必威体育精装版北师大role model.ppt

Getting Ready Look at the Key Words. What do you think a role model should be like? Key Words: Role models calm, clever, fair, helpful, kind, serious, smart, strong, successful, wise 2 Think about your role models. Answer these questions. 1 What qualities do you think are most important for a role model? 2 Are you a role model to anyone? If so, does this change how you behave and how you see yourself? Warm-up 1 What doyou know about YaoMing 3 Answer the questions according to the passage. 1 What difficulties did Yao Ming face when he first played in the US? 2 How did Yao Ming win his teammates respect? 3 What are the achievements of Yao Ming? Reading Read the text Circle the adjectlves that can describe Yao Ming. kind modest clever popuIar hard-working SPORTS Basketball Star一Yao Ming In 2002, Yao Ming decided to enter the NBA draft and was drafted to the Houston Rockets in June. He was the first international player without US college experience to be the Number 1 choice in the NBA draft. He soon grew to be a great player. In December of the same year, he was named Rookie of the Month. In 2004, Yao scored a career high of forty-one points in one game. In 2005, Yao Ming got the most votes in the NBA All-Star voting, which broke the record held by Michael Jordan. Despite all Yao Mings achievements, he had a challenging start. He had to deal with cultural differences and language difficulties to communicate with his teammates. But his personality and hard work helped him to win his teammates and his fans respect. He worked hard and was always trying to improve. The training paid off for him, and for his fans. Although Yao Ming has achieved a lot, he has remained modest and has always valued his team members. After winning games, he always told the media that his teammates were great and he was proud to be one of the team. Yao Ming is also known for his charity work. He founded The Yao Ming Fo