur, n., person who practices a sport or artistic skill without receiving money for it
Step 2: Practice for words study
Our school basketball team is awesome. Last year we _________ over 3,000 points. At the start of the season, our two star __________, Yang Hua and Xiao Ping _________ of getting 30 points each in every game. They didn’t manage that, but they _________ about 25 each. The game I remember best is the one where I _______ the ball through the basket six times in the first 15 minutes. Our coach said that was a _______ for our team. When the game was over, everyone jumped out of their seats and _______ for me; they wanted me to sign their programmes. My pen _________ because I had to write fast.
Class, are you familiar with Michael Jordan and Wilt Chamberlain? Here is a poster to introduce the two star players in the USA. Read it and complete Exercise 1.
For reference
1. No, they didn’t.
2. 19cm
3. Jordan
4. 63
5. Consecutive seasons leading scorer
2. Since you have known something about the two basketball players, who would like to compare them in different aspects?
For reference
Michael Jordan was born in 1963 and Wilt Chamberlain was born in 1936. So Jordan was 27years younger than Chamberlain.
Chamberlain joined NBA in 1959 but when Jordan started to play in NBA in 1984, Chamberlain was already out of NBA career.
Shall we get the details of the two famous basketball players? As we have known, they are outstanding and are well thought of in the history of basketball. Read the two titles and they are meaningful. “Michael Jordan--- Head and Shoulder Above the Rest”. Look at yourself, and your head and shoulder are always above the rest of the other parts of your body. It means somebody is much better than others. “Wilt the Stilt --- the Tower of Power” Class, have you ever seen people walk on stilts in the Spring Festival? They are taller than people who don’t. As we know, Chamberlain was even 19 centimeters taller than Jordan. He was not only tall but also full of power and magic on the basketball court.
Comprehension—understanding what you are reading—is important. To read in thought groups is an easy, yet effective, way of improving reading comprehension. (Divide the whole class into two groups) Group A read the first passage about Jordan and group B read the other. And then introduce the basketball player to each other by using the information of the text. (a form of finding topic sentence or general idea of each paragraph)
For reference
Michael Jordan
1. During the 1990’s Michael Jordan was probably the best known athlete in the world.
2. Michael Jordan became the top scorer in the NBA in his first season (1984-1985).
3. Michael Jordan, the second player to score more than 3,000 points in a season, made contributions to the Bulls and the United States Olympic basketball team.
4. Michael Jordan, who once retired from the sport, rejoined the Bulls and was admired by his fans.
5. Michael Jordan opened his own restaurant and even acted in a film.
Wilt Chamberlain
1. Wilt Chamberlain, the first to score more than 3,000 points in a season, used to have various health problems in his childhood.
2. Wilt Chamberlain was much better than all the other players of his generation.
3. Wilt Chamberlain played for four teams and was named the MVP.
4. Wilt Chamberlain held his own record.
5. Wilt Chamberlain deserves the title “outstanding player of his generation”.
Now read the recording of the text. Pay attention to the details while listening and reading.
2. Fill in the form
For reference:
3. Complete the article with one word in each blank
During the 1990s, Michael Jordan was probably the ___________ athlete in the world. He was _________ the most valued player five times. Millions of fans admire his athletic ability, ___________and confidence. Off the basketball __________, Michael Jordan opened his own steak restaurant and he also found ________ as an actor.
The first player to _________ more than 3,000 points in a ________ was Wilt Chamberlain. He is the only NBA player who _________ over 50 points per game for an entire season. There is no _________ that he __________ the title “outstanding player of his generation”.
Step 5: After you read
1. Retell the text
2. Introduce the two famous sportsmen
Useful expressions from Basketball
during the 1990s, the top scorer, play for the Chicago team, be named the most valued player, in the history of, with an average of, seven consecutive seasons, win the NBA title/championship, known as, win the gold medal, retire from sport, admire his athletic ability, motivation and confidence, rescue from, end in a tie/draw, have eyes closed, off the basketball court, have various health problems, at one point, who knows, there is no doubt that, deserve the title
●To learn to describe feelings and emotions
■ Procedures
Step 1: Learn about adjective showing emotions情绪形容词
excited激动的，感到兴奋的 exciting令人激动的／兴奋的
pleased高兴的，满意的 pleasing令人高兴的
worried担心的 worrying令人担心的
encouraged受到鼓舞的 encouraging令人鼓舞的
satisfied满意的 satisfying令人满意的
interested感兴趣的 interesting有意思的，有趣的
amazed(感到)惊奇的 amazing令人惊异的
surprised(感到)惊讶的 surprising令人惊讶的
bored(感到)厌烦的／乏味的 boring单调的，令人乏味的
心理状态动词的-ing形式与-ed形式
1)-ed形式多用来修饰人，描述人的声音、表情或感受；多和人连用，如：an excited girl,/I am tired./He was frightened to death when he heard the news. / He was frightened by the frightening noise. /You looked frightened．
2)-ing形式则多用来修饰事物，描述事物的状态或性质。多和物连用，如：The news is pleasing/exciting./a boring report(一个令人厌烦的报告),a tiring walk（累人的步行）。
1.surprising news 使人吃惊的消息/surprised listeners 吃惊的听众 2. an exciting movie 令人激动的电影 /excited children 激动的孩子3. The teacher told his students a lot of interesting stories. 老师给学生讲了许多有趣的故事。She is interested in Chinese. 她对汉语感兴趣。
但是也有-ing形式和人连用，-ed形式和物连用的现象。过去分词可以修饰事物，特别是与人有关的表情、眼神、眼泪、声音等时，要用过去分词形式。
1. an inspiring leader一位有感召力的领袖
2. an amusing girl一个讨人喜欢的女孩
3. a puzzled expression一种迷惑不解的表情
4. She said in a frightened voice.她用受了惊吓的声音说着话。
Step 2: Use the adjective above to express your feelings and emotions about basketball
1. I was _________ (amaze) when I saw Yao Ming play for the first time.
2. His ability and power are _________ (astonish).
3. Our team lost the match so we were very _____________ (disappoint).
4. The last part of the match was incredibly ___________ (excite).
5. Both of the teams were __________ (exhaust) at the end of the game.
6. Michael Jordan’s decision to retire was __________ (surprise).
Keys: amazed astonishing disappointed exciting exhausted surprising
用括号中动词的适当形式填空：
1. The story was so _____ that nearly everybody was _____ to tears. (move)
2. We are _____ in the novel which is very _____. (interest)
3. I am _____ about the result. I have never spent a more _____ day. (worry)
4. We were all _____ out when we got to the top of the hill. We never thought the climb was so _____. (tire)
5. His kind words were very _____ .Though we had lost the match, we were _____ and were determined to train harder. (encourage)
6. There is a _____ expression on his face and I am _____ what to do. (puzzle)
7. Ten years later，mother and daughter met again, and _____ tears came into their eyes. (excite)
8. Greatly _____ by his words, the boy went up to his teacher，and said “sorry”. (touch)
9. He was so _____ at seeing a tiger that he stood still. (terrify)
10. I am not _____ with either of the two pictures. (satisfy)
Keys: 1.moving; moved 2. interested; interesting 3.worried; worrying 4.tired; tiring
5.encouraging; encouraged 6.puzzled; puzzled 7. excited 8. touched 9. terrified 10.satisfied
● Learn conversion and suffix
Procedures
Step 1: conversion 词性转化
“Conversion” (called sometimes “full conversion”) is a word-formation process by which a word is altered from one part of speech into another without the addition (or deletion) of any morpheme.
词性转化指的是单词从一个词类转到另一个词类而不发生词形变化。
1. noun →verb
paper―to paper the room
mouth―to mouth some phrase
shoulder―to shoulder the heavy load
bandage―to bandage the leg
2. verb→noun
to say something―to have a say
to show ―to give a show
to feel ―to have a feel
to lead―to take a lead
3. adj.→verb
empty―to empty the bag
wrong ―to wrong somebody
slow― to slow down
better―to better your study
4. adv.→verb
back―to back a car
down―to down a plane
near― to near the temple
forward― to forward a message
5. adj.→ noun.
calm― a calm on the sea
high― a new high of the industry
good― a lot of good
right― to tell from right to wrong
Step 2: suffix 后缀
构词法包括合成、派生、转化和缩写简写。词缀是派生的一部分。
The basic part of any word is the root; to it, you can add a prefix at the beginning and/or a suffix at the end to change the meaning. For example, in the word “unflattering,” the root is simply “flatter,” while the prefix “un-” makes the word negative, and the suffix “-ing” changes it from a verb into an adjective (specifically, a participle).
English itself does not use prefixes as heavily as it once did, but many English words come from Latin, which uses prefixes and suffixes (you can use the word affix to refer either to a prefix or a suffix) quite extensively. For example, the words “prefix,” “suffix,” and “affix” themselves are all formed from “fix” by the use of prefixes:
“ad” (to) + “fix” (attached) = “affix”
“pre” (before) + “fix” = “prefix”
“sub” (under) + “fix” = “suffix”
Note that both the “-d” of “ad” and the “-b” of “sub” change the last letter.
Here are some of the most common Latin prefixes (for the meanings of the Latin roots, look up the words in a good dictionary):
ab (away) abrupt, absent, absolve
ad (to) adverb, advertisement, afflict
in (not) incapable, indecisive, intolerable
inter (between, among) intercept, interdependent, interprovincial
intra (within) intramural, intrapersonal, intraprovincial
pre (before) prefabricate, preface prefer
post (after) postpone, postscript, postwar
sub (under) submarine, subscription, suspect
trans (across) transfer, transit, translate
■Goal
●Practise writing a letter
▇ Procedures
Step 1: Read the passage about Yao Ming and answer the questions
Step 2: Ask the students to read and answer individually, then check with a partner
Call back the answers from the whole class.
1 Yes, because he is not aggressive enough.
2 No, they don’t ---they are more polite and not as selfish.
3Yes, he does, but it will take him some time to get used to playing like that.
Step 3: Imagine that the passages about Yao Ming appear in a Chinese newspaper in English. Write a reply.
Dear Editor,
I’m writing in reply to the article about Yao Ming which appeared 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 Ming’s attitude.
In my opinion, the reason why he is so nice is that he is used to the situation he played in China. In the Shanghai Sharks, the whole team played for him and he never had to ask for the ball --- he dominated every game. I believe that Chinese sportsmen and women are as good as --- 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
● Use feeling adjective words to express feelings and emotions
● Practise listening ability
■ Procedures
Step 1: Listening
Listen to the conversation of part 1 and part 2 and choose the correct answers, I will ask the students to read through the questions first. At the beginning, I play the recording only once. At the same time you focus on the questions, then I will play it again for you to answer the questions; you can check with a partner. During the third time you should check, complete and correct. Finally I’ll call back the answers from the whole class.
1. Part 1
2. Part 2
Step 2: Everyday English
1. I’m really looking forward to it.
(a) It’s in front of me.
(b) I’m happy that it’s going to happen.
2. The Rockets and the Bulls are really hot at the moment.
(a) Both teams are playing well.
(b) The temperature is very high.
3. Both teams showed a lot of character.
(a) There were a lot of interesting people in the teams
(b) They played with courage and hard work.
4. The period pf overtime was fast and furious.
(a) Overtime was done very quickly with a lot of effort and energy.
(b) Some of the players got angry.
Keys: 1-4 (b) (a) (b) (a)
■ Goal
● Practise the skills of reading
■ Procedures
Step 1: Warming up
Answer the questions
1. Do you think basketball is a safe or dangerous sport?
2. Have you ever seen or played in a basketball match where someone was hurt?
3. What possible risks are there when you play basketball?
Step 2: Reading
1. Read the passage and choose the sentence which describes the writer’s conclusion best.
(a) Basketball is one of the safest sports.
(b) The players’ energy is partly directed upwards, so there’s less risk of a collision between two players.
(c) Although basketball players wear socks and sneakers which are specially designed to absorb the energy when they bound into the air, they wear no other protection.
(d) If there is an abrupt change of direction in their energy, there is a real danger of personal injury.
Key: (d)
2. Read the passage again and make a semantic map
Basketball
↙ ↘
One of the safest sports but there is a danger
↗ ↗ ↖
Energy direction no other protection abrupt change of direction
↑
Partly upward ↘ ↗ ↖
↑
90 degree angle fast bouncing the ball
↘ ↑ ↘ ↙
less collision danger of personal injury
Step 1: Before you read
Please go over the word list for this module, paying attention to the pronunciation of the word, the relationship between its pronunciation and its spelling.
Step 2: While you read
Cut/ the sentences into thought groups, blacken the predicates, underline the useful expressions and darken the connectives.
Step 3: After you read
Copy all the useful expressions into your Expression Book. You may make sentences with these expressions.
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