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Sports
The document is an illustrated dictionary focused on popular and extreme sports, providing English terms with Spanish translations. It includes a range of sports descriptions such as football, basketball, and motocross, and outlines educational uses and target audiences. The dictionary aims to assist secondary students in the learning process, promoting self-learning without interactive exercises.
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- 1. SPORTS I L LU S T R A T E D D I C T I O N A R Y Popular sports Extreme sports It Contains an English glossary with Spanish translation
- 2. 1. GENERAL NAME: POPULARAND EXTREME SPORTS LANGUAGE: ENGLISH AND SPANISH DESCRIPTION: THIS ILLUSTRADED DICTIONARY HELPS IN THE TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESS KEYS WORDS: SPORT, AMATEUR, BALL, FIELD, MATCH, TEAM … 2. LIFECYCLE VERSION: 1.0 AUTHOR: JULIETH VELASQUEZ AND CINTYA HERNANDEZ ENTITY: UNIVERSIDAD DE SUCRE DATE: MAY 2017 3. TECHNICAL FORMAT: PDF SIZE: MB LOCATION: SINCELEJO-SUCRE REQUIREMENTS: S.O WINDOWS DISPLAY OF PRESENTATION INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: ANY 4. EDUCATIONAL TYPE OF INTERACTIVITY: IT DOES NOT CONTAIN EXERCISES TYPE OF LEARNING RESOURCE: DICTIONARY, PRESENTATION LEVEL OF INTERACTIVITY: MEDIUM TARGET POPULATION: SECONDARY STUDENTS CONTEXT OF LEARNING: SELF-LEARNING 5. RIGHTS COSTS: ANY COPYRIGHT AND OTHER RESTRICTIONS: RECOGNITION, NON- COMMERCIAL, WITHOUT DERIVED WORK ANNOTATION: EDUCATIVE USE, NO COMERCIAL 6. CLASSIFICATION SOURCE OF CLASSIFICATION: FACULTY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCES TAXONOMIC PATH: MEDIA AND ADVANCED EDUCATION METADATA
- 3. A game playedby two teams of 11 players each on a rectangular, 100-yard-long field with goal lines and goal posts at either end, the object being to gain possession of a ball and advance it in running or passing plays across the opponent's goal line or kick it through the air between the opponent's goal posts. P O P U L A R S P O R T S FOOTBALL A game played between two teams of five players each on a rectangular court, usually indoors. Each team tries to score by tossing the ball through the opponent’s goal, an elevated horizontal hoop and net called a basket. BASKETBALL A, game played by two teams, usually of six players on a side, in which the players use their hands to bat a ball back and forth over a high net, trying to make the ball touch the court within the opponents’ playing area before it can be returned. To prevent this a player on the opposing team bats the ball up and toward a teammate before it touches the court surface that teammate may then volley it back across the net or bat it to a third teammate who volleys it across the net. A team is allowed only three touches of the ball before it must be returned over the net VOLLEYBALL,
- 4. A sport inwhich two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick. There are many types of hockey such as bandy, field hockey and ice hockey. This game is played by two opposing teams of 11 players each, who try to hit a ball into their opponents' goal using long sticks curved at the end. SPORTS DICTIONARY P O P U L A R S P O R T S HOCKEY BASEBALL A sport played on a field by two teams against each other. In baseball, a player on one team throws a small round ball at a player on the other team, who tries to hit it with a bat, which is like a long, round club. Then the player who hits the ball has to run around the field. Players score points by running around in a full circle around three markers on the ground called bases, and back to where they started, which is called home plate. They have to do this without getting caught by the players on the other team.
- 5. P O PU L A R S P O R T S Golf is a game enjoyed all over the world by both players and fans. It's a sport that requires concentration and precision, and it's enjoyed by professional athletes and amateurs, both of whom compete throughout the year for titles and prizes. Many people consider golf an easy game to learn, but not everyone is actually good at golf. The basics of golf include hitting a ball with a club, trying hard to hit the ball directly into the hole on the green. To play golf a golfer needs a set of clubs, no more than 14, of varying lengths and sizes, a set of golf balls, and a golf bag. There are more accessories available, but a beginner can start with just clubs, balls, and a bag. A team play game pits two people or a team of two to three people against each other. Similar to a stroke game, the strokes used count as your score but it's tallied as a team rather than individually. GOLF
- 6. TENNIS original name lawntennis, game in which two opposing players (singles) or pairs of players (doubles) use tautly strung rackets to hit a ball of specified size, weight, and bounce over a net on a rectangular court. Points are awarded to a player or team whenever the opponent fails to correctly return the ball within the prescribed dimensions of the court. The sport of athletics is defined by the many events which make up its competition programmes. All events within the sport are forms of running, walking, jumping or throwing. These events are divided into the sub-sports of track and field, road running, racewalking and cross country running. ATLETICS POPULAR SPORTS
- 7. POPULAR SPORTS Boxing, sport,both amateur and professional, involving attack and defense with the fists. Boxers usually wear padded gloves and generally observe the code set forth in the marquess of Queensberry rules. Matched in weight and ability, boxing contestants try to land blows hard and often with their fists, each attempting to avoid the blows of the opponent. A boxer wins a match either by outscoring the opponent—points can be tallied in several ways—or by rendering the opponent incapable of continuing the match. Bouts range from 3 to 12 rounds, each round normally lasting three minutes. BOXING American football is a unique sport -- it is a game about gaining territory as much as it is about scoring points. When two teams step onto a football field, each is battling for every inch it can take from the other. Each team wants to defend the field that is behind it and invade the field in front of it. Ultimately, they want to gain enough ground to score a touchdown or field goal. AMERICAN FOOTBALL
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- 9. Motocross racing isone of the most exciting sports to watch. Riders seem to perform death- defying turns and leaps. The effort used to control the bike is visible and the rider can be seen shifting his weight about to turn and maneuver the bike for maximum speed. The wheels often spin and spray up mud when a rider tries to control the traction of the bike. EXTREME SPORTS MOTOCROSS Skydiving, also called parachuting, is a sport in which athletes jump out of an airplane at a certain altitude and perform acrobatic movements in free fall. Then they open their parachutes to slow down and return safely to Earth. Skydiving is considered to be an extreme sport which takes a lot of courage but also gives you an adrenalin kick. SKYDIVING OR PARACHUTING
- 10. Surfing is thesport of riding waves in an upright or prone position. Surfers catch ocean, river, or man-made waves, and glide across the surface of the water until the wave breaks and loses its energy. In the ocean, wave riders stand up on surfboards and navigate the water - nearly parallel to the beach - toward the shore. There are four types of surfing waves: spilling waves, plunging waves, surging waves, and collapsing waves. The ultimate goal of surfing is to ride and progress on the unbroken part of the wave using a surfboard. Nevertheless, beginners can learn to surf in the whitewater part of the wave EXTREME SPORTS SURFING
- 11. EXTREME SPORTS Water skiingis a surface water sport in which an individual is pulled behind a boat or a cable ski installation over a body of water, skimming the surface on two skis or one ski. The sport requires sufficient area on a smooth stretch of water, one or two skis, a tow boat with tow rope, three people (depending on state boating laws), and a personal flotation device. In addition, the skier must have adequate upper and lower body strength, muscular endurance, and good balance. Skiing is a fun pastime that allows people of all skill levels and ages to enjoy. There is no minimum age necessary to water ski. WATERSKIING Ice climbing is an extreme sport that is practiced on icefalls, frozen waterfalls, and cliffs and rock slabs covered with ice refrozen from flows of water. this sport is very dangerous and it requires of tools like a chisel an ice climber, lamp etc. ICE CLIMBING
- 12. Scuba diving isan activity consisting of staying underwater in breathing, either by using a hookah (pipe bringing air from the surface), or most often by equipping yourself with a (Air cylinder carried by the diver). Specific equipment generally consists of an isothermal suit, a mask, fins, belt ballast or integrated stabilizer jacket equipped with a direct system, and a diving bottle generally containing Of the compressed air around 200 bars. The gas is supplied to the plunger via a regulator EXTREME SPORTS SCUBA DIVING Bungee jumping, sport in which the jumper falls from a high place with a rubber (“bungee”) cord attached both to his or her feet and to the jump site, and, after a period of headfirst free fall, is bounced partway back when the cord rebounds from its maximum stretch. It traces its roots to the “land diving” practiced on Pentecost Island, Vanuatu, in which divers jump off a high tower, their feet connected to it by a vine whose length is calculated to allow the jumper to fall until his hair just brushes the ground below. BUNGEE JUMPING
- 13. FOOTBALL: Fútbol BASKETBALL: Baloncesto TENNIS:Tenis VOLLEYBALL: Voleibol BASEBALL: Beísbol HOCKEY: Hockey GOLF: Golf RUGBY: Rugby TABLE TENNIS: Tenis de mesa ATHLETICS: Atletismo BOXING: Boxeo ICE HOCKEY: Hockey sobre hielo SKIING: Esquí SWIMMING: Natación MOTOR RACING: Motociclismo FENCING: Esgrima BOOTS / TRAINING SHOES: Botas, zapatillas de deporte RACKET: Raqueta de tenis BAT: Bate de béisbol o raqueta de tenis de mesa STICK: Palo (stick) de Hockey CLUBS: Palos de golf SWORD: Espada (esgrima) CRASH HELMET: Casco protector SWIMMING COSTUME / SWIMSUIT: Traje de natación para mujeres TRUNKS: Traje de baño para hombres NET: Red de Voleyball, tenis, etc. SKATES: Patines PUCK: Disco de Hockey SKI SUIT: Traje de Ski GLOVES: Guantes SPORT GLOSSARY COURT: Pista de baloncesto, tenis y voleibol FIELD:: Pista de fútbol o rugby COURSE: Pista de golf TRACK: Pista de atletismo RINK: Pista de Jockey POOL: Piscina RING: Ring (boxeo) SKI SLOPES: Pista de ski
- 14. WIN: Ganar WINNERS: Ganadores LOSE:Perder LOSERS: Perdedores BEAT: Vencer DRAW: Empatar TO CHEER: Animar, aplaudir REFEREE: Árbitro de fútbol, rugby y baloncesto UMPIRE: Árbitro de béisbol y tenis CROWD: Multitud BAN: Prohibir SCOREBOARD: Marcador LAP: Vuelta SPECTATORS: Espectadores TROPHY: Trofeo WHISTLE: Pitido, silbato. RETIRE: Retirarse PEAK: Cima RISK: Riesgo LOSS: Pérdida KICK OFF: Comenzar WARM UP: Calentar EQUIPMENT: Equipamento HIKING: Senderismo, excursionismo ROCK CLIMBING: Escalada JOGGING: Footing TAKE UP: Empezar GIVE UP: Parar, dejar de hacer GET FIT: Ponerse en forma SUPPORT: Apoyar, seguir (a un equipo)