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สาระการเรียนรู้ภาษาต่างประเทศ ช่วงชั้นที่ 4
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Tryouts for Majorettes
Mary : What’s happening in the gym?
Stevie : It’s the tryouts for drum majorettes. Sandra, Jenny, and Karen
are trying out for the squad.
Mary : Let’s sneak in and watch. That’s Karen over there! Isn’t she great?
Look how high she’s throwing her baton. She’s is graceful !
Stevie : And she catches it behind her back !
Mary : I would have dropped it a million times.
Stevie : Do you see Jenny on the left? Look how fast she’s twirling her
baton.
Mary : Sandra’s pretty good too. Oh, she dropped her baton ! Is she going
to be disqualified?
Stevie : Don’t worry. It’s not the really thing yet, but just the preliminaries.
It doesn’t count.
Mary : That other girl dropped her baton too.
Stevie : She was trying something really difficult. Watch – there she goes
again.
Mary : She made it this time. Did you see how she caught it just one inch
from the floor, right after she turned around?
Stevie : Yes, she’s really good. It doesn’t look too hopeful for our friends,
huh? The competition seems very stiff.
Mary : Not at all. I think Jenny, Sandra and Karen are just as good as
anybody else!
Vocabulary :
tryout (n) competition for a position on the team or a part in the play
majorette (n) a young woman or girl who wears a uniform and makes a
pattern of movements with a baton by spinning it and
throwing it into the air, as part of a group of girls who do
this or as the leader of a musical group
baton(n) a stick used by a conductor (= person who controls the
performance of a group of musicians) to show the speed
of the music
graceful (adj.) moving in a smooth, relaxed, attractive way, or having a
smooth, attractive shape
twirl (v) give a sudden quick turn or set of turns in a circle
disqualified (adj.) to stop someone from being in a competition or doing
something because they are unsuitable or they have
done something wrong
preliminaries (n) an event or action that introduces or prepares for
something else
stiff (adj.) severe and difficult
peculiarly (adv.) especially
intermission (n) a period between parts of a game when the players rest
and people watching can leave their seats
Culture Note
A peculiarly American institution is the high school marching band. The band is composed of wind, brass and percussion instruments – no string instruments. The band also included majorettes - girls who march in front of the musicians twirling their batons.
The whole group is lead by a head majorette. She leads the marching band and helps the musicians keep time with the movements of her baton.
The band marches in holiday parades, and also plays and marches during intermissions in football games and other school events.
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แหล่งที่มาของข้อมูล: หนังสือ American Culture / Panda Publishing House .
https://www.dictionary.cambridge.org.
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