Streetball is a city game. People play it on playgrounds and in gyms around the world.
Usually only one side of the court is used in the streetbal, but the rules of the game are almost the same as basketball games. The number of players in a game may be only 2, and it is called one-to-one. Sometimes there are also two teams of five players each. It is easy for you to join a streetball game. You only need to go to an outdoor court. If there are some teams playing, and they agree to let you take part in, then you have a chance to join any team.
Streetball is a very popular game in the world, and it is very popular with the young people. Some cities in the United States even have streetball programs on TV. It is said (据说) that this is a good way for young people to keep away from troubles such as crimes (犯罪) and drugs (毒品).
I'm Susi. My parents send me to football classes with the help of the Magic (魔力的) Bus. The Magic Bus is a group in India that helps children live better lives. I know that with hard work I can grow and live better. But most friends at my age in my town stay at home learning to cook and take care of the house.
“I should change (改变) them and get them out of their homes!” I thought. So I started a plan to help the girls in my town play football, like me. I tried to ask parents to let their girls out to play. It was difficult. No one really listened to me. So I asked my mom for help. My mom shared the story about me and the Magic Bus, “Susi will be part of a football camp in the USA!” This helped because parents listened to other parents.
When I had my first lesson, only 10 girls came. But by the next weekend, 20 turned up (出现), and then there was no looking back. Girls loved playing football. They told me, “I never knew I had it in me to play like a boy!” Slowly, I see their changes (变化) of mind—now they think that staying at home isn't the only choice (选择) for a girl. They're not afraid to go out of their homes.
A: Hello, Leo!
B: Hello, Jack!
A: Leo, what are you doing?
B:
A: Do you want to play soccer with me?
B: I can't end (结束) the game. What's John doing?
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B: Well, are Jim and Tom learning Chinese, too?
A: No, they aren't.
B: Well, I can play with you after the game. Can you wait for (等) me?
A: Let's meet at 9:00, OK?
B: OK, see you then.
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A. I'm playing the computer game. B. Sorry, I can't. C. Sure. D. But they're helping their parents with housework. E. He is learning Chinese. F. He learns English by himself. G. What subject do you like? |
I am a new student in our school, so I have /fju:/ friends here. I like (sport) very much. There is a football /ti:m/ in our school. I want to join itI like playing football and I'm good at it. In the past I often played it with my (classmate) every Sunday afternoon. Playing football makes(I) relax. I want to be a football (play) when I grow up. I hope I can play it all over the world like David Beckham. That's a /dri:m/. This Sunday our school is going to have a football game No.2 High school. I am sure we will . All of us will watch the game.
It is Saturday tomorrow, but I am going to school. I am not going for (lesson), but to play football. I am in our school team and we are going to play another school next week. The practice starts at 10 a.m. We all arrive as early as we can so that we have time (warm) up. We are training (hard) than usual. Because the other team beat us last year. This year we want to do better. It is more difficult to practice in winter the days are short and the weather is cold, too. It gets dark earlier, So it is important not to be late for after-school practice.
Our coach is pleased because now we (play) better as a team. Last year we (be) sometimes careless when we passed the ball and we lost to the other team in the final match. a pity! This year we are training more carefully. That means we have a better chance of (win). The fan club has fewer people this year. We hope to play well so that we have more fans to watch the matches. It is good to have our fans around. They cheer us on (loud) and we feel more confident to win the game.
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Basketball was from . A man called James Naismith made it up in 1891. He wanted a game to play indoors in winter. People played the real game in 1892.James found two . There were players on each side. The players of one side tried to throw the ball the other side's basket. There were holes in the baskets. When the ball went into the basket, it stayed there. The game to stop. A player climbed up to get the ball. It was a slow game. Later people used net（网）baskets. They cut the bottoms（底部）out of the baskets.
At first, people could play the game together. Now only ten team members play the game. There five players on each side. Basketball today is a fast game.
