1、Unit 4,Unit 4 Growing up,Reading I,Revision,Translate them into English:挂在心上，惦念 2. 怎么了？ 3. 长得太大 4. 建造完它 5. 那样学 6. 一就,on ones mind Whats up? grow too big finish building it learn that way as soon as,7. 大量信息8. 他是怎样了解世界的？9. 我喜欢通过网络了解世界。10. 他们不允许我们拍照。,They dont allow us to take photos.,a great deal of i
2、nformation,How does he learn about the world?,I like to learn about the world through the Internet.,New words,1. junior high 初级中学 2. try out for sth. 参加选拔e.g. She is trying out for the school play. 她正在参加学校戏剧演员选拔。 3. lose heart 泄气，灰心 4. score vi. vt. 得分e.g. Frank scored again in the second half.弗兰克在下
3、半场时再次得分。 5. senior high 高级中学 6. stand n. 看台,7. change ones mind 改变主意e.g. Nothing will make me change my mind.什么都不能让我改变主意。 8. leader n. 领导者 9. name vt. 命名e.g. They named their son John.他们给儿子取名叫约翰。 10. university n. 大学 11. simply adv. 仅仅；简直,12. junior college 两年制专科学校 13. national adj. 国家的 14. champion
4、ship n. 锦标赛；大赛 15. succeed vi. 成功succeed in doing sth. 成功地做某事 16. scholarship n. 奖学金 17. although conj. 尽管，虽然e.g. Although everyone played well, we lost the game.尽管每个人都打的不错，但我们还是输了。,18. graduate vi. 毕业e.g. She graduated from high school two years ago.她两年前高中毕业。 19. force vt. 强迫，迫使e.g. She forced hers
5、elf to be polite to them.她对他们强装客气。 20. league n. 联盟，社团 21. remain vi. 逗留；保持不变e.g. remain silent 保持沉默,22. take notice of 注意，察觉e.g. Dont take any notice of what you read in the papers.别在意你在报纸上看到的东西。 23. achievement n. 成就，成绩e.g. They were proud of their childrens achievements.他们为孩子们的成绩感到自豪。,24. prove v
6、t. 证明e.g. What are you trying to prove?你想证明什么？ 25. matter vi. 要紧，有重大影响e.g. The children matter more to her than anything else in the world.对她来说，在这个世界上没有比孩子更重要的了。,1. stand _2. national _3. succeed _4. scholarship _5. prove _6. matter _,Find out the meanings of the words:,achieve something that you ha
7、ve been trying to do b. use facts to show that something is true c. a place where people stand or sit to watch sports d. be important e. of a whole country f. money given to somebody so that he or she can continue to study,c,e,a,f,b,d,Enjoy a wonderful part of the NBA!,Warm-up,What qualities do you
8、think an NBA player should have? Can a man of 170 cm become an NBA player?,David likes basketball. The article is about Spub Webb, a retired American NBA player. Read the article and match the information about Spub Webb with the paragraphs.,Reading,a. Spud was named Player of the Year. b. Spud got
9、a scholarship from a university. c. Spud scored 20 points in his first game. d. Spud became an NBA player in 1985. e. small Spud had a big dream,e,c,a,b,d,Simon wants to know more about Spub Webb. He is asking David some questions. Read the article again and complete their conversation with the info
10、rmation in the article.,Simon: When was Spud Webb born? David: He was born in (1) _. Simon: Was he very tall? David: No. He was (2) _than the other kids at school. Simon: When did he become an NBA player?,1963,much smaller,David: He (3) _ the AtlantaHawks in 1985 and became the (4) _ player in the N
11、BA at that time. Simon: What was his proudest moments? David: He (5) _ the Slam Dunk Contest in 1986.,joined,shortest,won,Simon: Great! Spud proved that size andbody type really doesnt (6) _.We can do almost anything if we never (7) _.,matter,give up,In junior high, he was refused to play at first b
12、ecause he was too small, but he _,Simon is writing about Spub Webb. Help him find out how Spud did not give up at different stages of his life.,did not lose heart. When he finally got the chance, he scored 20 points in the first game.,2. In senior high, he often had to sit in the stands because of h
13、is height, but he _,practised even harder and got the coach to change his mind. He went on to become leader of the team.,3. After he graduated from high school, no university would invite him to play basketball because he was only 170 cm tall. He decided _.,to play at a junior college. There he led
14、his team to the national championship,4. After he graduated from university, the NBA was not interested in him because all its players were more than 20 cm taller than he was. He remained _.,in another basketball league for about a year before the NBA took notice of him,1. Read aloud the article. 2. Find out the difficult points of reading part.,Homework,
