Chapter 13The Evolution of Tennis Game

Review

8 stagesVocabulary

Homework

○ Can you say something about tennis event, such as its history, rules or related matches?

○ Which tennis palyer is your favorite? Why?

○ How to play tennis well ?

Eighthstage

First stage

Second stage

Thirdstage

Fourthstage

Fifthstage

Sixthstage

Seventhstage

Hit and giggle stage

Mini Tennis To have fun

To learnbounce

Three-stroke stage

Seeking intruction

Rallying fromthe baseline

Blister turnsto callus

Mountain tennis stage

Semi-serious

Hitting the ball over

the net

Throwing racket press

away

Being a player stage

Wearing outshoes

Using backhandand cross-court

Patience andcontrolling

The longest and most important stage

Three hitseach point

Being respectable

Using rotationto control the

ball

Appraoching the net stage

Take advantage of

short ball

Being sele-ctive

Spin serve

Being clever stage

Varing the paceand spin

Having morespin and angle

Winning somematches

Being a star stage

More effec-tive serve

Fewer unforced

errors

Developingsome

“weapons”

Vocabulary

1. stroke

2. crosscourt

3. bounce

4. blister

5. callus

6. arch

7. racket

8. ranking

n. 打， 击，比划

adj./adv. 斜线的（地）

adj. 一流的，高水平的n. 球拍vt. 拱门，使成弓形

n. 硬茧，皮肤的硬结n. 水泡，沙眼

n. 跳，弹跳

Homework

1. How can tennis be learned and enjoyed best?2.What are the stages of the evolution of tennis?3. About how long does each stage last?4. Which stage is the longest and most important one? And why?5. what do you think is the most important part to be a tennis star?