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Read the following article about ice-skating. Choose the most suitable heading from the list A-I for each part (1-8) of the article. Write your answers in the space in the numbered boxes below. There is one extra heading that is not to be used.
A. Prepare yourself
B. The benefits of the sport
C. When things go wrong
D. Different skating techniques
E. A change in approach F. The right attitude
G. Moving off
H. Holding your body correctly
I. How it all started
1…………………………….
Ice skating has a history of thousands of years. Archaeologists have discovered skates made from animal bone. It seems that bone skates were used until the introduction of iron into Scandinavia about the year 200 AD. Among the Scandinavian upper classes, skating was seen as an essential skill.
2. …………………………….
In the early twentieth century, skating was stylish and reserved, but at the 1924 Winter Olympics, 11-year-old Sonja Hinnies introduced a more athletics attitude which inspired a new wave of popularity. Nowadays art and athletics are combined and modern skating is both graceful and physically demanding.
3. …………………………….
For beginners, balance and control are all important and speed can only increase with proficiency. The position of your body plays a great part in balance. Legs slightly bowed and the knees bent keep the body weight centered; in effect the body leans slightly forward in this position. For skating, probably more than any other sport or recreation, relaxation is vital.
4. …………………………….
For the skating position, the heels should almost be touching and the feet should be turned out wards. While pushing toward with a back foot, you make a very small movement with the other foot. Fairly easy, isn’t it? If you can keep this up for a while, you can then slowly increase the length of your movements as you gain experience.
5. …………………………….
Knowing how to fall must be learnt among the skater’s first skills. Even the best of the professionals fall. In order to fall without injury, you should be as relaxed as possible. In this way the sock of hitting the ice is lessened. To get up, use your hands to get into a kneeling position, then stand.
6. …………………………….
One you have learnt to move on the ice with confidence, there are various styles to be practised-figure skating, free styles, distance, speed, skating pairs, and so on- but the basics of them all, and by far the best approach, it first to learn figures can soon be learn figure skating and then elementary freestyle. With proper guidance available at most of the ice rinks, the basic figures can soon be learnt and the turns, jumps, and spins or elementary free style will so follow.
7. …………………………….
If you look at any good of professional skater, you will see how relaxed they are and how easily they move. To achieve this, an exercise program should be regularly practised. It can be dangerous to skate with a stiff body and warm up exercises should at least include those for the legs, back and shoulders, with special emphasis on the ankles and the knees. After a long or intense session, the same exercises should be used afterwards to avoid stiffness.
8…………………………….
Skating improves balance, co-ordination, relaxation and movement. It improves heart and lung activity and generally strengthens the body. Combined with swimming or jogging, it provides a great program for all-round health and fitness.
A. Prepare yourself
B. The benefits of the sport
C. When things go wrong
D. Different skating techniques
E. A change in approach F. The right attitude
G. Moving off
H. Holding your body correctly
I. How it all started
1…………………………….
Ice skating has a history of thousands of years. Archaeologists have discovered skates made from animal bone. It seems that bone skates were used until the introduction of iron into Scandinavia about the year 200 AD. Among the Scandinavian upper classes, skating was seen as an essential skill.
2. …………………………….
In the early twentieth century, skating was stylish and reserved, but at the 1924 Winter Olympics, 11-year-old Sonja Hinnies introduced a more athletics attitude which inspired a new wave of popularity. Nowadays art and athletics are combined and modern skating is both graceful and physically demanding.
3. …………………………….
For beginners, balance and control are all important and speed can only increase with proficiency. The position of your body plays a great part in balance. Legs slightly bowed and the knees bent keep the body weight centered; in effect the body leans slightly forward in this position. For skating, probably more than any other sport or recreation, relaxation is vital.
4. …………………………….
For the skating position, the heels should almost be touching and the feet should be turned out wards. While pushing toward with a back foot, you make a very small movement with the other foot. Fairly easy, isn’t it? If you can keep this up for a while, you can then slowly increase the length of your movements as you gain experience.
5. …………………………….
Knowing how to fall must be learnt among the skater’s first skills. Even the best of the professionals fall. In order to fall without injury, you should be as relaxed as possible. In this way the sock of hitting the ice is lessened. To get up, use your hands to get into a kneeling position, then stand.
6. …………………………….
One you have learnt to move on the ice with confidence, there are various styles to be practised-figure skating, free styles, distance, speed, skating pairs, and so on- but the basics of them all, and by far the best approach, it first to learn figures can soon be learn figure skating and then elementary freestyle. With proper guidance available at most of the ice rinks, the basic figures can soon be learnt and the turns, jumps, and spins or elementary free style will so follow.
7. …………………………….
If you look at any good of professional skater, you will see how relaxed they are and how easily they move. To achieve this, an exercise program should be regularly practised. It can be dangerous to skate with a stiff body and warm up exercises should at least include those for the legs, back and shoulders, with special emphasis on the ankles and the knees. After a long or intense session, the same exercises should be used afterwards to avoid stiffness.
8…………………………….
Skating improves balance, co-ordination, relaxation and movement. It improves heart and lung activity and generally strengthens the body. Combined with swimming or jogging, it provides a great program for all-round health and fitness.
