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背景音乐： 阿兰---- 康定情歌
Foot shuttlecock
Explain the words below in English
1.The captain dropped the anchor to stabilize the ship during the storm.
2.The rocket propelled through the sky and then dropped into the ocean.
3.Ted loves to show off his dancing skills, so he frequently enters competitions.
4.In the military you experience rigorous basic training.
5.I like watching movies because they are a great diversion from daily stress.
6.The European Union is a federation of independent states.
7.I do not understand why this is deemed art.
Key points
rigorous:
rigor (from rigid) means stiff
-ous making adjectives from nouns, meaning "having, full of, having to do with, doing, inclined to”
It may have evolved from Cuju, a ballgame used to train and relax soldiers.
Paraphrase
evolution
ex- e.g. evaluate
With
-vovle e.g. revolve
propel compel impel dispel
Idioms :
Comprehension exercises:
Foot shuttlecock is played by _________ the shuttlecock in the _________ with any part of the body except your _________.
Foot shuttlecock can be played _________ in groups or _________ on teams.
People play every day for good _________ or _________.
Word bank
Airborne
In flight; in the air
Ostrich
Either of two large, swift-running flightless birds of Africa
Names around the world:
Canada : Kikup
China : Jianzi
USA : Chinese hacky sack
England : Foot shuttlecock or Feather disk
Ireland : Kickum
Japan : Kbane
