节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-01-14
难易度:Low
关键字:cooperate, penalty, midcourt line, center circle, jump ball, three-point
line, shoot, key, paint, fr
Hey, everyone, and welcome to Studio Classroom.
My name is Gabe.
I'm Carolyn.
And I'm Nathanael.
And you're joining us for an exciting lesson about Basketball Terms.
I know many of you like to play basketball.
And now you're going to learn how to use the terms that you need when you are
playing with other people who speak English.
Basketball terms.
Well, since it is such a popular sport, I wonder, Carolyn, were you ever on a
basketball team?
Did you ever play basketball?
I was not on a basketball team, but I did play basketball because my dad used to
be a basketball coach.
Yes, indeed.
Now Nathanael, what about you?
Were you ever on a basketball team?
I was on a basketball team in junior high.
But most of my experience about basketball comes from my operating the
scoreboard for basketball during high school.
I had to control the board that showed the score and fouls and other things.
So I had to learn a lot of the rules then.
All right. Thank you, Nathanael.
Nathanael just used some of the terms you might need to know when you're playing
basketball with other people in English.
I, too, like basketball, but I'm not very good.
I enjoy playing just for fun.
Well, let's get started with our first reading of the day.
Basketball Terms.
Learn the language you need to be the best you can be.
Every sport, including basketball, has its own special words and terms.
Knowing these terms will help you understand the sport better.
If you are playing the game, they will also help you cooperate with other
players.
The basketball court.
Basketball courts are divided in half by a midcourt line.
In the middle of this line is the center circle where the game begins with a
jump ball.
We're just starting to learn about the basketball court with these basketball
terms.
Now I use that word "term." A term is a certain kind of word that you need to
use or need to know when you are doing something.
Something specific; you need to know those terms.
And we see a sentence here at the very beginning.
It says: Learn the language you need to be the best you can be.
Learn the language you need to be the best you can be.
I love that phrase there - be the best you can be.
And I think it's so important I think you should also remember this too: be the
best you can be.
When would you use this phrase, or when might you repeat this phrase to someone,
Carolyn?
Well, if you want to encourage someone because you want them to do great things
you might tell them, "be the best you can be," means do your very best.
Try your hardest, and you will succeed.
All right. Be the best you can be.
Has anybody ever told that to you, Nathanael?
Oh, sure.
I think my parents were very encouraging, always told me to do the best I could
in whatever I tried to do; be the best I can be.
And the best will be the best that I can do, the best that I can give.
So if someone says you have to do better, it's OK.
You're already doing your best.
I think that's a great reminder.
Be the best you can be but no pressure because you need to be you.
Be the best you that you can be.
Well, we need to learn the language to be the best if we want to improve at
basketball.
But language? I mean, what kind of language are we talking about here,
Nathanael?
Like Korean or Japanese language?
Oh, no, no. We're not talking about a different language.
We're still going to speak English.
But language here would just refer to the different vocabulary that you need to
know about basketball.
That's right, the language you need to know for basketball.
As we can see: Every sport, including basketball, has its own special words and
terms.
So you see that word "term" again.
Knowing these terms will help you understand the sport better.
So if you are playing the game, they will also help you cooperate with other
players.
And we need to know how to cooperate with other people.
This is one of our Word Bank words, to cooperate.
I see two words here: co- and operate.
When you operate, that means you are working on something.
So "co-," that means together with something.
So two or more people are cooperating about something.
How can you use that word, Carolyn?
Well, if you cooperate with someone, then you work together.
So it's really important to have cooperation with your classmates or your
co-workers.
All right. You can cooperate with your classmates or co-workers.
Carolyn used a good word, the noun form, cooperation, C-O-O-P-E-R-A-T-I-O-N,
cooperation.
Um, how else can you cooperate with something or someone, Nathanael?
Well, sometimes I try to remember my lines but my brain doesn't cooperate.
My brain is no working with me, and I just can't remember what I'm supposed to
say.
All right. I like the way you use that word.
Your mind, or your brain doesn't cooperate with you.
You could say this thing it doesn't work for me right now.
It's not cooperating with me.
When I was a small child, my mother would often tell me that I needed to
cooperate with her.
That means I needed to obey her and listen to her.
And I knew that if I didn't cooperate with her, I might be punished later, so.
You need to cooperate with different people in your life.
And if you're on a basketball team, or a sports team, of course you should learn
to cooperate with each other.
Well, what is our first sentence here, Carolyn?
What are we learning about first here with our Basketball Terms lesson?
Well, the first section we have here is the basketball court.
And the basketball court is the main area where you play basketball.
It's just the name of the place.
And it says: Basketball courts are divided in half by a midcourt line.
So there is a line that runs right down the middle of the basketball court;
midcourt, middle of the court.
All right. That's an easy way to remember it, the midcourt line.
Remember that, basketball fans, the midcourt line on the basketball court.
Now it's divided by this midcourt line.
What does that mean, Nathanael, divided?
Well, if something is divided, it's cut or separated into different parts.
So the court is separated into two halves by the midcourt line.
All right. Yes, it is.
Continuing: In the middle of this line is the center circle where the game
begins with a jump ball.
OK. So we see those words: the center circle.
If you look at a basketball court, there is like a circle in the middle where
the midcourt line is.
That's called the center circle.
Nathanael, what is a jump ball?
A jump ball is what happens at the very beginning of a basketball game where the
referee throws up the ball,
and one player from either team comes up to the ball and tries to hit the ball
into the direction of their team so that they can have first possession.
All right. Whoever catches the ball first gets the ball or possesses the ball
first.
All right. Now it's time for us to learn something different with Liz in the
Grammar Gym.
Hi there, friends.
Welcome to the Grammar Gym.
My name is Liz.
So we're talking about basketball in today's article.
And we read: In the middle of this line is the center circle...
That's our Grammar Tip sentence.
It just means the center circle is in the middle of this line.
But why does the writer write like this?
This is called an inverted sentence, and is often used to describe things.
The writer is describing the basketball court, and mentions the midcourt line in
the previous sentence.
The writer continues on with what is mentioned and introduces the center circle
next.
So when you're describing a big area, and you're going from one part of it to
another, it's OK to use inverted sentences.
For example: There was once a very old castle.
In the middle of the castle is a magical fountain.
Or: Walk into the museum and you'll see a big statue. At the bottom of the
statue is a famous quote.
That's it for today, friends.
Be sure to check out today's Grammar Tip section for more examples.
This is Liz from the Grammar Gym saying goodbye.
Thanks, Liz.
Now let's what Michelle has waiting for us over in the Language Lab.
Hey, Michelle.
Hi, everyone. I'm Michelle.