1、9A Unit 4 Growing up,Reading 2,To get specific information about Spud Webb through the articleTo learn the useful words and expressionsTo learn to give a brief introduction about someones life,1.参加选拔(或试演) 2.泄气，灰心 3. vt.&vi. 得分 4.改变主意 5. n. 领导者 6. vt. 命名 7. n. 大学 8. adv. 仅仅；简直 9. adj. 国家的 10.成功地做某事,1
2、1.conj.尽管,虽然 12.被强迫做某事 13.vi. 逗留；保持不变 14.注意，察觉 15. n. 成就，成绩 16. vi. 要紧, 有重大影响,Step 1.Review words,Do you know them?,Kobe Bryant,Yao Ming,Spud Webb,Height: 198cm,Height: 226cm,Height: 170cm,What makes a person a wonderful basketball player?,Height?,Skill?,Which is more important to a basketball playe
3、r? Why?,Lets talk about Spud Webbs life:,Step 2.Review the text,Spud Webb was born in the USA in 1963. He was much smaller than the other kids at school. A_ he was small, he had a big dream.While attending junior high, Spud tried out for the school team but failed. He did not lose heart and finally
4、got the chance. He s_ 20 points in his first game, In senior high, he practised even hard and and become the l_ of the team. In his last year,he was n_ Player of the Year in Texas. But no u_ invited him to play basket ball s_because of his height, so he played at a junior college.There he led his te
5、am to the n_championship and this brought him to the attention of North Carolina State University.After he graduated, he was f_ to play in another basketball league.He r_ there for one year before the NBA took notice of him.He had many great a_ later, he proved that size and body type does not m_. N
6、ever give up when you want to do something.,lthough,cored,eader,amed,niversity,imply,ational,orced,emained,chievements,atter,Class activity,Try to retell Spuds life, 4 students a group, each student retell 1 piece of information.,Language points,1. He was very small much smaller than the other kids
7、at school.(Line 1),比较级前可以加much, a little, quite, far,even等副词表示程度或加强比较。如：,Yao Ming is much taller than the other students in his class.,姚明比班上其他学生高的多。,(2013 广东中考)What do you think of the film So Young directed by Zhao Wei? Wonderful. I think its_ than the other films about youth in recent years. the b
8、est B. the worst C.much better D. much worst,2. He practised even harder and got the coach to change his mind.(Line 9),mind作动词，意为“介意，在乎，反对”。mind doing sth.意为“介意做某事”。,mind作名词，意为“想法，意见”。 与mind相关的短语：on ones mind 挂在心上change onee mind 改变主意make up ones mind 下决心,姚明起初想当一名升旗手（flag raiser），但之后他改变了他的主意。,Yao Mi
9、ng wanted to be a flag raiser, but he changed his mind later.,3. As a result, he succeeded in getting a scholarship.(Line18),succeed in doing意为“(在某方面)取得成功；达到目的”。 succeed是动词，其名词形式是success, 形容词为successful，副词为successfully。,姚明成功地加入了上海青年队。,Yao Ming succeeded in joining the Shanghai Youth Team,4.Although
10、he was a great player at university,(Line20) although作连词,表示 “虽然,尽管“,（2013 浙江宁波中考）Look! Some people are running red lights. _others are breaking the rule,we should wait here. A. If B. Whether C. Although D. Because,5. Through hard work, Spud Webb proved that size and body type does not matter. (Line2
11、9) matter 作动词,表示 “要紧,有重大影响“。,(2013湖北武汉中考) Im very sorry. I broke your tea cup _. It doesnt matterYoud better not Take it easy Its too bad,课课练P37,Step 3. Exercises,Do you know him?,How much do you know about him?,Step 4 Introduction,Shanghai in 1980,226cm tall much taller,His dreams change ones mind,
12、flag raiser升旗手,basketball player,He _(参加选拔)the school team, then he_(成功地加入) joining the Shanghai Youth Team.,In junior high,tried out for,succeeded in,He joined the national basketball team, and bacome the _(领导者)of the team, he had many great_ (成就) after that.,When he was 18,leader,achievements,The
13、NBA _(注意到)him, then he joined the NBA in 2002 , he once_(得分)41 points in his game, he was_(命名)the Moving Great Wall.,scored 41 points,NBA,took notice of,scored,named,go on to study in a university,do something to help people,After NBA,Take out a piece of paper, write down Yao Mings life, 4 students
14、a group,each student write down 2 pieces of information.,Class activity,Helen Keller,become blind and deaf at 19 months,at 7 years old,university,become a famous author and speaker,read and write in Braille(盲文)learn to speak,write books and give speechesgraduate with perfect grade,cant understand pe
15、ople or make herself understood,learn and practise Brailleread peoples lips by fingers,be laughed by her classmates,study hard not lose heart,Useful expressions: whilebut/afterhowever practise even harder as a result/ finally lose heart, be refused to succeed in doing, graduate,Helen Keller,become b
16、lind and deaf at 19 months,at 7 years old,university,become a famous author and speaker,read and write in Braille(盲文)learn to speak,write books and give speechesgraduate with perfect grade,cant understand people or make herself understood,learn and practise Brailleread peoples lips by fingers,be lau
17、ghed by her classmates,study hard not lose heart,Useful expressions: whilebut/afterhowever practise even harder as a result/ finally lose heart, be refused to succeed in doing, graduate,Difficulty 2:While Helen was in the university, she was laughed at by her classmates. However, she didnt lose hear
18、t and studied even harder. She wrote books and gave speeches during her school time. As a result, she succeeded in graduating with perfect grades.,Homework,Write an article about how you realized your dream.,What difficulties did you have?How did you overcome the difficulties?What achievements did you make?,Way of writing: the importance of the first and the last paragraphthe order of time in the main bodythe use of contrast,Useful expressions: whilebut/afterhowever practise even harder as a result/ finally lose heart, be refused to succeed in doing, graduate,
