Unit9SPORTs

CONTENTLearningObjectivesStarterPassageAPassageBReadingSkillsSupplementaryReading

LEARNINGOBJECTIVESAfterstudyingthisunit,you’llbeabletorecognizedifferentpatternsinreadingpassages;appreciateflashbackandnaturaltime-sequenceemployedinthetext;understandsportsterms.

StarterReadthefollowingsayingbyLeonardodaVincianddiscussthequestionsbelowwithyourpartner. Sportsisthesourceofalllives.—LeonardodaVinciHowdoyouinterpretthissaying?Doyouagreewithit?Giveexamplestoexplainyourreasoning.Whatsportsareyouinterestedin?Why?

PassageATheNationalBasketballAssociation(NBA)isthepre-eminentmen‘sprofessionalbasketballleagueinNorthAmerica,andiswidelyconsideredtobethepremiermen’sprofessionalbasketballleagueintheworld.TheNBAisoneofthefourmajorprofessionalsportsleaguesintheUnitedStatesandCanada.Doyouknow?

Passagea?WhereisA.J.Ogilvyfrom??DidA.J.OgilvyhaveanydifficultyinadaptingtoAmericancollegebasketball??Whatdohisteammateslikeabouthim?StepbyStep

PassageaMatchthepersonswiththeirdescriptions.Exercises1)A.J.Ogilvy

2)AleksMaric

3)PatrickMills

4)KevinStallings5)RayGiacoletti6)AndrewBogut7)DerrickByars8)ShanFoster9)WillPerdueA.got15.5pointsatSt.Mary’sB.Vanderbiltcoach

C.Vanderbiltfreshman

D.formerUtahcoachE.seniorguard/forward

F.got15.9pointsatNebraska

G.thebestbigmaninVanderbilthistory

H.AustralianbasketballplayerinUtah

I.the2006–2007SoutheasternConferencecoaches’playeroftheyearasaseniorCFABDHIEG

PassageaAnswerthefollowingquestionswithNOMORETHANTHREEwords.WhathasprobablybeenthebiggestthingforOgilvytogetusedtoatfirstintheUnitedStates?HowmanypointsdidOgilvyaverageagameforVanderbilt?Thesayings.19.5.Exercises

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