Do You Know When Basketball Was Invented?
Basketball is a much- loved and active sport that is enjoyed by many for fun and exercise.It is over one hundred years old and is played by more than one hundred million people in over two hundred countries. It is believed that that the first basket game in history was playedon December21，1891.Then in 1936 in Berlin ，it became an event at the Olympics.
Basketball was invented by a Canadian doctor named James Naismith，who was born in 1861.When he was a college teacher he was asked to think of a game that could be played in the winter. Dr.Naismith created a game be played inside on a hard floor .Dr.Naismith divided the men in his class into two teams and taught them to play this new game.Players on the same team must work together to get the ball in the other team"s basket .At the same time they need to stop the the competing team from getting the ball into their own basket.
Today the popularity of basket has risen around the world， with many young people dreaming of becoming famous players. In China you can see people playing basketball in parks， schools and even factories.Basketball has not only become a popular sport to play ，but it has also become a popular spot to watch .Although American"s NBA games are the most famous ,the CBA games are becoming more popular in China.The number of foreign players， including Chinese players， in the NBA has increased.There are also more and more foreign players in the CBA.Many people look up to these basketball heroes and want to become like them. these starts encourage young people to work hard to achieve their dreams.
你知道篮球是什么时候发明的吗？
篮球是一项许多人都喜爱的积极运动，它既有趣又能健身。篮球有100多年的历史，而且有200多个国家，超过一亿人都在玩篮球，普遍认为1891年的12月21日，是历史上第一场篮球比赛的日子，然后在1936年的柏林篮球成为了奥运会比赛项目。
篮球是由一位名叫詹姆斯.奈史密斯的加拿大医生发明的，他出生于1861年，当他在大学任教时，被要求发明一项能让人冬天玩的游戏。于是奈史密斯金山创造出一种能在室内硬地板上玩的游戏。他把他班级里的人分成两队，教他们玩他的新游戏，同一个队的成员必须一起努力把球投进对方的篮筐，同时，他们还要阻止对方把球投进他们自己队的篮筐。
如今，许多年轻人都梦想成为著名的篮球运动员，篮球在世界各地也越来越普及。在中国，有时你能看见人们在公园，学校甚至工厂打篮球，篮球不仅成为一项人们喜爱玩的运动，也成为了一项人们喜爱观看的运动。虽然美国的NBA比赛是最著名的，但是中国的CBA比赛也越来越受欢迎，NBA中的外国球员数量有所增加，其中也包括中国球员，也有越来越多的外籍球员加入到CBA赛事中，许多年轻人都仰慕这些篮球英雄，并想成为像他们一样的人。这些球星也鼓励着年轻人为实现自己的梦想而努力。
