20100118 Sport Stacking (1)

Sport Stacking

These cups aren't for dringing, they're for playing

Basketball and baseball move over! There's a new sport in town, and if you blink, you might miss the action. It's that fast! In sport stacking, one player competes at a time. The player must quickly arrange 12 special plastic cups into various formations. As the player builds formations, a touch-pad timer records his or her speed. The goal is to be the fastest "stacker" without making any mistakes.

This competitive sport started in the early 1980s in southern California. At the time, not many people participated in it. Then in 1990, it caught the attention of Bob Fox, an elementary school physical education teacher. He was so impressed with the sport that he began promoting it in schools around the country. As sport stacking continued to gain popularity, Fox founded Speed Stacks, Inc. His company is dedicated to spreading sport stacking around the world. Today the sport can be found in 22 countries and nearly 30,000 schools and organizations worldwide.




blink v. 眨眼睛/瞇著眼看/閃亮/閃爍
eg: The little girl bliked with surprise when she saw her birthday gift.
eg: He stared at the TV screen without even blinking.

blink n. 眨眼睛
eg: In the blink of an eye, the quarterback made a touchdown.
=> 在一眨眼間，四分衛就做了觸地得分。

formation n. 形成/構成/組成
touch-pad timer 觸控定時器

competitive adj. 競爭的

physical education 體育教育/體育課

found v. 建立/建造
=> start/begin

formation n. 排列/隊形
=> form and create
eg: rock formation
eg: march band formation
eg: Formations(隊形的變化) play an important part in cheerleading(啦啦隊歡呼).
eg: The band marched in their parade formation.

formation n. 構成/結構
eg: the formation of a snowflake 雪花的結構

compete v. 競爭的
competitive adj. 競爭激烈的/好競爭的
eg: The product still remains at the top in such a competitive market.
eg: Victor is a competitive football player. He performs best under stress.


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record n. 紀錄
record v. 登記/紀錄
=> 動詞和名詞念法不同

heteronym n. 同型異音異義詞/破音字

minute n. 分鐘
minute adj. 微小的/微不足道的
=> 動詞和名詞念法不同



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There's a new sport in town, and if you blink, you might miss the action.
=> There's a new sport that people are paying attention to ...

in town
=> within society or
=> that people are starting to notice or get involved with

eg: There's a new fashion trend in town.
eg: The musical was so popular that it will be back in town next month.