1、Unit 4 Growing up Reading (II),What do you know about Spud ?,Read between lines,Read Paragraph 1 loudly and find two important adjectives.,Small Spud had a big dream He wanted to play in the NBA.,Contrast （对比）,Contrast （对比）,The writer used different ways to write about Spuds stages, problems, hard w
2、ork and achievements.,Different stages,While attending junior high In senior high After finishing high school After he graduated,Spuds basketball career,While attending junior high,In senior high,He tried out for the school team, but was refused.,He had to sitin the stands.,He did not lose heart.,He
3、 practised even harder.,He scored 20 points in his first game and was the star of the team.,He got the coach to change his mind and went on to become leader of the team.,Spuds basketball career,After finishing high school,After graduation,No university would invite him to play.,He was forced to play
4、 in another basketball league.,He decided to play at a junior high.,He remained there for about a year.,He led his team to the national championship and succeeded in getting a scholarship.,He became the shortest player in the NBA.He had many great achievements.,8,Pair work,Now you are a reporter fro
5、m CCTV 5. You are going to make an interview with Spud. Ask about what problems he met with and how he tried his best. You can ask questions like: What was your dream when you were young? Was it hard for you to join the NBA? Did you get into the school basketball team? ,try out for sth (参加的选拔/试演）,Sa
6、m 参加了校篮球队的选拔。 Sam tried out for the school basketball team.,十名学生参加了哈姆雷特这个角色的试演。 Ten students tried out for the role Hamlet.,We had a sports meeting last month. What did you try out for, the race, the high jump or the long jump?,Did you succeed in winning a prize?,succeed in doing sth,If you try your
7、 best, youll surely succeed in improving yourself.,Why is Mo Yan so famous? (Try to use “succeed in doing sth”),succeed in doing sth,He has succeeded in writing many famous books.He has succeeded in winning the Nobel Prize for Literature.,Though Edison failed a thousand times, he never _ _.,Hawking
8、was badly ill, but he didnt _ _.,lose heart (灰心丧气）,lost heart,lose heart,No matter what happens, we should never lose heart.,Did you lose heart when you failed in the exams or met with other difficulties?,I remained in the office after work because some of the work remained to be done.,remain contin
9、ue to be in the same state or condition,I was forced to finish the rest of the work before going home.,be forced to do sth,15,force (v.) make sb do sthforce sb/ be forced to do sth,尽管感到不舒服，我强迫自己起床。 Though I felt sick, I _. 因为战争，他们被迫躲在那幢小楼房里。 They _ in that small building because of the war.,were for
10、ced to hide,forced myself to get up,16,Can you say something about Hawking? Try to use “lose heart”, “be forced to do sth”, “succeed in doing sth” and “remain”.,17,What do you think matters most if you want to succeed, money, appearance, wisdom, chances, friendship, love or health?,Group discussion,
11、While a_ junior high, he t_ out for the school team, but was r_. He did not l_ h_. When he finally got the chance, he s_ 20 points in his first game. In senior high, he had to sit in the s_. He practised even harder and got the c_ to change his mind. He went on to become l_ of the team.At a junior c
12、ollege, he l_ his team to the n_ championship. As a result, he s_ in getting a scholarship. After he g_, he was f_ to play in another basketball league and r_ there for about a year before he joined the Atlanta Hawks.,Fill in the blanks,ttending,ried,efused,ose,eart,cored,tands,oach,eader,ed,ational
13、,ucceeded,raduated,orced,emained,However, no university would invite him to play basketball simply because he was only 170 cm tall. He decided to play at a junior college. There he led his team to the national championship. This brought him to the attention of North Carolina State University. As a r
14、esult, he succeeded in getting a scholarship.Although he was a great player at university, the NBA was not interested in him because all its players were more than 20 cm taller than he was. After he graduated, he was forced to play in another basketball league ,Find the conjunction words in Para 4-5
15、,What can we learn from Spud?,You can do almost anything if you never give up. No matter what happens, we should never lose heart. Nothing is difficult if you put your heart into it. Dreams are of no value unless they are followed by action.,Discussion,You are going to write a letter to your pen fri
16、end Sue and tell her what you know about Spud. Try to use the words and phases below:try out for, lose heart, succeed in doing sth, remain, be forced to do sth, score points, get the coach to change his mind, lead his team to , graduate, prove, matter ,Tell your pen friend about Spud,（Use conjunction words if necessary.）,1. Finish the letter if you havent finished. 2. Try to remember the new words and phrasesof Reading. 3. Preview Grammar.,Homework,
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