Yao Ming

Do you know them?

Yi Jianlian

Kobe Bryant

Tracy McGrady

Kevin Garnett

Steve Nash

Dirk Nowitzki

LeBron James

What does NBA stand for?

NBA stands for the National Basketball Association.

What do you know more about NBA?

美国男子篮球职业联赛。 1891 年，美国人詹姆斯 · 奈史密斯博士，为了给学生们找一个冬季体育锻炼的方式，在 1891 年用 2 只破筐和一个破足球创造了篮球运动，这才有了今天的 NBA 。 NBA 成立于 1946 年 6 月 6 日。成立时叫 BAA ，即全美篮球协会，是由十一家冰球馆和体育馆的老板为了让体育馆在冰球比赛以外的时间，不至于闲置而共同发起成立的。

ASK AND ANSWER

1 Are the NBA and the BAA the same organization?

Yes, they are now.

2 Are all the NBA teams in the same country?

No, they aren’t.

3 What is the difference between an amateur team and a professional team?

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

Basketball

A team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling (投进 ) a ball through a 10 feet (3m) high hoop (the goal) under organized rules. Basketball is one of the most popular and widely viewed sports in the world.

Basketball is very popular in America. Most people enjoy watching NBA games

in their spare time.

hoop

forward

refereeguard

Basketball court

slam dunk

basket

1. A _____ is the playing area.

2. A _____ is the circular metal band which is attached to the backboard and holds the basket.

3. A _____ is the rope through which the ball must pass in order to score points.

4. A _________ is one of the shots with which a player can score.

court

hoop

basket

slam dunk

5. A _____ is a defending player who tries to stop the forwards scoring.

6. A ______ is the person who controls the game.

7. A _______ is an attacking player, who tries to score points.

guard

referee

forward

Do you like playing basketball? Why or why not?

Discussion

boring complicated dangerous exciting fast simple slow

Which of these words would you use to describe basketball?

Now let’s come to fantastic NBA games!

Homework

1. Look up the new words and expressions of the part of Reading and Vocabulary in the dictionary.

2. Preview the part of Reading and Vocabulary.