Kangkang: Hi, Michael! what are you going to do？

Michael: I am going to play basketball.

Kangkang: You like playing basketball, right? I often see you play basketball during the summer vacation.

Michael: Yes. You know, we are going to play basketball with Class Three on Sunday.

Kangkang: I hope our team can win.

Michael: Me too. Would you like to come and cheer for us?

Kangkang: Sure, I want to go.

Michael: Maria, what's your favorite sport?

Maria: Basketball, of course.

Michael: Me too. Who is your favorite athlete?

Maria: lebron james. What about you?

Michael: I like Yao Ming best.

Maria: Do you know him?

Michael: Yes. He is 2.26 meters tall. He is a member of the Houston Rockets in NBA. I want to be a basketball player like him. That's my dream. What do you want to be when you grow up?

Maria: I want to be a scientist.

Ann likes sports very much.

She rides a bike twice a week and often goes climbing on Sundays.

She exercises in the gym for half an hour every day.

She learns to play baseball every Saturday, and now she plays very well.

She is also good at long jump.

The school will hold a sports meeting next weekend.

She will take part in the high jump and long jump.

Her classmates will go to cheer for her.

They are sure that Ann will win.

Kangkang: Michael, can you help me?

Michael: Sure. What happened?

Kangkang: We have a football match with Class Five on Saturday. But a member of our team is ill. Can you join us?

Michael: I'd love to. But I'm not very good at it. Would you mind teaching me?

Kangkang: Not at all. You can do it! Let's practice.

Kangkang and Michael are practicing on the playground.

Kangkang: Michael, I'll kick the ball to you. Then you pass the ball to me like this.

Michael: Sorry, I missed it.

Kangkang: That's all right. Keep trying. I will play football again.

Michael: OK.

Kangkang: Michael, we lost because you didn't pass the ball.

Michael: What do you mean? Don't yell at me. I don't want our team to lose either.

Kangkang: But we lost!

Maria: Kangkang, Michael, stop arguing. Michael didn't play well, but he tried his best.

Jane: Michael, you should learn to work as a team and pass more balls to your players. You know, it is difficult for a person to build a boat. We should learn to work as a team.

Maria: Kangkang, Michael, don't be angry. You two should talk more before the game. Kangkang, how about apologizing to Michael?

Kangkang: Michael, I apologize for what I said.

Michael: That's all right.

Jane: Michael, practice more and you will play better next time.

Maria: Yes! Keep trying. You will find it more and more interesting.

Basketball is one of the most popular sports in America and other parts of the world.

It has a history of more than one hundred years.

James naismith, the inventor of basketball, is from Canada.

He invented basketball for his students at 189 1.

It was an indoor activity at first, so that day.