During his life Dr James Naismith worked as a doc-tor, taught P.E. and wrote several books. While he never thought it very important, Dr Naismith is today best known for one thing. He was the inventor of basketball.
Dr James Naismith was born in Canada in 1861 and his first job was at a special sports school in the USA.One day the school principal told James he was having a problem with the .students. Because of heavy snow, the students could not go outside. He told James that they needed a sport the boys could play indoors and gave the teacher two weeks to think of something.
It was on the very last day that James came up with his idea. The" birth of basketball "is said to be on Decem- ber 21,1891,when two teams from the school played the first game. It was quite different from the basketball games of today. It had 9 players on each team and foot- balls were used instead of basketballs. Soon after, the game changed t0 5 players on each side, using special " basketballs" through nets.
Although Dr Naismith did not live to see basketball become the worldwide game it is today, in 1936,just three years before his death, basketball became an Olym- pic sport. at the games in Berlin.
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Though Anjan Bhattachary was deaf (聋的 ) , eared a good name in cricket (板球). He was born on October 15, 1951, in West Bengal. When he did not speak or respond to sound, his family members were very sad. Anjan was strong and very active. He started playing cricket at an early age. The fact that Anjan was neither able to talk nor hear did not affect (影响) his performance. Very soon he was chosen in the state learn of schoolchildren. He showed excellent performance in the matches one after another. At the early age 13,he was chosen in the school team of the East Zone. At the age of fifteen,Anjan was chosen in the national (国家的) team of schoolboys. In 1966,he played two test matches with the school team of London.In 1969 he went to Lucknow to take part in the Sir Frank Warrel Cricket Tournament. The 18-year-old boy had much success in this match. Anjan was so popular that not only his teammates and club members,but even the members of the opposite team admired (钦佩) him. | |||
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1. When was Anjan born? ______________________________ 2. What"s the matter with Anjan when he was born? ______________________________ 3. Was Anjan an active boy? ______________________________ 4. How old was Anjan when he joined in the national team of schoolboys? 5. Why did even Anjan"s opposite team admire him? |