1. Do you know when basketball was invented?

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4. How much do you know about basketball?

5. Question1: How many members( 成员 ) are there in a team? 15

6. Question2: Can you tell a famous basketball player in China? Yao Ming

7. Question 3: Can you tell a famous basketball player in America? Michael Jordan

8. Questions 4: Name a professional basketball organization in America.NBA (The National Basketball Association).

9. Question 5: Can you tell a team in NBA? 休斯敦火箭（ Houston Rockets ） 芝加哥公牛（ Chicago Bulls ）

10. Ying Mu has some questions for you. When was basketball invented? Who was basketball invented by? Where was basketball played in the Olympics?

11. who where what when In 1891 Berlin James Naismith basketball Paragraph 3&5 how? history

12. Basketball was invented by a Canadian doctor named James Naismith, who was born in 1861. When he was at college, his class was once asked to invent a new game that could be played indoors during the long winters. Dr Naismith created a game to be played on a hard wooden floor, so the safety of the players was important. Knocking into players and falling down would be dangerous. It is believed that on December 21st, 1891, the first basketball game in history was played. Then in 1936 in Berlin, it became an Olympic event. A team from China took part, and although they didn’t win they used the experience to help develop the game at home.

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14. Dr Naismith divided the men in his class into two teams, and taught them how to play his new game. The aim of basketball is for players to try to get a ball into the “basket”: a net hanging from a metal hoop. Players shoot from below the basket, and sometimes the “backboard” is used for guiding the ball into the basket. Players move towards one end of the court while throwing the ball to each other. divide …into 把 … 分成 the aim of: 目标 basket: 篮，筐 metal: 金属 below: 在 … 的下面 towards: 向着 Paragraph 4

15. metal hoop backboard the court the wooden floor Equipment about basketball 装备, 器材 basket: a net hanging from a metal hoop

16. Now played everywhere factories for fun and parks school exercise

17. If you travel around China you will notice a very popular activity everywhere you go-basketball. This much-loved and active sport is enjoyed by all, for fun and exercise. The sport of basketball is a little more than a hundred years old. 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. 活跃的 Paragraph1-2

18. This much-loved and active sport is enjoyed by many,. And in China basketball has been played in. Did you know that basketball, the most popular sports in the world, was invented by He divided the men into two teams and taught them how to play his new game. The aim of basketball is. Basketball for fun and exercise parks,schools and in factories James Naismith to get a ball into the basket

19. placetime name Reading strategy mind-mapping change the information into pictures verb

20. Learning strategy: MIND-MAPPING 学习策略 : 脑中构图 ( 使用脑中构图的方法记忆信息. 将你阅读到 的信息构成一副彩色的文字图案. 大脑回忆 “ 图片 ” 比文字信息更容易.) You can use this strategy to remember information. To make a mind-map, change the information you read into a colorful “picture of words”. The brain recalls “pictures” more easily than written information.

21. Who is the best artist? Four students a group, read the passage and draw your group’s mind-mapping.

22. Homework: 1.Memorize the new words. 2.Finish Ex.4 in the Wb.