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SPORT STACKING

SUMMARY

Sport Stacking is a type of sport. It is only 36 years old. Peoplestack 12 plastic cups in the sport. The cups must be stacked into a pyramid. Also, you must be fast. The faster you are, the better. Athletes from Taiwan win 11 gold medals at the World Championship. A 15-year-old girl wins four of them. Her best time is 5.615 seconds. She says that this is the high point in her career. She is under a lot of stress. She tries to keep calm. She wants to get even better. Taiwan hosts the next World Championship in Cowshung City. Difficult words: stack (to put things on one another), high point (the best time), host (to organise). You can read the original story and watch the video in the Level 3 section.

VOCABULARY

stack: apilar

furious: furioso

branch: rama

claim: reclamación

astonishing: asombroso

essential: esencial

relay: relé

focus: centro de atenció

PERSONAL OPINION

It's so difficult to do this sport and I so ashamed because it do it the little children.