节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-01-15
难易度:Low
关键字:defense, offensive, man-to-man, zone, give-and-go, pick-and-roll
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Studio Classroom.
I am your teacher Gabe.
I'm Carolyn.
And I'm Nathanael.
We're on our second day of a lesson called Basketball Terms.
If you're a basketball fan, which I'm sure many of you are, then you want to
know what terms you need to use when you are playing basketball.
And sometimes you can use these terms when you're playing with other English
speakers.
It's good to know these things.
Yesterday we talked about different terms that have to do with the basketball
court.
Today we're going to be talking about more of the terms you will use when you
are playing basketball.
Now basketball is many people's favorite sport.
It's not my favorite team sport.
Mine is ultimate frisbee.
That's a wonderful team sport.
Carolyn, what's your favorite team sport?
Well, my favorite sport to watch, not to play, is American football.
I really like to watch the college teams play football.
Excellent. What about you, Nathanael?
What's your favorite sport?
Well, basketball is great to watch, but hockey is really fun to play even though
I didn't get a chance to a lot.
All right, hockey, American football, ultimate frisbee.
Basketball, of course, is probably one of the most popular sports.
Let's get right into our second day.
We're going to be getting into the reading "Getting the ball." Let's start right
there.
Basketball Terms.
Getting the ball.
When the other team has the ball, your team wants to stop them from scoring.
You can do this in several different ways.
In man-to-man defense, each player on your team has someone from the other team
to defend.
In a zone defense, each person on your team defends one area of the floor.
OK. We're talking about getting the ball here.
Right at the very beginning, the first sentence is: When the other team has the
ball, your team wants to stop them from scoring.
That means they want to prevent the other team from scoring.
And you can say the sentence in different ways.
And I think Ken and Steve have some more information about that.
Let's go and join them in the Information Cloud.
Hey, guys.
Hi, guys.
Hi.
Steve, let's talk about grammar today.
Have you ever stopped someone doing something?
Ah, wait a second, Ken.
Don't you mean to say: Have you ever stopped someone from doing something?
See? You found the mistake.
I left out the preposition "from" on purpose.
I wanted to try it because that's what the British do.
They often leave out the preposition "from".
Yes, Ken. I've noticed that too.
The British often say "You can't stop me going," instead of: You can't stop me
from going.
Another similar usage is with the word: prevent.
So the British might say, "To prevent her falling, I grabbed her hand"?
Yes, instead of: to prevent her from falling.
So this is one of the differences between American English and British English.
That's right.
It's not a matter of right or wrong; it's just two different styles.
(Chinese).
Thank you, Ken and Steve.
Well, let's go back to our first sentence to review a little bit.
"When the other team has the ball," this is what we call possession.
When another team has the ball, or when a team has the ball, it's called
"possession." They possess the ball.
And teams are always fighting for possession.
Your team wants to stop them from scoring and get the ball back for themselves.
You can do this in several different ways.
The first one is in man-to-man defense.
Let's talk about this key word "defense" first.
Gabe, what does "defense" mean?
Well, usually if you're on defense, you are defending your basket.
You don't want the other team to score in that basket. That is the defense.
You're trying to make the other team go away and go... and you want to take it
back to the other side of the court.
You are in defense.
I also think of defense maybe when you're having an argument with someone, you
want to defend your point.
And we see this a lot of times in debates.
Some schools have debate clubs.
And you have to defend your position and your opinion.
I like that use of it, actually.
That's what I usually think of when I think of a defense.
You need to defend your position.
So we see this word "defense" as a noun, and later in the sentence as a verb -
to defend your position, to defend something.
And if you're in an argument, and you think that you're right, you think that
the other person should listen to you,
maybe they're attacking you about something, you can say:
"In my defense," and then share why you think you're right.
Say "In my defense," and then share why you think you're right.
Great! And it is important to defend what you say.
Now in the article, we see "man-to-man" defense.
And I've just had a really great idea, guys.
Why don't we show everyone what man-to-man defense looks like.
So, yeah. OK, stand up. Yep.
You too, Nathanael.
Let's stand up here for everyone.
And a man-to-man defense, each player on your team has someone from the other
team to defend or guard against.
So let's see if we can get a basketball in here.
Basketball?
Yeah.
Thank you.
Great! OK, so.
I'll be defense.
OK, great.
So a man-to-man defense, he will be guarding against me.
Right.
OK, like this.
And he follows me around, and he's always there with me.
And yes! That is man-to-man defense.
Good work.
Nice job.
Great. OK. Now you can sit down.
Now, OK.
Continuing with the article:
In a zone defense, each person on your team defends one area of the floor.
You guys want to... you want to try that one? Yeah?
Zone defense?
Again?
Yeah, sure! Let's... let's try zone defense this time.
OK, zone defense.
So, my zone...
So your zone can be just here on the floor.
Yeah, right there. That's... that's your zone.
OK. That's his area.
He's still on defense, right?
Right.
OK. And since he's on defense, that it his zone.
That's right.
So I can go anywhere, and he's not going to follow me around.
And I can go straight to the basket and shoot.
And score some points for my team.
That's is how zone defense works!
Oh, yeah!
That might work, except there are usually other players in the other zones, and
then they would also be defending that area.
Yeah, well, it was pretty fun playing with you just now, Nathanael.
Yeah, it was.
Thanks, guys. OK.
OK. So that's how it works - man-to-man defense and zone defense.
Well, that is defense.
We have more to talk about a little later about something called offense.
But earlier on in our paragraph we saw a sentence:
You can do this in several ways, or several different ways.
I like that phrase right there - doing something in several different ways.
If you know a skill, maybe you can do it in several different ways.
I like to play drums.
Sometimes I play along with other people.
I can play in several different ways.
How else could you use this phrase?
Nathanael, how could you use this phrase in several different ways?
Sure. Yeah. You can draw in several different ways.
You could use a pencil.
You could use charcoal, which is kind of a different material that some people
use to draw.
You could also use pens, pen and ink, that you dip into ink.
Those are all possibilities of different ways, several different ways to draw.
All right.
Well, that's great.
There are several different ways to draw, or to do art.
What about you, Carolyn?
How would you use that phrase in several different ways?
Well, you know, there are several different ways you can write in English.
You can write in very formal, advanced English, or you can write in very simple
and easy-to-understand English.
All right.
That's great, several different ways.
And of course, as you can see, there are several different ways to use this
phrase, several different ways.
You can defend your basket in several different ways.
What is one way, Nathanael?
One way is man-on-man defense where one player guards against another.
All right, man-to-man defense.
And the other one is?
Zone defense.
And zone is just an area, which makes me think perhaps we should go see Michelle
in the Language Lab.
I think that's a good idea.
Hello, Michelle.
Hi, Michelle.