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Today we’re going to learn about a famous basketball player in NBA. Guess who he is
Who is he
Stephen Curry
Hight
1.91m
Weight
84kg
He has the most specialized role of any position.
He runs the team's offense by controlling the ball.
What do you know about him
What can you get from the title and pictures
the hard work behind the success
Stephen Curry is successful now
The Road
To Success
Difficulties on the way to success
Success in NBA
Reasons for success
Para 1~3
Para 4
Para 5
Fast reading:
Task 1: Match the main ideas to the paragraphs.
Careful reading:
Read Para.1 : Did Stephen Curry live in a poor or rich family
Find out the evidence.
Near the small town of Grottoes, Virginia, a narrow dirt road goes from the house of Stephen Curry's grandfather to the woods nearby. A far cry from the bright lights and shiny courts of the National Basketball Association (NBA), it was along this road that Stephen’s grandfather built a simple basket by attaching a piece of plastic to a telephone pole.
Near the small town of Grottoes, Virginia, a narrow dirt road goes from the house of Stephen Curry's grandfather to the woods nearby. A far cry from the bright lights and shiny courts of the National Basketball Association (NBA), it was along this road that Stephen’s
grandfather built a simple basket by attaching a piece of plastic to a telephone pole.
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Read Para.1 : Did Stephen Curry live in a poor or rich family
Find out the evidence.
Near the small town of Grottoes, Virginia, a narrow dirt road goes from the house of Stephen Curry's grandfather to the woods nearby. A far cry from the bright lights and shiny courts of the National Basketball Association (NBA), it was along this road that Stephen’s
grandfather built a simple basket by attaching a piece of plastic to a telephone pole.
Read para 1 carefully and answer the question
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Stephen Curry suffered from ________ when he was a kid
poverty
Causes Effects Solutions
with every shot, the _______ plastic backboard _________ Knowing where the ball would go wasn’t _______ ______his own playing style
______and _____ lined the road under the basket caused the ball to _______________ Only shots _____________ its center went into the heavy thick basket. shoot with great
________
Read Para.2 : Complete the chart.
How did Stephen Curry sharpen his skills
Causes Effects Solutions
with every shot, the _______ plastic backboard _________ Knowing where the ball would go wasn’t _______ ______his own playing style
______and _____ lined the road under the basket caused the ball to _______________ Only shots _____________ its center went into the heavy thick basket. shoot with great
________
weak
gave way
bumps
rocks
bounce in all directions
easy
perfectly aiming at
adjust
accuracy
He learnt to be ________ and________ as a player
creative
flexible
Read Para.2 : Complete the chart.
How did Stephen Curry sharpen his skills
Read Para.3 and answer:
How did Curry’s teammates and coaches think of him
A. They thought he could follow in his father’s footsteps.
B. They didn’t think he could continue his father’s glory(光芒).
C. They believed that he was born to be a basketball star.
Despite his father's successful career, Stephen was thought by many people, including his high school teammates and coaches, to be too short, too thin and too weak to follow in his father's footsteps. But Stephen carried on. Playing basketball was his dream. He would not give up. He finally ended up playing college ball at a small, little-known school, Davidson College, not too far from where he lived. His creativity and perseverance made him Davidson's star player.
Davidson College
Selected for the NBA in 2009, Stephen joined the Golden State Warriors
In 2015, Stephen won his first NBA championship, and he led the Warriors to their first championship since 1975.
received the Most Valuable Player award for two years in a row
Careful reading:
What has Stephen Curry achieved
Read Para.5 : Read paragraph 4-5 and answer the questions.
Q1. What’s the philosophy of Stephen
Q2. How did Stephen inspire others
Careful reading:
“ I never really set out to change the game… What I wanted to do was just be myself…I know it inspires a lot of the next generation, a lot of people who love the game of basketball to value the skill of it, value the fact that you can work every single day to get better. You`ve got to be able to put in the time and the work. That`s how I got here. That`s how I continue to get better every single day.”
Read Para.4-5 :
Q1. What’s the philosophy of Stephen
Inspiring others to believe in themselves, Stephen Curry is living proof that what other people think of you doesn’t have to influence what you become. Through self-belief, hard work, perseverance and some help from an old hoop, Stephen Curry has shown that anything is possible.
Read Para.4-5 :
Q2. How did Stephen inspire others
What can we learn from Stephen Curry’s story
A. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
B. Seeing is believing.
C. Anything is possible for a willing heart.
D. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
Careful reading:
What have you learned from doing sport
Write a short short passage (80-100 words) about Stephen Curry’s success.