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An Integrated English Course Book 2
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Unit 4Me and My Big MouthTerry Bradshaw with
David Fisher
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Teaching Points

• 1. Pre-reading Questions 2. Structural
  Analysis 3. Language Points
• 4. Useful Expressions
• 5. Information on Basketball

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• Pre-reading Questions

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• 1. Who is your favorite football or basketball
  player? Why do you admire him/her?
• 2. What would you do to meet with challenges or
  cope with frustrations in your life or work?

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Type of literature Narration
The story is a piece of narration. Narrative
writing is generally organized in chronological
order. In the text the writer recounts a series
of happenings, which consists of an introduction,
the conflicts, the climax and a solution to the
conflict.
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Structural Analysis

• Basically the story falls into four parts. The
  first paragraph serves as the first part the
  second part is made up of Paragraph 2 to 13 the
  third part includes Paragraph 14 to 27 the last
  part falls on the last paragraph.

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• Part 1 gives reasons for his job transfer
• Part 2 recounts his frustrating experiences
  as a toupee model.
• Part 3 describes his problems, his progress
  and success in broadcasting.
• Part 4 comments on his successful career
  transition

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Language Points
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• while getting your head duplicated (Paragraph
  6) while an exact copy of your head is being
  made.
• 2. is high on the list (Paragraph 6) is near
  the top of the list. Here it means that being
  suffocated by plaster while getting your head
  duplicated for a toupee display was one of the
  worst ways to die.

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• 3. ..I suffocated with what looked like road kill
  stuck to my head. (Paragraph 10) road kill
  refers to whatever animals killed on roads. The
  sentence means
• that the toupee he was wearing looked extremely
  unnatural, just like a dead animal killed by a
  car stuck to his bald head.

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• CBS (Paragraph 15) Columbia Broadcasting System
  (????????). It is one of the three most popular
  broadcasting companies in the United States. The
  other two companies are ABC (American
  Broadcasting Company) and PBS (Public
  Broadcasting Service).

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• 5. Weve got to get you binoculars for the next
  game. (Paragraph 22) Verne intentionally took
  what Terry said at face value. Note the touch of
  humor here.
• 6. Greg Gumbel (Paragraph 24) a famous
  sportscaster(????????????)

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• 7. Being in the studio was brand-new to me, but I
  could relate it to a pain in my head (Paragraph
  25) As I was new in the studio, my performance
  would probably be rather poor, but I could say
  that it was due to a pain in my head.

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• 8. I had to talk when I was hurt. (Paragraph
  25)
• I had to play when I was hurt I had to talk
  when I was hurt. Note that hurt here is also
  the subject complement.
• 9 .from CBS to Fox (Paragraph 26)
• Fox is also a major TV station in the US.
• 10.we couldnt catch mud (Paragraph 26)
• we couldnt even catch mud, let alone fish.

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Useful Expressions
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• someone get/be involved in something
• or involve someone in something
• --to (have someone) take part in an activity or
  event,
• or connected with it in some way
• The President was involved in the political
  scandal.
• Everyday they wanted to involve their children
  in every activities they did

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• potential customer a person who may become a
  customer in the future
• We need to cater our products to the needs of
  not only the existing customers but the needs of
  our potential customers as well.
• 3. robust having or showing good health or
  strength
• Good food, fresh air and hard work have made the
  hill farmers a robust and healthy race.

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• surface to appear
• As you round the corner, a wonderful view of the
  mountains surfaces in front of you.
• 5. shove to push something quickly or carefully
  into a space or container
• shove something in/into/under
• He bundled the papers together and shoved them
  into a drawer.

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• 6. commercial
• an advertisement on television or radio
• McEnroe has been signed up to do a series of
  coffee commercials.
• The aim of the repetitions of the same
  commercial on television is nothing but to
  brainwash consumers into compulsive consumption.

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• 7. tournament a competition in a sport or game
  in which each player or team plays several
  matches, and the winner is the one who wins the
  most matches.
• championship a competition to identify the best
  player or team in a particular sport, especially
  one that involves several stages or games.
• Thirty matches were played during the chess
  tournament, which lasted three weeks.
• We beat the Dodgers in the semifinals, and went
  on to win the championship.

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• 8. fire to make someone leave his or her job,
  especially because he or she has done something
  wrong or something the employer does not approve
  of.
• laid off to make workers, especially workers in
  a large factory or organization, leave their
  jobs, because there is not enough work for them
  to do, or not enough money to pay their salaries.
• You couldnt fire someone for joining a union,
  but you can if the go on strike.
• Where demand for goods was shrinking, firms
  would close down or lay off workers.

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• 9. viewer someone who watches a particular
  television program
• audience a group of people who gather together
  at a place to watch a play, a concert, a film or
  to attend a lecture, a meeting etc.
• spectator someone who watches something,
  especially a sporting event or game live.

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Information on Basketball
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National Basketball Association
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NBA

• Established on June 6 in 1946
• The normal regulations match (???)begins at the
  beginning of Nov .every year, and ends at April
  20th or so the second year.
• Each ball team competes 82 matches in all.
• The match adopts to eliminate to get 16 teams (8
  from the eastern match area and 8 from the
  western) after the normal regulations match to
  play the playoff match .
• The playoff(???) match is from the end of April
  to mid-June, until they get the final champion.

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More about NBA

• 3point shooting contest
• Slam dunk contest
• Allstars game
• Xmas
• Rookie Challenge

• 3point shooting contest
• Slam dunk contest
• Allstars game
• Xmas
• Rookie Challenge

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3Point Shooting contest
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• Every year, there will be a 3point shooting
  contest. Usually the game is held during the
  weekend and the NBA official shows its
  appreciation to the audience for their longtime
  support. There gather many superstars who are
  good in 3point ball. they try their best to make
  people happy with their skilled technique.
• We could see many run-on champions, for example
  Ray Allen, Reggie Miller and so on.

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Slam Dunk Contest

• Traditionally, the NBA Slam Dunk contest has been
  a showcase for some of the NBAs most creative
  and athletic players, and biggest stars.
• Now, the game is a platform for young stars like
  Vince Carter, Kobe and so on.
• Each slamDunker has a distinctive flair and
  style they use to score points with both the
  judges and the crowd.

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AllStars Game
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• Fans determine which players form the starring
  lineups at the NBA AllStar Game by taking part
  in AllStar balloting.
• All 29 NBA head coaches vote for the remaining
  members of the AllStar teams in their respective
  conferences, though they are not permitted to
  vote for their players from their own teams.

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• Each side chooses 12 players to attend the
  special game, but only five of them could play in
  the field each time ,there are two guards--point
  guard and shooting guard(?????????),a Small
  Forward and a Power Forward(?/???)and a center.
• In this game, they play just for fun not for
  winning the game, so we could see plenty of
  performances, some of which are truly excellent.

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Christmas Day

• As we all know, Xmas is a very important
  festival in the western countries, esp, in the
  USA, but almost all of the players doesnt quit
  playing for a rest, instead, they play in that
  special day and bring us a lot of fun.
• Some of the players send their money or other
  belongings to poor ones or refugees, and the
  former player Michael Jordan is just a good model.

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Something more about NBA

• As we all know, there are 32 teams in NBA ,some
  of which are really famous, such as Lakers,
  Rockets and so on.
• Almost every play wants to get the special
  cupMVP( the most valuable player) because it is
  the highest evaluate to the player on his
  achievement.

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Teams in NBA

• Los Angeles Lakers
• Houston Rockets
• Chicago Bulls
• And so on

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Superstars in NBA