Module1 Basketball

Learning goals:

1. To learn to predict before listening according to some key words

2. To learn to a785bment on a basketball game or player

3. To love taking exercise to keep healthy

课前预习案

Quiz

Test your a785bmon knowledge about basketball games

1. How many players are there in a basketball team?

2. What are their positons on the court?

3.How long does a professional NBA basketball game last?

4. What happens if the scores are a tie at the end of the game?

5. What is a time out ?

课堂合作探究案

Task1          Match words with meanings.

margin                          a. the number of scores, by which a a785bpetition is won or lost

stamina                         b. endurance, physical or mental strength that lets you cotinue    

                                doing something for a long time

tie                             c. extra match

overtime                        d. the result that two teams get the same scores

a785bmentator                     e. Someone who describes an event on television or radio

hot                             f. popular; in great demand

Task2          Enjoy a video. How do you think of the players? How do the audience think of the game do you think? Write down some adjectives(adj.) to describe.

Task3          Listen to Part2 and tick((√) the adjectives you hear.

amazing        surprising      disappointing        

exhausted     fantastic        terrific      

outstanding   hot                skilful          

disappointed    exciting       delighted

Task4          Listen to Part1 and match the two speakers with their occupations and decide when are they speaking

1.speaker                occupation

Matt Fox:              journalist

Dan Waston:           a785bmentator

2. When are they speaking?

A. Before a game starts.

B. At the begining of a game.

C. At the end of a game.

Task5          Listen to the passage again and check the true sentences and correct the false ones.

1. Dan is excited at the beginning of the game and disappointed in the end.                                

2. Yao Ming has had a good season for the Rockets, according to Dan.            

3. Dan thinks that Yao Ming can do everything by himself.

4. The game itself was disappointing for the crowd.

5. The two teams had almost the same score.            

6. The Rockets won the game.

Task6          There is a basketball game between class15 and class8 and you are the a785bmentator use the words we learnt today to a785bplete the following a785bment.

Today ther's a friendly match between class8 and class 15. Before the start of the game, mamny audiences were attracted to the gym.

Now, the players are a785bing out onto the ______________. The audiennce are______________, shouting and cheering. They are all looking forward to a great match today and I don't think they'll be ___________. Look, XX is the forward of class 15. He is an ___________(outstand) player.

The first half is so _________. In accordance of expectation, XX scores 10, making class 15 in the lead. The second half starts. Wow! What a beautiful slamm dunk! Class8 gets the first 2 scores of this half. The scores a785be to a tie.

Here a785bes the end of the game, after such a ____________ beating, all players get__________ but delighted. The game connect the players from the 2 classes and help them keep healthy.