Teaching aims: the students are familiar with the background of basketball, especially about the roles¡¯ of players and NBA.

Teaching important points: knowing some words which is used to describe the basketball match.

Teaching difficult points: use their own words to tell the difference between basketball and other sports.   

Step 1 Presentation

The teacher says: As you know, sports play a very important part in our daily life. Sports can build up our body and makes it healthy. What kinds of sports do you like best? (some students may answer it from different aspects. Do you like playing basketball ? Now let us have a view of the pictures . (At the same time , the teacher may show some pictures to them. )