First College Basketball Game

　　The first ever college basketball game was played on January 18, 1896, when the University of Iowa invited student athletes from the new University of Chicago for an experimental game. Final score: Chicago 15, Iowa 12, a bit different from the hundred­point scores of today.

　　In 1963, college games were first broadcast on national TV, but it wasn't until the 1980s that sports fans ranked basketball up there with football and baseball.

　　Section_ⅠIntroduction_&_Reading-Pre­reading

　　[原文呈现] 　　[读文清障] 　　Michael Jordan

　　- Head and Shoulders Above the Rest! During the 1990s, Michael Jordan was probably the best­known① athlete in the world. He was the top scorer② in the NBA, and played for the Chicago Bulls from 1984 to 1993. He was named their most valued③ player five times. Wearing his famous number 23 shirt④， Michael Jordan became the most successful basketball player in the history of⑤ the game.

　　Jordan was born in New York and grew up⑥ in North Carolina. He attended⑦ the University of North Carolina for a year before leaving to join the Chicago Bulls. He finished his first season (1984－1985) as one of the top scorers in the league, with an average of⑧ 28.2 points per⑨ game.

　　In 1987, Jordan became only the second player to score⑩ more than 3,000 points in a season. He was the top scorer in the NBA for seven consecutive⑪ seasons (1987－1993). During this time, the average number of points he scored⑫ was more than 30 points per game. With him, the Bulls won their first NBA championship in 1991. During this successful period they won the title⑬ again in 1992 and 1993. Jordan was also in the United States Olympic Basketball Team, known as "the Dream Team"， which won the gold medal⑭ at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain⑮.

　　 　　①best­known最著名的

　　well­known著名的

　　②scorer/'skɔːrə/n.(进球得分的)运动员

　　the top scorer顶尖球员

　　③valued/'væljuːd/adj.有价值的

　　valuable adj.贵重的，有价值的

　　valueless adj.无价值的；没有用的

　　value vt.重视，珍惜n.价值

　　④现在分词短语Wearing his famous number 23 shirt作状语。

　　⑤in the history of在......历史上

　　⑥grow up成长，长大

　　⑦attend/ə'tend/v.上(学)

　　attend to处理，照料

　　⑧with an average of平均为......

　　⑨per/pə/prep.每

　　⑩the＋序数词＋n.＋to do第几个做......的......

　　⑪consecutive/kən'sekjʊtIv/adj.连续的，不间断的

　　⑫he scored是省略了that/which的定语从句。

　　⑬title/'taItl/n.(重大体育比赛中的)冠军

　　title的常见意思是"头衔，称号；标题"。

　　⑭gold medal金牌

　　silver medal银牌　bronze medal铜牌

　　⑮过去分词短语known as ...作后置定语，意思是"被称为，作为......而闻名"。

　　 which won the gold medal ...是非限制性定语从句，修饰"the Dream Team"。