课件27张PPT。Unit 4Unit 4
Growing upReading IRevisionTranslate them into English:
挂在心上，惦念
2. 怎么了？
3. 长得太大
4. 建完它
5. 那样学
6. 一…就…on one’s mind
What’s up?
grow too big
finish building it
learn that way
as soon as7. 大量信息
8. 他是怎样了解世界的？
9. 我喜欢通过因特网了解世界。
10. 他们不允许我们拍照。They don’t allow us to take photos. a great deal of informationHow does he learn about the world?I like to learn about the world through the Internet.New words1. junior high 初级中学
2. try out for sth. 参加…选拔
e.g. She is trying out for the school play.
她正在参加学校戏剧演员选拔。
3. lose heart 泄气，灰心
4. score vi. vt. 得分
e.g. Frank scored again in the second half.
弗兰克在下半场时再次得分。
5. senior high 高级中学
6. stand n. 看台7. change one’s mind 改变主意
e.g. Nothing will make me change my mind.
什么都不能让我改变主意。
8. leader n. 领导者
9. name vt. 命名
e.g. They named their son John.
他们给儿子起了个名字叫约翰。
10. university n. 大学
11. simply adv. 仅仅；简直12. junior college 两年制专科学校
13. national adj. 国家的
14. championship n. 锦标赛；大赛
15. succeed vi. 成功
succeed in doing sth. 成功地做某事
16. scholarship n. 奖学金
17. although conj. 尽管，虽然
e.g. Although everyone played well, we
lost the game.
尽管每个人都打的不错，我们还是输了。18. graduate vi. 毕业
e.g. She graduated from high school two
years ago.
她两年前高中毕业。
19. force vt. 强迫，迫使
e.g. She forced herself to be polite to them.
她对他们强装客气。
20. league n. 联盟，社团
21. remain vi. 逗留；保持不变
e.g. remain silent 保持沉默22. take notice of 注意，察觉
e.g. Don’t take any notice of what you read
in the papers.
别在意你在报纸上看到的东西。
23. achievement n. 成就，成绩
e.g. They were proud of their children’s
achievements.
他们为孩子们的成绩感到自豪。24. prove vt. 证明
e.g. What are you trying to prove?
你想证明什么？
25. matter vi. 要紧，有重大影响
e.g. The children matter more to her than
anything else in the world.
对她来说，在这个世界上没有比孩子
更重要的了。1. stand ____
2. national ____
3. succeed ____
4. scholarship ____
5. prove ____
6. matter ____Find out the meanings of the words:achieve something that you have been trying to do
b. use facts to show that something is true
c. a place where people stand or sit to watch sports
d. be important
e. of a whole country
f. money given to somebody so that he or she can continue to studyceafbdEnjoy a wonderful part of the NBA!Warm-upWhat qualities do you think an NBA player should have?
Can a man of 170 cm become an NBA player?David likes basketball. The article is about Spub Webb, a retired American NBA player. Read the article and match the information about Spub Webb with the paragraphs. Readinga. Spud was named Player of the Year.
b. Spud got a scholarship from a university.
c. Spud scored 20 points in his first game.
d. Spud became an NBA player in 1985.
e. small Spud had a big dreame c a b dSimon wants to know more about Spub Webb. He is asking David some questions. Read the article again and complete their conversation with the information in the article.Simon: When was Spud Webb born?
David: He was born in (1) __________.
Simon: Was he very tall?
David: No. He was (2) _________________
than the other kids at school.
Simon: When did he become an NBA
player?1963much smallerDavid: He (3) _______ the Atlanta
Hawks in 1985 and became the
(4) ________ player in the NBA at
that time.
Simon: What was his proudest moments?
David: He (5) _____ the Slam Dunk
Contest in 1986. joinedshortestwonSimon: Great! Spud proved that size and
body type really doesn’t (6) ______.
We can do almost anything if we
never (7) ___________.mattergive up In junior high, he was refused to play at first because he was too small, but he
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___________________________________Simon is writing about Spub Webb. Help him find out how Spud did not give up at different stages of his life. did not lose heart. When he finally got the chance, he scored 20 points in the first game.2. In senior high, he often had to sit in the stands because of his height, but he ________________________________
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________________________________practised even harder and got the coach to change his mind. He went on to become leader of the team.3. After he graduated from high school, no university would invite him to play basketball because he was only 170 cm tall. He decided
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____________________________________. to play at a junior college. There he led his team to the national championship 4. After he graduated from university, the NBA was not interested in him because all its players were more than 20 cm taller than he was.
He remained
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____________________________________.in another basketball league for about a year before the NBA took notice of him1. Read aloud the article.
2. Find out the difficult points and discuss them with your classmates.Homework
