Curling is a popular sport in Canada. However, it probably started in Scotland or Holland around three hundred (300) years ago.
There are two teams with four people on each team in curling. They play on a sheet of ice that is 45 meters long and 4.3 meters wide.
Each player slides two heavy stones toward the "house" circle at the opposite end of the ice sheet. The stones weigh almost twenty kilos. Each stone is flat on the top and bottom and has a handle on the top. The player uses the handle to slide the stone. The player swings the stone off the ice, and it curls or curves as it slides along. It does not go in a straight line.
While one player throws the stone, his teammates sweep in front of the stone. This smoothes the ice. The players believe that the stone travels faster on smooth ice, and it can go farther. The captain of the team yells, "Sweep!" and the teammates start sweeping the ice.
Usually people sweep the floor or the sidewalk with a broom. They don't sweep as a sport. Curling is an unusual game.
Vocabulary
There are two teams with four people on each team in curling. They play on a sheet of ice that is 45 meters long and 4.3 meters wide.
Each player slides two heavy stones toward the "house" circle at the opposite end of the ice sheet. The stones weigh almost twenty kilos. Each stone is flat on the top and bottom and has a handle on the top. The player uses the handle to slide the stone. The player swings the stone off the ice, and it curls or curves as it slides along. It does not go in a straight line.
While one player throws the stone, his teammates sweep in front of the stone. This smoothes the ice. The players believe that the stone travels faster on smooth ice, and it can go farther. The captain of the team yells, "Sweep!" and the teammates start sweeping the ice.
Usually people sweep the floor or the sidewalk with a broom. They don't sweep as a sport. Curling is an unusual game.
Vocabulary
- slide (v): to (cause to) move easily and without interruption over a surface. រអិល eg. When I was little I used to like sliding on the polished floor in my socks.
- handle (n): a part of an object designed for holding, moving or carrying the object easily. ដងកាន់ ដងយួរ eg. I can't pick the kettle up-the handle's too hot.
- swing (v): to move easily and without interruption backwards and forwards or from one side to the other, especially from a fixed point, or to cause something or someone to do this. រអិលទៅរអិលមក យោលទៅយោលមក
- curve (n): ភាពកោង
- yell (v): to shout something or make a loud noise, usually when you are angry, in pain or excited. ស្រែក eg. Our neighbours were yelling at each other this morning.
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