(课件网) 3.2 Practice makes perfect! 1 Do you have any experience becoming good at something through hard work Talk with your partner. Hello everyone! I′m Gloria. I′m in Grade 8. What makes me unique My family comes from Greece. I was born there. Nobody else in my school comes from Greece! I am a basketball player on the school team and the only player in my class. 2 Read the passage and write true (T) or false (F). [复合不定代词] 没有人 [副词]其他的；别的；另外的 Playing basketball is my interest. When I was in Grade 6，I played for the school basketball team. I was the youngest player. I knew I was not tall or strong enough. I had no advantages over other players. But I was strict with myself. I practiced shooting more than 100 times everyday to improve my abilities. Gradually，I became the best shooter on the team. ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 省略了that 的宾语从句，作 knew 的宾语。 [副词] 足够地；十分 [名词]优势 对某人要求严格 [动词] 练习 [动词]投篮；发射 [名词] 能力 Once we played against a team from another city. The game was almost over，and the score was fifty one to fifty-one. A player on my team passed me the ball. I was too far from the basket. Could I get the ball in the net I tried，and the ball went in! The final score was fifty-four to fifty-one. We won! We felt proud of ourselves. 同······比赛 [限定词] 另一；再一；又一 My dream is to play basketball in the Olympics. I′d like to go to university too. My parents want me to study medicine，but I want to continue with physical education. What sport would I study Basketball，of course! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 动词不定式短语作表语。 继续做某事 A Gloria is the only Greek in her class. ( ) B Gloria played well on the basketball team because of hard work. ( ) C The basketball game ended with a score of fifty-one to fifty-one. ( ) D Gloria wants to study medicine. ( ) T T F F 3 Read the passage again and match the main idea to each part. A Gloria′s dream B Gloria′s self-introduction C An exciting game D Gloria′s uniqueness E Gloria becoming the best shooter B D E C A 4 Read the passage again and complete the paragraph. Gloria is unique in her school because she was _____ in Greece. _____ else in her school comes from Greece! Playing basketball is her interest. She practices _____ after school and becomes the best shooter on the team. Her dream is to play basketball in the _____. She wants to _____ with physical education in university. born Nobody shooting Olympics continue 5 Pick someone in the class. Tell your partner what makes that person unique. 1. Practice makes perfect! 熟能生巧! (教材第 32 页) perfect / p f kt/ [形容词] 完美的；最好的 其反义词为 imperfect，意为“不完美的”。 Nobody is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. 人无完人。每个人都会犯错。 [拓展] ① perfect 作形容词，还可意为“地道的”。 He can give the speech in perfect English. 他能够用地道的英语发表演讲。 ② perfect 的副词形式为 perfectly，意为“完美地；十分 ... ...
