Take Away English-Ballroom Dancing 交际舞
时间：2018-12-07 作者：英语课 分类：Take Away English
Famous former British athlete Colin Jackson learns to dance
Ballroom 1 dancing in the UK used to be seen as something rather unfashionable that old people might do. For the past five years though, the popularity of ballroom dancing has soared thanks to a reality TV show.
Strictly Come Dancing is one of the BBC's big TV shows. Millions of people tune 3 in every Saturday night to watch the show which airs from September right up to Christmas.
In the show a number of professional ballroom dancers each partner up with a celebrity 4. Every week they have to learn a different ballroom dance and perform it live on TV on the Saturday night.
Four judges, all of whom have a background in professional dance, give the celebrities 5 scores and comments about their dances. It is then up to the public to call in and vote for their favourite couple. The two least favourite then have to dance again and the judges decide who stays in the competition and who leaves.
The show demonstrates how glamorous 6 ballroom dancing is. The celebrities get to wear colourful dresses and sequinned suits to dance in, and it looks like a lot of fun.
The TV programme also shows what good exercise it can be to ballroom dance and what hard work is involved in learning the dances and performing them properly.
Dance schools around the country have seen a boost in the number of people wanting to learn how to dance. And it's not only older people who are interested. Lots of children and young people in their 20s are keen to learn.
The format 7 for the show has been copied in lots of countries around the world. In America, the show is called Dancing with the Stars and at the moment Mel B from the Spice Girls is doing very well in the show. In the British show there are famous TV presenters 8, former sportsmen and even rock star Rod Stewart's wife, photographer Penny Lancaster, is taking part.
So you can forget your usual exercise – why not learn a foxtrot, a tango or a jive or for the less energetic, a waltz perhaps. It's the trendy thing to do!
GLOSSARY 词汇表
unfashionable soared
不时髦
tune in
收看
partner up
结为舞伴
judges
裁判
up to
由…决定
sequinned
镶光片的
keen
积极的
former
前(任)
tango
探戈舞
waltz
华尔兹
骤然上升
airs
播出
live
现场
scores
比分
glamorous
华丽的
a boost
促进
format
（程序）方式
foxtrot
狐步
jive
捷舞
trendy
时髦的
- The boss of the ballroom excused them the fee.舞厅老板给他们免费。
- I go ballroom dancing twice a week.我一个星期跳两次交际舞。
- His doctor is dieting him strictly.他的医生严格规定他的饮食。
- The guests were seated strictly in order of precedence.客人严格按照地位高低就座。
- He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
- The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。
- Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
- He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。
- He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
- a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目
- The south coast is less glamorous but full of clean and attractive hotels.南海岸魅力稍逊，但却有很多干净漂亮的宾馆。
- It is hard work and not a glamorous job as portrayed by the media.这是份苦差，并非像媒体描绘的那般令人向往。
- Please format this floppy disc.请将这张软盘格式化。
- The format of the figure is very tasteful.该图表的格式很雅致。
- Each week presenters would put the case for their favourite candidate. 每个星期主持人推出他们最喜欢的候选人。 来自互联网
- Karaoke was set up to allowed presenters to sing on the stage. 宴会设有歌唱舞台，可让出席者大演唱功。 来自互联网