Unit 4 Growing up Reading 1： Never give up 课件19张

Unit 4
Growing up
Reading (I)

How can a short man become a wonderful basketball player?
Spud Webb
only 170cm tall

Slam Dunk Contest
灌篮大赛
The shortest player in the NBA
Read and answer
Let’s get to know him!
what was Spud's dream?
Did his dream come true?
He wanted to play in the NBA.
Yes.
Let’s get to know him!
outline
Main body
introduction
Conclusion
Read the first sentence of
each paragraph
Para. ____
Para. ____
Para. ____
1
6
2-5
Read and fill
brief introduction
four times in Spud's career
what Spud proved
4
7
6
5
1
2
3
Let’s get to know him!
in junior high
in senior high
at junior college
at university
after he graduated
won slam Dunk Contest
in Atlanta Hawks
school days
NBA days
Let’s get close to him!
Times
At first
Then
Achievements
Junior High
He was _____ to play for the school team.
He did not __________.
He got the _____ and scored _________in his first game. He became the ______ of the team.
Senior High
He had to sit in the stands because of his_______.
He got the coach to change his ______.
He became ______ of the team. In his last year, he was ______Player of the Year in Texas.
College/
University
____ university invited him. He played at a junior college.
He got a _______ from North Carolina State University.
He led his team to the _______ championship.
School days
refused
lose heart
chance
20 points
star
leader
No
scholarship
height
mind
named
national
Some people thought Spud
Webb was lucky because the
chance was waiting for him.
Do you agree with it?
Why or why not?
Chance favors (青睐) only the prepared mind.
Let’s get close to him!
School days
In senior high, Spud often had to sit in the stands because of his height.
a place
_____ can help us understand stand
sit
where people stand or sit to watch sports
Read and guess
Let’s get close to him!
Guess from the context
School days
No university would invite him simply because he was only 170 cm tall.
Let’s get close to him!
If you were Spud Webb, what would you do?
School days
Let’s get close to him!
Read and fill
Spud was 20 cm s______ than the other NBA players. He was f________ to play in another basketball league for a year because of his h______. In 1985, he j_______ the Atlanta Hawks and had many great a____________. His p________ moment came in 1986 ---he won the Slam Dunk contest.

horter
orced
eight
oined
roudest
chievements
NBA days
College
NBA
sit in the stands
Player of the year
was not invited to play
got a scholarship
was forced to play in another league
won the Slam Dunk Contest
the star of the team
was refused
didn't lose
heart
practiced even harder
led his team
to national champion
remained there
Senior high
Junior high
efforts
difficulties
achievements
Let’s get close to him!
At first, he was refused. But he didn’t lose heart. At last, he became the star of the team.
Why can he be a wonderful basketball player?
He can be a wonderful basketball player because...
Let’s get close to him!
skills
catch the chance
never give up
hard
-working
body and size
A wonderful basketball player
Read and answer
He proved that size and body type does not matter.
You can do almost anything if you never give up.
What did Spud prove?
Let’s get close to him!
What can we learn from him?
Let’s learn from him!
Suppose your best friend failed to pass the exam and felt like giving up. Please write a letter to him/her by using Spud’s story to encourage him/her.
First, you can write what you learn from Spud.
Second, you can offer some suggestions.
Useful expressions
I’ve just read an article about ……
He was the shortest player in the NBA but ……
After reading the article, I have learnt that ……
I believe that if ……
When facing difficulties, we should …… instead of ……
As students, we should……
Let’s learn from him!
Search the internet to find out people who have the similar experience with Spud and introduce him or her to us tomorrow.
Homework
a Spud in senior high
b Spud at a junior college
c Spud became an NBA player
d Spud in junior high
Paragraph 2 _________ Paragraph 3_________ Paragraph 4 _________ Paragraph 5 _________
d
a
c
b