Module 1 BasketballPeriod 6 Reading Practice■Goal ●Practise the skills of reading ■ ProceduresStep 1: Warming upAnswer the questions1. Do you think basketball is a safe or dangerous sport?2. Have you ever seen or played in a basketball match where someone was hurt?3. What possible risks are there when you play basketball?Step 2: Reading 1. Read the passage and choose the sentence which describes the writer’s conclusion best.(a) Basketball is one of the safest sports.(b) The players’ energy is partly directed upwards, so there’s less risk of a collision between two players.(c) Although basketball players wear socks and sneakers which are specially designed to absorb the energy when they bound into the air, they wear no other protection.(d) If there is an abrupt change of direction in their energy, there is a real danger of personal injury.Key: (d)2. Read the passage again and make a semantic mapBasketball ↙ ↘One of the safest sports but there is a danger ↗ ↗ ↖Energy direction no other protection abrupt change of direction ↑ Partly upward ↘ ↗ ↖ ↑90 degree angle fast bouncing the ball ↘ ↑ ↘ ↙less collision danger of personal injury用心 爱心 专心
