Module1BasketballPeachBasketsandSoccerBallsDr.JamesNaismith,aneducator,physician,andminister,isresponsibleforthehistoryofbasketball.HedevelopedthegamewhenheservedasaninstructorattheY．M.C.A.TrainingSchoolinSpringfieldMassachusettsin1891.Studentsneededaformofindooractivityduringthewintermonths，soNaismithcombinedfootball,soccerandhockeytodevelopthesport.Heattachedwoodenpeachbasketstothewallsasgoals.Theballneededtoberetrieved(取回，重新得到)fromthebasketaftereachsuccessfulshot.Often,spectators(观众)wouldinterferewithshots.Thus,thebackboardwasintroducedin1906.CollegeTeamsandProfessionalLeaguesThegamebecamepopular,andsoon,schoolsacrosstheU．S.andCanadaadopteditsuseasaformofphysicalactivity.DuringWorldWarⅡ，U．S.armedforcesplayedpickupgamesthatdrewcrowdsoflocals,introducingthegametoaninternationalcrowd.AlthoughmanycollegesintheU．S.formedteamsduringthelate1890s,interestgrewwhencollegeteamsmetinMadisonSquareGardeninNewYorkCity.Onceestablishedasamajorcollegesport,interestinthegameextended(扩大)totheprofessionalranks.TheNationalBasketballLeagueformedin1898.Itspurpose:preventplayerexploitation(剥削)andpromoteasafegame.Thisorganizationlastedamere(仅仅)fiveyears.Otherleaguesshotup,butin1949,theNBLjoinedtheBasketballAssociationofAmericatoformtheNBA—NationalBasketballAssociation.FirstCollegeBasketballGameThefirstevercollegebasketballgamewasplayedonJanuary18,1896,whentheUniversityofIowainvitedstudentathletesfromthenewUniversityofChicagoforanexperimentalgame.Finalscore:Chicago15,Iowa12,abitdifferentfromthehundredpointscoresoftoday.In1963,collegegameswerefirstbroadcastonnationalTV,butitwasn'tuntilthe1980sthatsportsfansrankedbasketballuptherewithfootballandbaseballSectionⅠIntroduction&Reading—PrereadingMichaelJordan—HeadandShouldersAbovetheRest!Duringthe1990s,MichaelJordanwasprobablythebestknown①athleteintheworld.Hewasthetopscorer②intheNBA,andplayedfortheChicagoBullsfrom1984to1993.Hewasnamedtheirmostvalued③playerfivetimes.Wearinghisfamousnumber23shirt④，MichaelJordanbecamethemostsuccessfulbasketballplayerinthehistoryof⑤thegame.JordanwasborninNewYorkandgrewup⑥inNorthCarolina.Heattended⑦theUniversityofNorthCarolinaforayearbeforeleavingtojointheChicagoBulls.Hefinishedhisfirstseason(1984－1985)asoneofthetopscorersintheleague,withanaverageof⑧28.2pointsper⑨game.In1987,Jordanbecameonlythesecondplayertoscore⑩morethan3,000pointsinaseason.HewasthetopscorerintheNBAforsevenconsecutive⑪seasons(1987－1993).Duringthistime,theaveragenumberofpointshescored⑫wasmorethan30pointspergame.Withhim,theBullswontheirfirstNBAchampionshipin1991.Duringthissuccessfulperiodtheywonthetitle⑬againin1992and1993.JordanwasalsointheUnitedStatesOlympicBasketballTeam,knownas“theDreamTeam”，whichwonthegoldmedal⑭atthe1992OlympicsinBarcelona,Spain⑮.①bestknown(＝mostwellknown)最著名的wellknown著名的②scorer/'skr/ɔːən.(进球得分的)运动员thetopscorer顶尖球员③valued/'væljud/ːadj.有价值的valuableadj.贵重的，有价值的valuelessadj.无价值的；没有用的valuevt.重视，珍惜n.价值④现在分词短语Wearinghisfamousnumber23shirt作状语。⑤inthehistoryof在……历史上⑥growup成长，长大grownup成年人⑦attend/'tend/əv.上(学)attendto处理，照料⑧withanaverageof平均为……⑨per/p/əprep.每⑩the＋序数词＋n.＋todo第几个做……的……⑪consecutive/kn'sekjtIv/əʊadj.连续的，不间断的⑫hescored是省略了that/which的定语从句。⑬title/'taItl/n....
