F2F Class Notes (Raph)[R]
Vocabulary
Migraine (n): 1- severe continuous pain in the head, often with vomiting and difficulty in seeing. 2- 偏头痛
E.g.: Do you suffer from migraine ?
E.g.: Considering the amount of stress she’s under, it’s not surprising she keeps getting migraines.
Archery (n): 1- the art or sport of shooting arrows.
E.g.: He’s been interested in archery since he was a little boy.
Triathlon (n): 1- a competition in which the people competing must swim, ride a bicycle, and run particular distances without stopping between events.
E.g.: I like watching Olympic triathlon events.
Spice sth up (v): 1- to add excitement or interest to a speech, story, or performance.
E.g.: He’d spiced up his speech with a few jokes.
E.g.: It was one of those articles on how to spice up your sex life.
Judo (n): 1- 柔道
Reading
Mixed-gender events added to 2020 Olympics
(Source: www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1706/170613-2020-olympics.html)
There will be more mixed-gender events and more women at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said men and women would compete together in archery, athletics, judo, sailing, shooting, swimming, table tennis, and triathlon. There will be a 4x400m mixed relay in athletics and a 4x100m mixed relay in swimming. British Olympics swimming champion Adam Peaty told the BBC that having mixed events in Tokyo would make the Olympics “more fun”. He said “It’s something that would make things a little bit more fun….It’s great to mix things up from what they’ve been for so long as it adds a little spice and [mixed events] are great to watch.
The IOC also announced that there would be more sports at the Tokyo Olympics. IOC president Thomas Bach said the Games will be “more youthful, more urban and include more women”. Not everyone is happy with the introduction of the new events. Some people said it was wrong to include urban sports like skateboarding, 3-on-3 basketball, sport climbing and BMX freestyle. These are to try and get more young people to watch the Games. Having newer sports means there will be fewer athletes in more traditional events like weightlifting and wrestling. Tokyo will be the most gender-balanced Olympics ever. Women will make up 48.8 per cent of athletes who will compete at the Games.
Grammar
Collide: /kəˈlaɪd/
Tokyo: /ˈtoʊ.ki.oʊ/
Wrestle: /ˈres.əl/
Triathlon: /traɪˈæθ.lɑːn/
Athlete: /ˈæθ.liːt/
Wrestling: /ˈres.lɪŋ/
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