Unit 4 Growing up Reading 1： Never give up 课件20张

Unit4 Growing up
Reading I: Never give up
The shortest player in the NBA
Unit4 Growing up
Reading I: Never give up
The shortest player in the NBA
By Yu Mei,
Xincheng Middle School
Pre-reading
Pre-reading:
What qualities do you think a wonderful basketball player should have?
A wonderful
basketball player
Height
Team
spirit
Speed
Skills
Discussion:
Can a man of 170cm become a wonderful basketball player? Why?
Michael Jordan
Height: 198cm
Yao Ming
Height: 226cm
Kobe Bryant
Height: 198cm
Spud Webb
170cm tall
an NBA point guard
(控球后卫)
nicknamed small potato
won the Slam Dunk Contest in 1986
（扣篮大赛）
Pre-reading
While-reading: skimming
Spud in senior high
Spud in junior high
Introduction to Spud Webb
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Paragraph1________ Paragraph2_________
Paragraph3________ Paragraph4_________
Paragraph5________ Paragraph6_________
Spud proved that size and body type does not matter.
Spud at a junior college
Spud became an NBA player
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e
c
a
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While-reading: skimming
The structure of the passage
Introduction:
Paragraph 1
Main body:
Paragraph 2~5
Conclusion:
Paragraph 6
Spud’s profile（简况）
Four stages（阶段） in Spud’s career
What Spud proved
Introduction: Read Para1 and fill in the form
Name: ____________
Year of birth: _________
Place of birth: _________
Appearance: __________
Dream: ______________
Spud Webb
1963
Texas, the USA
small
play in the NBA
Main body: Listen to the tape and fill in the form
Different stages
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.
NBA
The NBA was not ______ in him so he was _____ to play in another basketball league.
In 1985, he _____ the Atlanta Hawks.
He won the Slam Dunk Contest.
refused
lose heart
chance
20 points
star
leader
No
scholarship
interested
forced
height
mind
named
national
joined
Main body: Find out how Spud didn’t give up at different stages of life
In junior high
Problem
Solution
Result
Spud tried out for the school team but was refused at first because he was too small.
Spud did not lose heart. When he got the chance, he scored 20 points in his first game.
Spud was the star of the team.
Main body: Find out how Spud didn’t give up at different stages of life
In senior high
Problem
Solution
Result
Spud had to sit in the stands because of his height.
Spud practised ever harder and got the coach to change his mind.
Spud became leader of the team and was named Player of the Year in Texas.
Main body: Find out how Spud didn’t give up at different stages of life
Problem
Solution
Result
College/University
No university would invite Spud to play basketball simply because he was 170 cm tall.
Spud decided to play at a junior college and led his team to the national championship.
Spud succeeded in getting a scholarship.
Main body: Find out how Spud didn’t give up at different stages of life
The NBA
Problem
Solution
Result
The NBA was not interested in Spud and he was forced to play in another basketball league after graduation.
Spud remained there for about a year and joined the Atlanta Hawks.
Spud won the Slam Dunk Contest.
Junior high
Senior high
University
NBA
Four stages in Spud’s career
was refused
Main body: Find out how Spud didn’t give up at different stages of life
the star of the team
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
Read for further information:
Can you find out the sentences that show Spud was very short?
He was very small-much smaller than the other kids at school.
He was refused at first because he was too small.
Spud often had to sit in the stands because of his height.
No university would invite him to play basketball simply because
he was only 170 cm tall.
The NBA was not interested in him because all its players were
more than 20 cm taller than he was.
Conclusion: What did Spub prove?
He proved that size and body type does not matter. You can do almost anything if you never give up.
Main body: Find out how Spud didn’t give up at different stages of life
Use one saying to conclude Spud’s life
Post-reading
Post-reading: Discussion
What can we learn from Spud Webb?
Homework
Finish the exercises in the exercise book.
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