新标准初中英语八年级(下):UNIT4Basketball's history

[00:01.45]UNIT 4 The history of basketball
[00:05.77]2 Listen and complete¹.
[00:09.13]I really love Yao Ming. Who is he?
[00:12.44]He's the famous² Chinese basketball player³.
[00:15.43]Oh. Can you tell me something about him?
[00:18.08]He is very tall.
[00:19.89]How tall is he? He's 226 centimetres⁴.
[00:25.08]Wow! That's really tall.
[00:27.27]And he weighs⁵ 134 kilogrammes.
[00:30.78]When's his birthday? 12th of September.
[00:35.49]he was⁶ born⁷ on the 12th of September 1980.
[00:39.99]Which team does he play for?
[00:42.83]In China, he played for the Shanghai Sharks.
[00:46.20]In the USA, he plays for the Houston Rockets⁸.
[00:49.73]Did he play for China
[00:51.45]in the 2000 Olympic⁹ Games in Australia?
[00:54.82]Yes. He played for China
[00:57.01]in the 2004 Olympic Games, too.
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1 complete   

adj.彻底的，完整的，已完成的；v.完成，使完整

参考例句：

• They help him complete his work.他们帮助他完成工作。
• Please complete the following information.请您完整填写以下信息。

2 famous   

adj.著名的，驰名的，闻名遐迩的；极好的；擅长的

参考例句：

• The hotel is famous for its suppers.那个酒店以晚餐而著称。
• He is famous for his learning.他以有学问而出名。

3 player   

n.运动员，做游戏的人，选手，队员，比赛者；演员，演奏者，自动演奏装置，戏子

参考例句：

• She is our best player.她是我们最好的运动员。
• He is quite a good player.他是一个满不错的选手。

4 centimetres   

n.厘米( centimetre的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This is a ruler graduated in both inches and centimetres. 这是一把刻有英寸和厘米的尺子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This ruler has one scale in centimetres and another in inches. 这把尺子上有厘米和英寸二种刻度。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5 weighs   

v.称…的重量( weigh的第三人称单数 )；重达；权衡，考虑；有…重

参考例句：

• What have you got in this bag? It weighs a ton! 你这口袋里装的是什么？重死了！
• The fruit is so thick that it weighs down the branches. 树上果实累累，压得树枝都弯下来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

7 born   

v.动词bear的过去分词；adj.出生的，与生俱来的

参考例句：

• The baby can cry as soon as he is born.婴儿生下来就会哭。
• I feel as if I had been born again.我有一种再生之感。

8 rockets   

n.火箭( rocket的名词复数 )；斥责；大蒜芥；芝麻菜

参考例句：

• Early experiments with military rockets prepared the ground for space travel. 早期军用火箭的试验为太空飞行奠定了基础。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Americans and Russians have launched many rockets into air space. 美国人和俄罗斯人已把许多火箭发射到太空。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 Olympic   

adj.奥林匹克的；n.奥林匹克运动会

参考例句：

• The 1984 Olympic Games was held in Los Angeles.1984年奥林匹克运动会在洛杉矶举行。
• In the Olympic Games the winner will get a gold medal.在奥运会上优胜者得到一枚金牌。