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课件网) 外研版高中英语选择性必修一 To learn something about the basketball positions. 2. To find out what has Stephen Curry achieved. 3. To analyse the structure of the text. 4. To think about what you’ve learnt from doing sport or from your favourite basketball player. Here is a short video about Nick Vujicic, an Australian-American born without arms or legs who has become a world-renowned speaker. Watch the video and find out his road to success. Think of a successful person that you admire. What does he or she do and why do you admire this person Everyone wants to succeed, but the road to success is not so smooth. It needs hard work, strong mind and many other factors. But first of all, You have to believe in yourself. That's the secret of success. Charles Chaplin Today’s story is about Stephen Curry’s road to success. He is a basketball player. First, let’s learn some terms about basketball. backboard 篮板 backcourt 后场 bank shot 擦板投篮 court 球场 free throw lane 罚球区 free throw line 罚球线 frontcourt 前场 halftime 中场休息 hook shot 钩手投篮 layup 单手上篮 set shot 原地投篮 slam dunk 灌篮，扣篮 three-pointer 三分球 Research online and match the five basketball positions to their descriptions. 1 usually the best ball handler and / or best passer 2 usually the main shooter playing on the wing 3 usually the most athletic player on the team who can play inside and outside the key A E B 5 usually the tallest player on the team who plays inside the key and should be a good scorer 4 usually a taller player who catches the ball after a player has tried but failed to get a point C D Here is one of the famous point guard, Stephen Curry. Stephen Curry is an American professional basketball player. He first garnered national attention for his impressive play at Davidson College. He first joined the NBA in 2009, playing for the Golden State Warriors, his shooting skills making him one of the top players. Given the Most Valuable Player award in 2015, Stephen helped the Warriors win the NBA championship in the same year. In 2016, Stephen was once again named Most Valuable Player, his team the Warriors again winning the NBA title in 2017 and 2018. Read the passage and find out what Stephen Curry has achieved. In 2015, Stephen Curry won his first NBA championship, and he led the Warriors to their first championship since 1975. He also received the Most Valuable Player award for two years in a row. Near the small town of Grottoes,Virginia,a narrow dirt road goes fromthehouse of Stephen Curry's grandfather tothe woods nearby. A far cry from the bright lights and shiny courts of the National Basketball Association (NBA),it was along this road that Stephen's grandfather built a simple basker by attaching a piece of plastic to a telephone pole.2 Like his father, basketball star Dell Curry, Stephen spent many childhood hours playing on thismuddybasketball court.He probably didn'trealise it at the ti ... ...
