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Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, using organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance,

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Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a

competitive sport, using organized routines, usually

ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the

components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and

stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports

teams at games or to participate in competitions The

athlete involved is called a cheerleader Cheerleading

originated in the United States, and remains a

predominantly American activity, with an estimated 1.5

million participants in all-star cheerleading The growing

presentation of the sport to a global audience has been

led by the 1997 start of broadcasts of cheerleading

competition by ESPN International and the worldwide

release of the 2000 film Bring it On Due in part to this

recent exposure, there are now an estimated 100,000

participants scattered around the rest of the world in

countries including Australia, Canada, China, Colombia,

Finland, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, New

Zealand and the United Kingdom

Answer the questions about the text:

1 What’s cheerleading? _ _

2 What components does it contain? _

3 Where did cheerleading originate? _

4 How and when has the growing presentation of the sport to a global audience been led? _

5 What’s the estimated number of participants in the world? _

6 Besides the US, where are there cheerleaders?

_

7 Is cheerleading a popular activity in your country? _

8 Have you seen any movies about cheerleading?

9 Do you think cheerleading more related to the US culture than

any kind of sport? Why (not)? _

10 Would you (or someone you know) like to be a cheerleader?

Why? _

_

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American students are really concerned about popularity Do you think that being a cheerleader has something to do with popularity?

Why is it so important to be a cheerleader for American students? _ What are some activities related to popularity among the students in your community?

In what ways do you think cheerleading is important for

a game?

How do you think the game score can be influenced by

the cheerleaders?

Do cheerleaders really cheer the fans watching the

game? _

Here there’s a list of movies about cheerleading:

Bring It On (2000); Bring It On Again (2004); Bring It On: All

Or Nothing (2006); Bring It On: In It To Win It (2007); Fired Up! (2009); Man Of The House (2005); Sugar & Spice (2001) Try to watch at least one of them After watching, answer the questions below:

What movie(s) did you watch? _ Did you like it? Why (not)? _ What did you learn about cheerleading from the movie? _ _ What’s the cheerleaders’ primary motivation? Why do you think so? _ _

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheerleading

http://www.sportsinmovies.com/cheerleading-movies.asp http://youtube.com

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