James Naismith devised a set of thirteen rules of basketball: 1. The ball may be thrown in any direction with one or both hands. 2. The ball may be ba...
Basketball. The world's greatest sport ever. But of course, it hasn't been around since the world began. No, somebody had to have invented it....
As to the beginning of badminton, there are a lot of stories. One saying that it started in Japan, the other says that it started from India. But one ...
Like many other sports, table tennis began as a mild social diversion. Descending, along with lawn tennis and badminton, from the ancient medieval gam...
The Modern Olympic Games 现代奥运会Dialogue Script 1 对话原文 1 Mark: Shall we take a walk? Tina: I don’t want to go since I’m too full. Mark: You ...
it Takes Balls A standard set of balls for the snooker table consists of 15 rids,6 colours and 1white/cue ball.Historically,snooker balls were made ex...
水上运动--画里话外 The pool where synchronized swimming takes place must be at least 3m deep over a 12*12m area in the centre of the pool.花样游泳的水池区域有12米长1米宽，水深...
所有希腊的男性自由人都有资格参加奥林匹克运动会。至于女人，严格地说，只允许未婚女人参加。不过有个同级的赫拉运动会，允许所有女人参加All free male Greek citizens were entitled to participate in the ancient Olympic Game...
Javelin Throwing: A leather strap was fixed to the shaft of the javelin to form a loop. When throwing, the athlete inserted his index and second finge...
Part 2 The Ancient Olympic Games 古代奥运会Dialogue Script 1 对话原文1 Jason: Annie, it is said you are an Olympic expert. Can you tell me anything about the a...