Entertainment

Entertainment

Entertainment consists of any activity which provides a diversion or permits people to amuse themselves in their leisure time. Entertainment is generally passive, such as watching opera or a movie. Active forms of amusement, such as games or sports, are more often considered to be recreation.

Main entertainment forms among the young people

sport

game

dance film

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TableTennis

Badminton

Football Basketball

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Table tennis

Table tennis is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth with rackets.

The game originated as a sport in Britain during the 1800s, where it was played amongst the upper-class as an after dinner entertainment activity

Chinese players have won the men's World Championship 60% of the time since 1959; in the women's competition, Chinese players have won all but two of the World Championships since 1971. At the 2008 Olympics, China won all possible medals.

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Badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two

opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs (doubles), who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net.

The beginnings of Badminton can be traced to mid-18th century British India.

Since 1992, badminton has been an Olympic sport with five events. It is also a technical sport, requiring good motor coordination and the development of sophisticated racquet

movements.

Football

The various codes of football share the following elements in common:

Two teams of usually between 11 and 18 players; some variations that have fewer players (five or more per team) are also popular.

A clearly defined area in which to play the game. Scoring goals or points, by moving the ball to an opposing

team's end of the field and either into a goal area, or over a line.

Goals or points resulting from players putting the ball

between two goalposts.

Modern balls In Europe, early footballs were made out of animal

bladders, more specifically pig's bladders, which were inflated. Later leather coverings were introduced to allow the ball to keep their shape.

In 1855, the U.S. inventor Charles Goodyear — who had patented vulcanized rubber — exhibited a spherical football, with an exterior of vulcanized rubber panels, at the Paris Exhibition. The ball was to prove popular in early

forms of football in the U.S.A.

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Kobe Jordon

Early college basketball development On February 9, 1895, the first intercollegiate 5-on-5 game was played

at Hamline University between Hamline and the School of Agriculture, which was affiliated with University of Minnesota. The School of Agriculture won in a 9–3 game.

Dr. James Naismith was instrumental in establishing college basketball. He coached at the University of Kansas for six years, before handing the reins to renowned coach Forrest "Phog" Allen.

In 1901, colleges, including the University of Chicago, Columbia University, Dartmouth College, the University of Minnesota, the U.S. Naval Academy, the University of Utah and Yale University began sponsoring men's games.

In 1905, frequent injuries on the football field prompted President Theodore Roosevelt to suggest that colleges form a governing body, resulting in the creation of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (IAAUS).

In 1910, that body would change its name to the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

Women's Basketball

Women's basketball began in 1892 at Smith College when Senda Berenson, a physical education teacher, modified Naismith's rules for women. Shortly after she was hired at Smith, she went to Naismith to learn more about the game. Fascinated by the new sport and the values it could teach, she organized the first women’s collegiate basketball game on March 21, 1893, when her Smith freshmen and sophomores played against one another. Her rules were first published in 1899 and two years later Berenson became the editor of A.G. Spalding’s first Women's Basketball Guide.

1.Do you like dancing?

2.How many type of dance do you know?Which one do you like best?

Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music,used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting. It may also be regarded as a form of nonverbal communication between humans, and is also performed by other animals (bee dance, patterns of behaviour such as a mating dance). Dance can embody or express ideas, emotions or tell a story. It has evolved many styles.

Waltz Rumba 

Jive Tango

Flamenco Latin

Ballet is a formalized kind of performance dance, which originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century, and which was further developed in France, England, and Russia as a concert dance form. It has been influential as a form of dance globally and is taught in ballet schools around the world, which use their own cultures and societies to inform the art.

Swan Lake

Swan Lake was fashioned from Russian folk tales as well as an ancient German legend. It tells the story of Odette, a princess turned into a swan by an evils orcerer's curse.The scenario ,initially in four acts.

Tap dance is a form of dance characterized by a tapping sound that is created from metal plates that are attached to both the ball and heel of the dancer's shoe. These metal plates, when tapped against a hard surface, create a percussive sound and as such the dancers are considered to be musicians.

Breaking（霹雳舞） , also called B-boying or breakdancing, is a dynamic style of dance which developed as part of the hip hop culture. In the early 1930s a man named Earl Tucker invented a type of break dance move called Snakehips. To perform Snakehips one would have to move the hips in a fashion that it would be made to look like the person had no skeleton(骨骼） .

Popping（机械舞） is a dance style and one of the original funk styles of dance which is based on the technique of quickly contracting and relaxing muscles to cause a jerk in the dancer's body, referred to as a pop, tick or a hit. This is done continuously to the rhythm of a song in combination with various movements and poses.

Belly dance is a Western-coined name for a traditional Middle Eastern dance.It is sometimes also called Middle Eastern dance or Arabic dance in the West.The term “Belly dance” is a misnomer as all parts of the body are involved in the dance .Belly dance takes many different forms depending on country and region, both in costume and dance style. New styles have been invented in the West as its popularity has spread globally.

A game is a structured activity, usually undertaken for enjoyment and sometimes used as an educational tool.

Games provide relaxation and diversion. Games may be played by one person for their own entertainment, or by a group of people.

Games may be played for achievement or money such as gambling or bingo. Racing, chess or checkers may develop physical or mental prowess.

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Main types of Games

Main types

1. Sports

2 Tabletop games

3 Video games

Tabletop games is a general term used to refer to board games, card games, dice games, miniatures wargames, tile-based games and other game that are normally played on a table or other flat surface.

Chess

Chinese chess

The game of go

/Weiqi

Flying chess

Chinese checkers

sudoku

are games that can be played solely with paper and pencil.

Crossword puzzle

Video games are computer- or microprocessor-controlled games. Computers can create virtual tools to be used in a game between human (or simulated human) opponents, such as cards or dice, or can simulate far more elaborate worlds where mundane or fantastic things can be manipulated through gameplay.

QQ Farm Online

Most people enjoy the fun that the dummy farm brings.

Films are cultural artifacts created by specific

cultures, which reflect those cultures, and, in turn, affect them. Film is considered to be an important art form, a source of popular entertainment and a powerful method for educating — or indoctrinating — citizens. The visual elements of cinema give motion pictures a universal power of communication. Some films have become popular worldwide attractions by using dubbing or subtitles that translate the dialogue.

The origin of the name "film" comes from the fact that photographic film (also called film stock) has historically been the primary medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion picture, including picture, picture show, moving picture, photo-play and flick. A common name for film in the United States is movie, while in Europe the term cinema is preferred. Additional terms for the field in general include the big screen, the silver screen, the cinema and the movies.

thriller

romance

Comedy

Science fiction

War

Action

Crime

Little Big Soldier takes place during the Warring States Period of China, and tells the story of three men and a horse. An old foot soldier (Chan) and a young high-ranking general from a rival state (Wang) becomes the only survivors of a ruthless battle. The soldier decides to kidnap the general and brings him back to his own state in hopes for a reward in return.

Alice in wonderland is a 2010

fantasy adventure film.The

film uses a technique of

combining live action and

Animation.

In the film, Alice is now nineteen years old and accidentally returns to Underland (misheard by Alice and believed to be called Wonderland), a place she visited thirteen years previously. She is told that she is the only one who can slay the Jabberwocky, a dragon-like creature controlled by the Red Queen who terrorizes Underland's inhabitants.

Ip Man was released theatrically in HongKong on 19 December 2008, receiving widespread acclaim from critics and audiences.A second installment, titled Ip Man 2, was released in April 2010.

Ip Man(Yip man) is a semi-

Biographical martial arts is

based on the life of Ip Man

a grandmaster of themartial

art WingChun And the first

person to teachWing Chun

openly

Lee

One of his students was the widely influential and acclaimed martial artist and filmmaker Bruce Lee

Ip Man grossed over US$

21million worldwide,despite

not being released in North

America and most

of Europe.Following its

success,the film was

nominated for 12 Hong

Kong Film Awards, winning

awards for Best Film

and Best Action

Choreography.