basket

basket---the rope through which the ball must pass in order to score points

slam dunk-one of the shots with which a player can score

1. What is the NBA?

Class, what basketball games do you love watching? Why?

For reference

NBA games, CBA games, exciting, fast and furious, the attractive star players rich in good skills

But do you know the history of the NBA? Let's read the introduction. And reply to the following questions.

For reference

1. Yes they are now.

2. No, they aren't. (USA, Canada)

3. The players in a professional team get paid. It is their job to play basketball.

amateur, n., person who practices a sport or artistic skill without receiving money for it

Step 2: Practice for words study

average break dream head play record score throw Our school basketball team is awesome. Last year we _________ over 3,000 points. At the start of the season, our two star __________, Yang Hua and Xiao Ping _________ of getting 30 points each in every game. They didn't manage that, but they _________ about 25 each. The game I remember best is the one where I _______ the ball through the basket six times in the first 15 minutes. Our coach said that was a _______ for our team. When the game was over, everyone jumped out of their seats and _______ for me; they wanted me to sign their programmes. My pen _________ because I had to write fast.

Keys: scored players dreamed/dreamt averaged threw record headed broke