2019年高中英语 Module 1 Basketball Section Ⅰ Introducti

1Module1BasketballPeachBasketsandSoccerBallsDr.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—Pre­reading2[原文呈现][读文清障]MichaelJordan—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/'skɔːrə/n.(进球得分的)运动员thetopscorer顶尖球员③valued/'væljuːd/adj.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/ə'tend/v.上(学)attendto处理，照料⑧withanaverageof平均为……3⑨per/pə/prep.每⑩the＋序数词＋n.＋todo第几个做……的……⑪consecutive/kən'sekjʊtIv/adj.连续的，不间断的⑫hescored是省略了that/which的定语从句。⑬title/'taItl/n.(重大体育比赛中的)冠军title的常见意思是“头衔，称号；标题”。⑭goldmedal金牌silvermedal银牌bronzemedal铜牌⑮过去分词短语knownas...作后置定语，意思是“被称为，作为……而闻名”。whichwonthegoldmedal...是非限制性定语从句，修饰“theDreamTeam”。迈克尔·乔丹——篮坛超人！[第1～3段译文]20世纪90年代，迈克尔·乔丹可能是世界上最著名的运动员。他是NBA的顶尖球员，1984年到1993年间效力于芝加哥公牛队。他5次荣膺最有价值球员称号。身着著名的23号球衣，迈克尔·乔丹成为篮球运动史上最成功的球员。乔丹出生于纽约，在北卡罗来纳州长大。在加入芝加哥公牛队之前，他在北卡罗来纳大学学习了一年。在第一个赛季(1984－1985)，他就以平均每场28.2分的成绩成为联盟得分最高的球员之一。1987年，乔丹成为仅有的第二个在一个赛季中得分超过3000分的球员。以后连续七个赛季(1987－1993)，他都是NBA的顶尖球员。这期间，他每场比赛的平均得分超过30分。有了他的加入，公牛队在1991年首次获得NBA冠军。在这段日子里，捷报频传，他们在1992年和1993年又蝉联了冠军。乔丹也是人称“梦之队”的美国奥林匹克篮球队的成员，这支球队在1992年西班牙巴塞罗那奥运会上获得了金牌。4Jordansurprisedeveryonewhenheretired⑯beforethe1993－1994season,butherejoinedtheChicagoBullsandwonthreemore⑰championshipswiththemfrom1996to1998.HeplayedagainfortheWashingtonWizardsbeforefinallyretiringfromsportin2003attheageof40.Millionsoffansadmire⑱hisathleticability,motivation⑲andconfidence.TheyhavefantasticstoriestotellaboutMichaelJordan,suchasthetime⑳whenherescued○21theBullsfromendingagameonatie○22.Hesteppedtotheline○23andmadetwofreethrows.Eachtimehethrewtheballstraight○24throughthebasket—andeachtimehehadhiseyesclosed○25.Offthebasketballcourt○26，MichaelJordanopenedhisownsteak○27restaurantbecausehelovessteaksomuch.HealsofoundsuccessasanactorinthefilmSpaceJamalongside○28thefamouscartooncharacterBugsBunny!Thereisonlyonewordtodescribethebestplayerintheworld—awesome○29！⑯retirev．退役；退休retirefrom从……退役(休)⑰threemore＝anotherthree又三个，再三次⑱admirev．钦佩，羡慕admiresb.for(doing)sth.羡慕某人(做)某事⑲motivation/ˌməʊtI'veIʃn/n.动力motivatevt.激发，使有动机⑳when引导定语从句，修饰先行词time。○21rescuev．营救，拯救rescue...from...把……从某种状况下解救出来○22tie/taI/n.平局○23theline罚球线○24straightadv.直接；挺直adj.直的；笔直的○25hadhiseyesclosed是“have＋宾语＋宾补”结构。○26court/kɔːt/n.球场○27steak/steIk/n.牛排○28alongside/ə'lɒŋˌsaId/prep.靠着；并排○29awesome/'ɔːsadj.了不起的awfuladj.可怕的awfullyadv.可怕地；非常[第4～6段译文]1993－1994赛季之前乔丹退役，引起举世震惊，但后