Unit 4 Reading The history of basketball
一、教学内容：
本篇文章重点单词和词组：
invent 发明 inventor发明者，发明家
court球场
factory工厂 challenge向?挑战 indoors在室内 hard硬的 wooden木质的 hoop篮圈
basket篮
touch接触、碰撞
balcony看座、看台
divide 分、分开 backboard篮板 compete竞争、对抗
earn挣得
replace替代、替换
NBA（National Basketball Association ）全美篮球协会 increase增加，增长
separate 分、分开
non－contact sport互不接触的运动 divide into 把…分成 in history在历史上 stop ? from …阻止 be replaced by 被?取代 much more 更加，更不用说 课文大意：
请大家看一下练习题的第二道，从这个题我们可以了解到文章的大意，即篮球发展的历史过程：
In 1861 , basketball’s inventor was born.
In 1891 , the first game of basketball was played. In 1936 , basketball became an Olympic event.
Since 1949 , basketball courts have been seen everywhere in factories , schools , and even houses in China.
二. 重点、难点：
1. China is a large country with many different and interesting ways of doing things. with在这里表情况
在中国这样一个大国里，各种不同的做事方式无奇不有
2. But people who travel around China can always see one thing that is the same everywhere basketball.
在本句中出现了两个定语从句 （1）Who travel around China （2）that is the same everywhere 分别修饰people 和one thing
翻译时应把定语从句放在所修饰词的前面
但在中国旅游的人总能看到一样东西各处都是一样的－－篮球
3. This much - loved sport is enjoyed by men and women , and by young and old.
（1）much - loved为合成词，深受人喜爱的，是个形容词 类似的词有kind-hearted热心肠的warm-hearted near-sighted近视眼的 three-legged 三条腿的
（2）be enjoyed by为被动语态，应译为“被…喜爱的，深受…喜爱的”
（3）young 和old在这里被用作名词，应译为年轻人和老人 这项运动深受男女老幼的喜爱
4. The sport of basketball is a little over a hundred years old. a little over应译为稍多于
5. Since 1949 , basketball courts have been seen everywhere. have been seen 是现在完成时被动语态 它的构成为主语＋have / has / been +过去分词
自从1949年，篮球场已经在中国的工厂，学校甚至家庭中随处可见。 6. Millions of people play the sport for fun and exercise , but few people know how
basketball started. （1）million
当我们说一百万、两百万、三百万…时，million不变复数 one / a million ， 2 million 3 million 而说“数以百万计”的，million 应变复数 millions of （2）few 几乎没有 few+可数名词
上百万的人出于娱乐和锻炼的目的打篮球，但很少有人知道篮球的起源 7. Basketball was invented by a Canadian doctor. was invented by 是一般过去时的被动语态，应译成被发明 其句式是主语＋was / were ＋过去分词＋by短语
8. his teacher challenged the class to invent a new game challenge （1）n. 名词，挑战 It’s really a challenge for me. 这对我来说确实是个挑战。
（2）v. 动词＝ask someone to do something different , challenge sb to a game of tennis. 要求某人参加网球比赛
She challenged the newspaper to prove its story. 她要求这家报纸证实报道的真实性
9. the teacher wanted a game that people could play indoors. （1）indoor形容词，在室内进行或放置的，适用于室内的 indoor games , activities 室内游戏、活动 （2）indoors 副词，在室内，往室内 go / stay indoors 进/留在屋内
10. But he wanted the game to be a non-contact sport because it would be played on hard wooden floors
would be played 为过去将来时被动语态 其构成为would + be + 过去分词
11. If people touched , they could fall down and get hurt . 如果人们互相接触的话，他们就会摔倒并且受伤。
get hurt 也可以说be hurt , get为系动词，hurt为过去分词
12. He put them high on the balcony where people sat looking down at the players
他把它们（篮筐）放在比较高的位置，这样人们（观众）就可以坐在看台上俯视篮球运动员了。
（1）Where people sat looking down at the players. 这部分为定语从句，修饰前面的balcony. （2）looking down 为现在分词，表伴随的动作