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Unit9BasketballEquipment（装备，器材）backboardbasketbasketballcourtThegame19teamplayers2playedindoors（在户内）3onwoodenfloor（木地板）ABHistoryOnDecember21st1891In1936inBerlin1.Whoinventedbasketball?ACanadiandoctornamedJamesNaismith2What’sthenameofa

professionalbasketballorganizationinAmerica?NBA2.Whatistheaimofbasketball?Toget

theballintothebasket.1.WhyweretheBerlinOlympics

importantforbasketball?BasketballbecameanOlympicevent./Forfunandexercise.Paragraph1

IfyoutravelaroundChinayouwillnoticeaverypopularactivityeverywhereyougo–basketball.Thismuch-lovedandactivesportisenjoyedbymany,forfunandexercise.Paragraph2Thesportofbasketballisalittleoverahundredyearsold.Itisplayedbymorethan100millionpeopleinover200countriesincludingChina,wherebasketballhasbeenplayedinparks,schools,andeveninfactories.Paragraph3BasketballwasinventedbyaCanadiandoctornamedJamesNaismith,whowasbornin1861,whenhewasatcollege,hisclasswasonceaskedtoinventanewgamethatcouldbeplayedindoorsduringthelongwinters,DrNaismithcreatedagametobeplayedonahardwoodenfloor,sothesafetyoftheplayerswasimportant.Knockingintoplayerandfallingdownwouldbedangerous.Paragraph4DrNaismithdividedthemeninhisclassintotwoteamsandtaughtthemhowtoplayhisnewgame,Theaimofbasketballisforplayerstogetaballintothe“basket“.anethangingfromametalhoop,playersshootfrombelowthebasketandmayusethe“backboard“forguidingtheballintothebasket.Playersmovetowardsoneendofthecourtwhilethrowingtheballtoeachother.Paragraph5ItisbelievedthatonDecember21st,1891,thefirstbasketballgameinhistorywasplayed.Thenin1936inBerlin,itbecameanOlympicevent.AteamfromChinatookpart,andalthoughtheydidn’twintheyusedtheexperiencetohelpdevelopthegameathome,Sincethen,thepopularityofbasketballhasrisenworldwide,andthenumberofforeignplayersinAmerica’sNBA(NationalBasketballAssociation)hasincreased.Basketballhasalsobecomeamorepopularsportforpeopletowatch,andmanyyoungpeopledreamofbecomingfamousbasketballplayers.Now

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everywherefactoriesforfunandparksschoolsexercise200countriesAMERICANBAGeneralidea

BasketballisPeopleplaybasketballinJamesNaismithinventedagame,ThegameHedividedplayersintotwoteams,TheplayersIn1892In1936inBerlinAteamfromChinatookpart.InAmerica’sNBAManyyoungpeoplewanttobebasketballplayer.footballFootballisthemostpopularsportintheworldandisplayedonvirtuallyeverycorneroftheplanet.ThesportwasintroducedinAmericaasearlyas1620,whenthePilgrimswereknowntoplayaformofsocceronthecoastofMassachusetts.In1884,theAmericanFootballAssociationwasformedtoorganizemanymatchesintheeasternpartofthecountrytopopularizethesportintheUnitedStates.Soonafter,theUnitedStatesandCanadaplayedagameayearagainsteachotherinthelate1800s,representingthefirstinternationalcompetitioninsocceroutsideofGreatBritain.In1996,women’ssoccerwasintroducedasanOlympicsportforthefirsttime,withtheU.S.winningthegoldmedal.1WhenwasitintroducedinAmerica?2WhenwasAFAformed?3WhenwastheWomen'ssoccerintroducedinOlympics?ThesportwasintroducedinAmericaasearlyas1620.In1884,theAmericanFootballAssociationwasformedIn1996,women’ssoccerwasintroducedasanOlympicsportforthefirsttime.Enjoysports,enjoylife,enjoyyourself!Homework:SurftheInternettogetsomeinformationaboutasportyoulikeandwriteitdown.

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●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●IfyoutravelaroundChinayouwillnoticeaverypopularactivityeverywhereyougo–basketball.Thismuch-lovedandactivesportisenjoyedbymany,forfunandexercise.Thesportofbasketballisalittleoverahundredyearsold.Itisplayedbymorethan100millionpeopleinover200countriesincludingChina,wherebasketballhasbeenplayedinparks,schools,andeveninfactories.BasketballwasinventedbyaCanadiandoctornamedJamesNaismith,whowasbornin1861,whenhewasatcollege,hisclasswasonceaskedtolongwinters,DrNaismithcreatedagametobeplayedonahardwoodenfloor,sothesafetyoftheplayerswasimportant.Knockingintoplayerandfallingdownwouldbedangerous.DrNaismithdividedthemeninhisclassintotwoteamsandtaughtthemhowtoplayhisnewgame,Theaimofbasketballisforplayerstogetaballintothe“basket“.anethangingfromametalhoop,playersshootfrombelowthebasketandmayusethe“backboard“forguidingtheballintothebasket.Playersmovetowardsoneendofthecourtwhilethrowingtheballtoeachother.ItisbelievedthatonDecember21st,1891,thefirstbasketballgameinhistorywasplayed.Thenin1936inBerlin,itbecameanOlympicevent.AteamfromChinatookpart,andalthoughtheydidn’twintheyusedtheexperiencetohelpdevelopthegameathome,Sincethen,thepopularityofbasketballhasrisenworldwide,andthenumberofforeignplayersinAmerica’sNBA(NationalBasketballAssociation)hasincreased.Basketballhasalsobecomeamorepopularsportforpeopletowatch,andmanyyoungpeopledreamofbecomingfamousbasketballplayers.

Basketballisverypopular,it’salittleoverahundredyearsold,peopleplaybasketballinparks,schoolsandeveninfactories.JamesNaismithinventedagamethatwasplayedindoorsandonwoodenfloor.hedividedplayersintotwoteams,eachteamhasnineplayers.theplayergetaballintothebasket.In1892,thefirstbasketballgamewasplayed.In1936inBerlin,itbecameanOlympicevent.AteamfromChinatookpart.Manyyoungpeoplewanttobebasketballplayer.1WhenwasitintroducedinAmerica?2WhenwasAFAformed?3WhenwastheWomen'ssoccorintroducedinOlympics?

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