17. For many years , Americans were the most famous basketball players , but the sport is　

much more international.

　　 多年以来，美国人一直以篮球著称于世，但这项运动更是一场国际化的运动。

　　 much more 是个词组，意为更加，更不用说

　　 如：It’s difficult to understand his books , much more his lectures.

　　 他的书难懂，它的演讲就更难懂了。

16. Later , the baskets were replaced by net.

　　 be replaced by 被…代替

　　 后来，篮子被篮网代替了。

15. The backboards behind the baskets were added to stop people in the balcony from trying　

to catch the ball

　　 (1)stop sb from doing 阻止某人做某事

　　 Can you stop the child from getting into mischief ?

　　 你不能制止那个孩子恶作剧吗？

　　 What can stop us from going if we want to go ?

　　 如果我们要去，什么能阻止我们不能成行呢？

　　 (2)were added 为被动语态，“被加进去”

　　 整句应译为：篮筐后面的篮板被加了进来，以防止看台上的观众接住球

14. They played the first basketball game in history .

　　 in history是个词组，意为“在历史上”

13. He divided them into two teams of nine and taught them how to play his new game.

　　 他把他们(18人)分成9人的两队，然后教他们如何做这个新游戏

　　 divide into 是个词组意为“分成”

　　 If you divide 6 into 30 / divide 30 by 6 ,

　　 the answer is 5.

　　 以6除30，答案为5。

　　 The teacher divide the students into 2 parts.

　　 老师把同学们分成两部分

12. He put them high on the balcony where people sat looking down at the players

　　 他把它们(篮筐)放在比较高的位置，这样人们(观众)就可以坐在看台上俯视篮球运动员了。

　　 (1)Where people sat looking down at the players.

　　 这部分为定语从句，修饰前面的balcony.

　　 (2)looking down 为现在分词，表伴随的动作

　　 (3)balcony此处为“看台”，此外，它还有“阳台”的含义。

11. If people touched , they could fall down and get hurt .

　　 如果人们互相接触的话，他们就会摔倒并且受伤。

　　 get hurt 也可以说be hurt , get为系动词，hurt为过去分词

10. But he wanted the game to be a non-contact sport because it would be played on hard　

wooden floors

　　 would be played 为过去将来时被动语态

　　 其构成为would + be + 过去分词