New Horizon English Course
Section A Rocketing to Stardom
rocket n. & vi.
n. [C] a tube-shaped object used for traveling into space 火箭
vi. move at a very great speed 急速移动
. The train rocketed through the tunnel.
Here “rocket” is a pun(双关语).
1) Yao Ming plays for the Houston Rockets.
2) Yao Ming became a star at a very great speed .
New words
stardom n. the state of being a very famous performer 明星地位(身份) . She is being trained for stardom.
Meaning of the title: Yao Ming became a famous basketball player very quickly since he had joined the Houston Rocket.
姚明搭乘火箭
直奔球星王国
CONTENTS
Warming Up
Text A
Reading Through
Exercises
Main Idea & Structure
Words & Expressions
Never give up !!!
Born:
,1980 in Shanghai ,China
Height:
()
Weight:
134kg
Position:
Center
Club:
the Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets
This team, from
Houston, Texas,
is one of the NBA’s 30 basketball teams. Houston is the city where the NASA(国家航空航天局)Mission Control Center is located, and hence the name of “Rockets” for the team. It belongs to the Western Conference. Yao Ming played basketball in this team from 2002--2011.
The NBA Draft Pick
2002
选秀状元
the first foreign-born player to be picked as No. 1 in the NBA draft.
NBA Draft (NBA 选秀)
NBA draft refers to a procedure(程序)that started in 1947 whereby(凭此) new or existing sports players are made available for selection or reselection by the teams in the league, usually with the earlier choices being given to the weaker teams.
No. 1 draft pick means the first player selected by a sports team during the procedure.
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