Unit6Whenwasitinvented?不但……而且……钦佩；仰慕n.英雄；/'hiərəu/,/'hirəu/男主角adj.职业的；专业的/prə'feʃnl/adv.几乎；差不多/‘niəli/,/‘nirli/notonly…butalso…lookuptoheroprofessionalnearlyWordsandexpressionsHowmuchdoyouknowaboutinternationalbasketballteamsinAmerica?Matchtherightinformation.TheLakersCelticsHoustonRocketsChicagoBulls凯尔特人队芝加哥公牛队火箭队湖人队2aDoyoulikebasketball?Doyouwatchbasketballgames?Howmuchdoyouknowaboutthissport?Discussthesportwithyourpartnerandshareyourideaswiththeclass.•Doyoulikebasketball?•Howmuchdoyouknowaboutbasketball?basketballcourtEquipmentaboutbasketballbasketballmetalhoopbackboardnetwoodenfloor2bReadthepassagequickly.Whatisthemainideaofeachparagraph?MIND-MAPPINGChangingtheinformationyoureadintoamindmapmayhelpyourememberitmoreeasily.LearningstrategyBasketballisamuch-lovedandactivesportthatisenjoyedbymanyforfunandexercise.Itisover100yearsoldandisplayedbymorethan100millionpeopleinover200countries.ItisbelievedthatthefirstbasketballgameinhistorywasplayedonDecember21,1891.Thenin1936inBerlin,itbecameaneventattheOlympics.DoYouKnowWhenBasketballWasInvented?BasketballwasinventedbyaCanadiandoctornamedJamesNaismith,whowasbornin1861.Whenhewasacollegeteacher,hewasaskedtothinkofagamethatcouldbeplayedinthewinter.Dr.Naismithcreatedagametobeplayedinsideonahardfloor.Dr.Naismithdividedthemeninhisclassintotwoteamsandtaughtthemtoplayhisnewgame.Playersonthesameteammustworktogethertogettheballintheotherteam’sbasket.Atthesametime,theyneedtostopthecompetingteamfromgettingtheballintotheirownbasket.Today,thepopularityofbasketballhasrisenaroundtheworld,withmanyyoungpeopledreamingofbecomingfamousplayers.InChina,youcansometimesseepeopleplayingbasketballinparks,schoolsandevenfactories.Basketballhasnotonlybecomeapopularsporttoplay,butithasalsobecomeapopularsporttowatch.AlthoughAmerica’sNBAgamesarethemostfamous,theCBAgamesarebecomingmorepopularinChina.Thenumberofforeignplayers,includingChineseplayers,intheNBAhasincreased.Therearealsomoreandmo...
