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1、MorepracticewiththevideoVideo7SportFocusquestionsfortext1.Doweknowwhoinventedtabletennis?2.Whatisatabletennisballmadeof?3.Whatisthe“ball”calledinbadminton?4.Wheredoesbadmintongetitsnamefrom?5.Whoinventedvolleyballandwhen?6.Whatarethethreebasicshots?7.Whatissoccer?8.Intheeventofadraw,howarewor
2、ldcupmatchesdecided?9.Whoinventedbasketballandwhen?10.Whatis“hangtime”?TextChinaisfamousthroughouttheworldforitsdominanceofthissport-tabletennis.Nooneissureofitsorigins,butthegamehasbeenplayedsincethelate19thcentury.WhatiscertainisthatinmoderntimesChineseteamsandindividualshavewonmoreworldcha
3、mpionshipsandgoldmedalsthananyothernationality.Thegameisextremelyfast-probablythefastestsportintermsofreflexandstrikingspeed-andgainsitsspeedfromthesmallsizeoftheplayingarea,thetable,andtheequipmentused,asmallbatusuallymadeofwoodcoveredwithlayersofrubber,andaballmadeofplasticorcelluloid.Theob
4、jectofthegame,ofcourse,istohittheballoverthenetinsuchawaythattheopposingplayercannotreturnit.Thegamecanbeplayedassinglesordoubles,justlikelawntennis.Westernplayersusewhattheycalltheorthodoxgrip,whichgivesthemaforehandandabackhandasintennis.MostChineseplayersusethepenholdergrip,whichseemstoall
5、owafastersmash,andwhichusesthesamefaceofthebatforallstrokes.Greatuseismadeofspin,withtopspinfortheattackinggame…,andreversespin,oftencalledachoporaslicefordefence.Spinisalsousedintheserve,wheretheservermaytrytodisguisethespininordertomakeitmoredifficultforthereceiver.Mostplaytakesplacequitecl
6、osetothetable,butsometimesthemostspectacularshotscanbeplayedfromquitelongdistances.Here'sanothersportinwhichChinaoftendominatestheworld-badminton.AversionofthisgameknownasbattledoreandshuttlecockwasplayedbychildreninEuropeforcenturies,andshuttlecockisstillthewordweuseforthefeatherandcorkballt
7、hatishitfromplayertoplayer,butthebattledorehasbecomeastrungracket.ThemoderngamewastakenbacktoEnglandfromindiabybritishsoldiersinthemiddleofthe19thcentury.LordBeaufortgaveapartyathisstatelyhome,badminton,atwhichthegamewasplayedin1873,andthespo