Level: upper-intermediate

Q&A round 5
What do you think are the most popular sports in China?

Soccer 英式足球 【只有美国人会把英式足球叫做soccer，因为他们还有个美式足球；英国人就只有football这一个称呼足球的方式】

American football 美式足球，美式橄榄球

Ping Pong 乒乓球

Badminton 羽毛球

Hand-eye coordination 手眼协调
Squash 壁球 【这个是Julie自己从事的小众运动，发源于英国】

Shuttlecock / Birdie 羽毛球的球

Does it [birdie] have anything to do with birds?

It's said the invention of the shuttlecock or birdie was inspired by that of a bird, so yeah, I won't be surprised if that was the case. 据说羽毛球的发明确实是受到了某种鸟类的启发，所以【如果这是事实的话】，我不会觉得奇怪。

No wonder in Chinese it's called '羽毛球'!

No wonder 难怪

Q&A round 6
Can we say Ping Pong is the national sport of China?

Yeah there is a stereotype that goes on...
Stereotype 刻板印象


Q&A round 7
Is there any sport you want to try in the future?

Scuba diving 重装潜水
Scuba suit 潜水服
Oxygen tank 氧气箱
Diving with the sharks 与鲨鱼共舞【南非潜水项目】
Cage 笼子

Adam介绍“与鲨鱼共舞”的经历：
What they do is you are in a scuba suit, you have the oxygen tank, you have everything... You are inside a cage and the cage is put under water, so the shark swims around you and the only thing that is stopping the shark from eating you is the cage in between you guys.

Are you sure you really want to do it? Sounds really thrilling but absolutely adventurous!
Thrilling 刺激的，激动人心的
Adventurous 充满危险的，大胆的，敢作敢为的

It can make anyone's adrenaline rush. 所有人都会因此肾上腺素蹿升。

Adrenaline 肾上腺素，被形象地称作'Fight or flight hormone'—— “打或者逃的荷尔蒙”

Extreme sports can drive your adrenaline up/ can cause your adrenaline to go up / can give you an adrenaline rush.“极限运动可以让你的肾上腺素飙升”的几种说法。

Extreme sports 极限运动

A hormone which will be secreted more when people get excited 一种在人们兴奋的时候分泌会增加的荷尔蒙

Sky diving 高空跳伞

I really want to try that, if I have the guts. 如果我有那个勇气【guts】的话，我真的很想试~

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