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ReadingⅡ
The shortest player in the NBA
What do you think of Grade 9?
Free talk
Some students may feel stressed/ tired/ angry…
How can you relax yourself in your spare time?
Reading books, listening to music ,doing sports…
Yao Ming was born in Shanghai in 1980. He is very good at playing basketball ,so the NBA took notice of him. Yao joined the Houston Rockets in 2002 and succeeded in becoming the best Chinese player to ever play in the NBA. He had many achievements, the best moment in his career was in 2004- he scored 41 points in a game against the Atlanta Hawks.
Unluckily, he was badly hurt many times, and was forced to leave the NBA in 2011,but he didn’t lose heart. Although he sits in the stands , he has never stopped his love of basketball.
take notice of him
succeed in becoming the best Chinese player
have many achievements
score points
be forced to leave the NBA
lose heart
sit in the stands
inTexas, the USA
in 1963
much smaller than the other kids
play in the NBA
Spud Webb
Who is mentioned in the passage?
Year & place of birth
Height
Dream
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Small Spud had a big dream.
Spud scored 20 points in his first game.
Spud was named Player of the Year.
Spud got a scholarship from a university.
Spud became an NBA player in 1985
Skimming
In junior high:____________________
In senior high: ____________________
At a junior college:_________________
At university:______________________
Joined the NBA:____________________
What achievements did Spud have?
the star of the team
Player of the Year in Texas
the national championship
succeed in getting a scholarship
win the Slam Dunk Contest
What do you think makes a wonderful basketball player?
Height
Skills
Team spirit
Practice
Interest
Discussion
Para 2. In junior high, he was refused to play at first because he was too small, but he
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Para 3. In senior school, he often had to sit in the stands because of his height but he _____________________________________
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did not lose heart. When he finally got the chance, he scored 20 points in his first game
practised even harder and got the coach to change his mind. He went on to become leader of the team
Can you find out how Spud did not give up at different stages of his life?
Scanning
Para 4. After he graduated from high school, no university would invite him to play basketball because he was only 170cm tall. He decided ___________________________________
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Para 5. 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 him
to play at a junior college. There he led his team to the national championship
What did Spud Webb prove?
How did he prove that?
He proved that size and body type does not matter– you can do almost anything if you never give up.
Through hard work.
Conclusion
What can we learn from
Spud Webb?
Discussion
Hard work leads to success.
There is but one secret to success– never give up!
成功的秘诀只有一个-永不言弃!
Nothing is impossible for a willing heart.
辛苦的努力通往成功。
有志者事竟成。
Proverbs
Life is a journey.
Whatever problems you meet, whenever you meet them,
don’t be afraid of them.
Just try hard to solve them.
Believe that you can do almost anything if you never give up!
Teachers’ words
Translation
1.这个故事证明他很容易失去信心。
This story ______that it was easy ____ him to ____ ____
2.Black 先生写了一封信,接着看电视里的篮球赛。
Mr. Black _______ a letter first, and then he _____ _____ _____ ________ the basketball match on TV.
3.尽管他通过努力进入了校队,但是却一点也不高兴。
_______ he got into the school team _________ hard work, he was not happy at all.
4.这些男孩又成功地搭建了一个帐篷,这个帐篷比上一个大得多。
These boys __________ _______ ________ up a tent again. This tent was ______ _______ than the last one.
5.结果,我被迫改变了主意。
___ ____ _______, I ____ ______ ____ _______ my _____.
proved
for lost heart
wrote
went on
to watch
Although
through
succeeded in putting
much larger
As a result
was forced to change mind