Unit 9When was it invented?

Reading

Do you like basketball? How much do you know about basketball?

basketball court

Equipment about basketball

basketball metal hoop backboard

netwooden floor

Learning strategy: MIND--MAPPING

Learning strategy: MIND-MAPPING

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.

3. After reading3a. Complete the mind-map with the information from the reading.

3a. Complete the mind-map with the information from the reading.

Now played everywherefactories parks schools ___________

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For fun and _______ exercise

Read Paragraph 3,Paragraph 4,answer the questions.BASKETBALL

Equipment

ball

basket __________

backboard ________________

Read Paragraph 3,Paragraph 4,answer the questions.

1.Who invented basketball? 2.Where was the game played at first, indoors or outdoors? 3.What was important for players? 4.How many teams were the men divided into?

5.What is the aim of basketball?

Do you know when basketball was invented?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. 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 get a ball into the “basketball”: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.

Underline the answers to the following questions.

6.When was the first basketball game played? 7.Why were the Berlin Olympics important for basketball? http:// some basketball organizations you know.

Do you know when basketball was invented?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. Since then, the popularity of basketball has risen worldwide, and the number of foreign players in America’s NBA (National Basketball Association) has increased. Basketball has also become a more popular sport for people to watch, and many young people dream of becoming famous basketball players.

1936

HistoryBASKETBALL

James Naismith

December 21st 1891 ____________

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Berlin

THE GAME9 team players two teams __________ get a ball into __________ the basket

200 countries

America

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NBA

Finish the notes of basketballHistory over100

years old

Inventor

Time of the first basketball game Berlin Place where it became an Olympic event Number of people playing

More than 100million people basketball in over 200 countries

a doctor named James Naismith on December 21st, 1891