Unit4Growingup

TheShortestplayerintheNBAReadingAreyougoodatit?Doyoulikeplayingbasketball?Howoftendoyouplaybasketball?Doyouknowthem?KobeBryantYaoMingSpudWebbHeight:198cmHeight:226cmHeight:170cmWhatmakesapersonawonderfulbasketballplayer?Height?Skill?Whichismoreimportanttoabasketballplayer?Why?Let’sreadthearticle—

TheshortestplayerintheNBAMatch1stand2national3succeed4scholarship5prove6matteraachievesomethingthatyouhavebeentryingtodobusefactstoshowthatsomethingistruecaplacewherepeoplestandsittowatchsportsdbeimportanteofawholecountryfmoneygiventosomebodythatheorshecontinuetostudyMatchthewordsontheleftwiththemeaningsontheright.aSpudWebbnamedPlayeroftheYearbSpudgotascholarshipfromauniversitycSpudscored20pointsinhisfirstgamedSpudbecameanNBAplayerin1985esmallSpudhadabigdreamParagraph1_________Paragraph2_________Paragraph3_________Paragraph4_________Paragraph5_________ecabdTherearesomeimportantinformationonSpudWebb’sbasketballcareer.Readthearticleandwritethecorrectlettersintheblanks.B21.SpudwantedtoplayintheNBAwhenhewasaboy.2.Withhiswonderfulperformance,SpudwasnamedPlayeroftheYearinTexasmorethanonce.3.Spuddidn’tleaveanotherbasketballleaguetotheNBAuntil1985.4.Spud’sexperiencetaughtusthatwecansucceedaslongaswenevergiveup.Detailreading(Para.1)Tellthemtrue(T)orfalse(F).1.SpudWebbwasborninNewYork,theUSA.2.Hewasverytall.3.Hehadabigdream—hewantedtoplayintheCBA.FFFAnswerthefollowingquestions:1.WhywasSpudWebbrefusedtoplayfortheschoolteam?2.Didheloseheart?3.Howmanypointsdidhescoreinhisfirstgame?Becausehewastoosmall.No,hedidn’t.Hescored20points.Detailreading(Para.2)Fillintheblanks.

Inseniorhigh,Spudoftenhadtositinthe_____becauseofhis_______.Hepractisedeven______andgotthe______tochangehis_______.Spudwent_____tobecome_____oftheteam.Inhislastyearofseniorhigh,hewas____________oftheYearinTexas.Detailreading(Para.3)PlayernamedleaderonmindcoachharderstandsheightWhathappenedtoSpudWebb?Nouniversitywouldinvitehimtoplaybasketballsimplybecausehewasonly170cmtall.Hedecidedtoplayatajuniorcollege.Thereheledhisteamtothenationalchampionship…Detailreading(Para.4)ReadParagraph4andfindouttheanswertothequestion.1.FindoutthemainideaofParagraph5.SpudWebbbecameanNBAplayerin1985.Detailreading(Para.5-6)2.Discuss:WhatcanwelearnfromSpudWebb?Nevergiveup.hard-workingconfident……Simon:WhenwasSpudWebbborn?David:Hewasbornin(1)_______.Simon:Washeverytall?David:No.hewas(2)_____________thantheotherkidsatschool.Simon:WhendidhebecomeanNBAplayer?David:He(3)________theAtlantaHawksin1985andbecamethe(4)__________playerintheNBAatthattime.Simon:Whatwashisproudestmoment?David:He(5)________theSlamDunkContestin1986.Simon:Great!Spudprovedthatsizeandbodytypereallydoesn’t(6)________.Wecandoalmostanythingifwenever(7)_________.1963muchsmallerjoinedshortestwonmattergiveupSimonwantstoknowmoreaboutSpudWebb.HeisaskingDavidsomequestions.Completetheirconversationwiththeinformationinthearticle.B31.Injuniorhigh,hewasrefusedtoplayatfirstbecausehewastoosmall,buthe_________________________________________________________________________.2.Inseniorschool,heoftenhadtositinthestandsbecauseofhisheightbuthe_____________________________________________________________________________.

didnotloseheart.Whenhefinallygotthechance,hescored20pointsinhisfirstgame

practisedevenharderandgotthecoachtochangehismind.HewentontobecomeleaderoftheteamB4SimoniswritingaboutSpudWebb.HelphimfindouthowSpuddidnotgiveupatdifferentstagesofhislife.

3.Afterhegraduatedfromhighschool,nouniversitywouldinvitehimtoplaybasketballbecausehewasonly170cmtall.Hedecided_____________________________________________________________.4.Afterhegraduatedfromuniversity,theNBAwasnotinterestedinhimbecauseallitsplayersweremorethan20amtallerthanhewas.Heremained__________________________________________________.

inanotherbasketballleagueforaboutayearbeforetheNBAtooknoticeofhim

toplayatajuniorcollege.ThereheledhisteamtothenationalchampionshipSpudWebbYear&placeofbirthTexas,1963Height170cmDreamplayintheNBAJuniorHightryout,berefusedto,score20points,staroftheteamSeniorHighsitinthestands,changehismind,becomeleaderoftheteam,PlayeroftheYearCollege/Universityinviteto,ajuniorcollege,leadto,bringhimtotheattentionof,succeedinNBAbeinterestedin,beforcedto,takenoticeof,theAtlantaHawks,greatachievements,hisproudestmomentWhatheprovedhardwork,doesnotmatter,nevergiveupClassactivityTrytoretellSpud’slifewiththehelpofinformationmentionedinthetable.Languagepoints1.Hewasverysmall—muchsmallerthantheotherkidsatschool.比較級前可以加much,alittle,quite,even等副詞表示程度或加強比較。如：Shanghaiismuchbiggerthanmyhometown.上海比我的家鄉大多了。Hepractised

evenharderandgotthecoachtochangehismind.他訓練更加刻苦，終于使教練改變了看法。2.Hepractisedevenharderandgotthecoachtochangehismind.mind作動詞，意為“介意，在乎，反對”。minddoingsth.意為“介意做某事”。mind作名詞，意為“想法，意見”。與mind相關的短語：

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Ihopeyoudon’tmind.你介意照顧一下我的孩子嗎？Wouldyoumindlookingaftermychild?3.Asaresult,hesucceededingettingascholarship.succeed

indoing意為“(在某方面)取得成功；達到目的”。succeed是動詞，其名詞形式是success,形容詞為successful，副詞為successfully。根據漢語意思完成句子。王誠成功地在競賽中獲勝。WangCheng___________winningthecompetition.

succeededin4.Throughhardwork,SpudWebbprovedthatsizeandbodytypedoesnotmatter.matter用作動詞，意思是“要緊，有重大影響”。如：Thejobmattersmoretohimthananythingelse.對他來說，這份工作比其他什么都重要。

matter用作名詞時，表示“毛病，麻煩事”，常用于句型What’sthematterwithsb./sth.?Reflection1.tryoutfor…2.loseheart3.fromthenon4.changeone’smind5.succeedindoingsth.6.takenoticeof…7.Althoughhwwasagreatplayeratuniversity,theNBAwasnotinterestedinhimbecauseallitsplayersweremorethan20cmtallerthanhewas.Nowtwominutestotestyourspelling.SpellingBee1.English-Chinesejuniorhighremainnationalstandsimplyleaderuniversityloseheart2.Chinese-English

得分成功能做某事改變主意證明強迫，迫使命名要緊，有重大影響Whenfinished,exchangeyourpaperstoseewhodoesthebest.1.They______theirchildJohn.2.Shehopestogoto________nextyear.3.The