Figure skating—dancing with the“shadow”

花樣滑冰出現在19世紀中葉，一位叫杰克遜的美國人把舞蹈和滑冰結合在一起創造了我們現在的花樣滑冰。花樣滑冰是技巧與藝術相結合的冰上運動項目。運動員在音樂伴奏下，在冰面上滑出各種圖案，表演各種技巧和舞蹈動作。

Skating has been around for centuries，but figure skating's expressive movements are actuallysomewhatmore recent than you mightsuspect.The athletic，acrobatic （雜技的）version of the sport wasn't popularized until the mid-19th century，when an American named Jackson Haines combined dancing and skating for the first time.Americans did not accept Haines'stechnique，so he moved to Vienna， Austria， where he was an immediate success.Some 50 years later，Haines's style finally caught on in the United States.

Figure skating became an Olympic sport before there were Winter Games.Events for pairs and singles first appeared at the London 1908 Summer Games.Ice dancing joined the Olympics in 1976，when the Games were held in Innsbruck，Austria.

In single skating，each skater performs a short routine of required steps， jumps， spins，andcombinations，as well as a longer free-skating routine.The pairs event follows the same format，but with one male and one female performing together.

Ice dance is performed by one male and one female，too.But unlike pairs skating， ice dance does not include overhead lifts and jumps.An ice dancecompetitionis made up of three parts:one set to music that has a required rhythm and tempo（拍子）， and two parts set to whatever music the ice dancers choose.

A panel（討論小組）of nine judges scores the quality of each figure skating performance，but only seven out of nine scores are used.To determine which judges'scores will be used，there is a random draw before each event.Skaters are given a grade for each step， jump， spin， or any other element.They also receive an “overall”score for each performance.The person or team with the highest total score is the winner.

Reading Check

1.When Haines first introduced figure skating to the Americans， ________.

A.he was very successful

B.they refused his technique

C.it was soon became very popular

D.it caught on in the United States

2.From the third paragraph we can infer that_______.

A.dancers do overhead lifts and jumps in pair skating

B.dancers perform to three parts of required music in pair skating

C.the rule of single skating is different from pair skating

D.pair skating and ice dance follow the same rules

Language Study

Vocabulary

1.somewhat adv.稍微；有點

2.suspect vt.懷疑

3.technique n.技術；技巧

4.combination n.混合；結合

5.competition n.競賽；競爭

6.random adj.隨機的；隨意的

Difficult sentence

The pairs event follows the same format，but with one male and one female _____（perform）together.

雙人滑冰采用相同的形式，但一男一女同時表演。

【點石成金】本句所填的部分是“介詞+賓語+賓語補足語”結構。當作賓語補足語的動詞和前面的賓語有邏輯上的主謂關系時，要用動詞-ing形式；有邏輯上的動賓關系時要用動詞-ed形式。

主題應用·語庫構建

Ⅰ.熱詞積累

舞蹈形式

ballet 芭蕾

street dance 街舞

tango 探戈

break dance 霹靂舞

cha-cha 恰恰

waltz 華爾茲

belly dance 肚皮舞

hula 草裙舞

samba 桑巴舞

jazz 爵士

ballroom dancing 交際舞

dragon dance 舞龍

lion dance 舞獅

規劃設計陪伴式服務的服務周期應結合村莊實際情況，根據美麗鄉村規劃設計的有效指導期限、項目總工程量和階段項目密度（強度）等，由業主單位（主導單位）和設計團隊雙方溝通協商后確定，且應簽訂專項服務合同或條款，并報送縣級美麗鄉村辦備案。

yangge 秧歌

音樂種類

traditional music 傳統音樂

classical music 古典音樂

light music 輕音樂

dance music 舞曲

pop music 流行音樂

folk music 民間音樂

country music 鄉村音樂

rock&roll 搖滾

folk songs 民歌

工作人員

makeup artist 化妝師

dancer 舞蹈演員

choreographer 編舞者

technical director 技術總監

stage designer 舞臺設計師

production property master 道具負責人

sound designer 音響設計師

costume designer 服裝設計師

lighting designer 燈光設計師

scenic designer 布景設計師

與音樂相關的動詞

admit 承認；準許（入場）

perform 表演

conduct 指揮；引導；帶領

judge 判斷；斷定

win 獲勝；贏得

deserve 應得；應受

earn 賺得；掙得

sing 唱歌

clap 鼓掌;喝彩

form 組成

applause 鼓掌;喝彩

play 演奏

Ⅱ.美句背誦

1.We are going to hold a dancing competition and I'd like to invite you to take part in it.我們打算舉行一場舞蹈比賽，我想邀請你參加。

2.Mary is fond of dancing while her brother enjoys playing football.瑪麗喜歡跳舞，而他的弟弟喜歡踢足球。

3.The loud music filled the room，which made them feel very happy.響亮的音樂充滿了房間，這使他們非常開心。

4.As is well-known，dancing is beneficial for allstudents.眾所周知，跳舞對所有的學生都有好處。

5.You don't stop dancing from growing old.You grow old from stopping dancing.你并不會因年紀漸大而不再跳舞，卻因不再跳舞而年老。

6.Dancefillsourliveswith hopesand dreams.舞蹈讓我們的生活充滿了希望和夢想。

7.Dance is your pulse， your heartbeat，your breathing.It's the rhythm of your life.舞蹈是你的脈搏、心跳、呼吸，它是生命的節奏。

8.Dancing allows me to explore myself in so many ways，to learn about my limitations and strengths.舞蹈讓我用很多方式探索自己，了解自己的局限與優勢。

9.The little girl had a gift for dancing when shewasachild.那個小女孩小時候就有音樂天賦。

10.Music is an invisible dance，as dancing is asilent music.音樂是一種無形的舞蹈，就如舞蹈是無聲的音樂。

11.I got the first prize in the dancing competition which was held in our school.我在我們學校舉辦的舞蹈比賽中獲得一等獎。

12.To learn more about Chinese culture，Jack has decided to learn Chinese square dancing.為了更了解中國文化，杰克決定學習中國廣場舞。

Ⅲ.讀寫整合

假定你是李華，你們學校將舉辦舞蹈比賽，你受學生會委托為校宣傳欄“英語天地”寫一則通知，內容包括：

1.比賽的目的；

2.時間、地點以及報名要求；3.報名截止日期。注意：

1.詞數100左右；

2.可以適當增加細節，以使行文連貫。

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