2. Junior high Senior high After he graduated from senior high After he graduated from the university The Shortest Player in the NBA

3. DifficultyEffortAchievement Junior high He _____ _____ to play. He didn’t _____ ______. He was the star of the team. Senior high He had to ____ __ ____ ______. He __________ even harder. He was named Player of the Year. After graduating from senior high No university invited him. He decided to play at a _____ ______. He __________ ______ getting the scholarship. After graduating from the university The NBA _____ ________ _____ him. He played in another basketball league. He joined the NBA and won the ____ _____ _________. was refused lose sit in the stands practised junior college Slam Dunk Contest heart succeeded in wasn’t interested in

4. Junior high Senior high After he graduated from senior high After he graduated from the university The Shortest Player in the NBA small big dream

5. Spud was unlucky While attending junior high, Spud tried out for the School team, but he was refused to play. ______ ______ senior high, Spud wanted to join the school team, _____ he ____________________. While …, …, but … While attending buthad to sit in the stands be refused to

6. Spud was unlucky After he graduated from senior high, he wanted to enter the university. However, no university would invite him to play. _____ ___ _________ from the university, he wanted to play in the NBA. _______, the NBA __________ ___________________. After he graduated However was not interested in him After …, … However, … graduate

7. Spud was unlucky After …, … However, … __________ the NBA, he wanted to be the leading player at first. _______, _______________________ ___________________.

8. Spud was hard-working and didn’t give up. he practised even harder. When he was refused by the school team again, When he had to play at a junior college, he played even more games. When NBA was not interested in him, he trained even longer hours.

9. Spud was successful When he finally got the chance, he scored 20 points in his first game. In senior high, Spud practised very hard. ___________________________________. succeed in… Finally, he became leader of the team Finally, he was Player of the Year in Texas _____________________________________.

10. Spud was successful As a result, he succeeded in getting a scholarship. He played very well in another basketball league. ___________, ________________________________. ___________________________________________. _____________, he was the best in the Slam Dunk Contest. As a result the NBA started to take notice of him Spud made many achievements in the NBA. _____________, ____________________________ _______________.

11. successful hard-working popular confident The mostplayer in the NBA The shortest player in the NBA contrast small…big dream She tried out for the school team, but he was refused to play. However, no university would invite him to play basketball.

12. Helen Keller become blind and deaf at 19 months at 7 years old university become a famous author and speaker read and write in Braille( 盲文 ) learn to speak write books and give speeches graduate with perfect grade can’t understand people or make herself understood learn and practise Braille read people’s lips by fingers be laughed by her classmates study hard not lose heart Useful expressions: while…but…/after…however practise even harder as a result/ finally lose heart, be refused to.. succeed in doing, graduate

15. Helen Keller become blind and deaf at 19 months at 7 years old university become a famous author and speaker read and write in Braille( 盲文 ) learn to speak write books and give speeches graduate with perfect grade can’t understand people or make herself understood learn and practise Braille read people’s lips by fingers be laughed by her classmates study hard not lose heart Useful expressions: while…but…/after…however practise even harder as a result/ finally lose heart, be refused to.. succeed in doing, graduate

16. Difficulty 2: While Helen was in the university, she was laughed at by her classmates. However, she didn’t lose heart and studied even harder. She wrote books and gave speeches during her school time. As a result, she succeeded in graduating with perfect grades.

17. Homework Write an article about how you realized your dream. What difficulties did you have? How did you overcome the difficulties? What achievements did you make? Way of writing:  the importance of the first and the last paragraph  the order of time in the main body  the use of contrast Useful expressions: while…but…/after…however practise even harder as a result/ finally lose heart, be refused to.. succeed in doing, graduate