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课件网) 1. Work in pairs. Before you listen, answer the questions about basketball. 1) How many players are there in a basketball team Five players. 2) How long does a professional NBA basketball game last There are four 12-minute periods. 3) What happens if the scores are a tie at the end of the game There is overtime of five minutes. 4) What is a time out A time when the coach can talk to the players. 2. Listen to part 1 of the passage. Decide which two people are speaking and when. Choose from the list. A. A commentator and a player speaking before a game starts. B. Two commentators speaking at the beginning of a game. C. Two commentators speaking at the end of a game. B ( ) amazed ( ) amazing ( ) disappointed ( ) disappointing ( ) excited ( ) exciting ( ) exhausted ( ) exhausting 3. Listen to Part 2 of the passage and check the words you hear. 1) Dan is excited at the beginning of the game and disappointed in the end. 2) Yao Ming has had a good season for the Rockets, according to Dan. 4. Listen to the passage again and check the true sentences. T T 3) Dan thinks that Yao Ming can do everything by himself. 4) The game itself was disappointing for the crowd. 5) The two teams had almost the same score. 6) The Rockets won the game. F F T F 5. Explain the expressions from the passage in your own words. 1) Yao Ming has been absolutely outstanding for the Rockets this season. Yao Ming has played extremely well. 2) The Chicago Bulls used to rely too much on Michael Jordan. The Chicago Bulls team used Jordan too much, and when he didn’t play or played badly the whole team wasn’t good. 3) Both teams had a lot of stamina and there was a lot of skillful play. Both teams played very hard for the whole match and they used their playing abilities (passing, shooting, etc) very well. 4) The Rocket led by two points going into the fourth quarter. At the start of the last quarter of the match the Rockets were 2 points ahead. 5) The action was non-stop all night. It was a very exciting match with both teams playing hard all the time. 1. I was ___ when I saw Yao Ming play for the first time. (a) amazed (b) amazing 2. His ability and power are ____. (a) astonished (b) astonishing (a) (b) Complete the sentences. 3. Our team lost the match so we were very _____. (a) disappointed (b) disappointing 4. The last part of the match was incredibly _____. (a) excited (b) exciting (a) (b) 5. Both teams were ____ at the end of the game. (a) exhausted (b) exhausting 6. Michael Jordan’s decision to retire was _____. (a) surprised (b) surprising (b) (a) -ed形容词和-ing形容词的用法区别 1. 以后缀-ed结尾的形容词 (如ashamed, delighted, excited, frightened, interested, moved, pleased, surprised, worried等) 通常用于说明人, 不用于说明事物，即使它们所修饰的名词是事物，那它们指的也是与该事物相关的人。如： He had a pleased smile on his face. 他脸上露出了满意的微笑。 2. 以后缀-ing 结尾的形容词(如delighting, exciting, frightening, ... ...
