Capítulo 2. Caracterización de la fundamental
2.3 Análisis de la potencia reactiva
Skim-read the article again to find the answers to the questions.
1. Where was Parkour invented?
2. Where was the first freerunning championships held? 3. What age and sex is a typical freerunner?
4. How has peoples’ attitude to the sport changed in the last few years? 5. With what and back to when do people associate the birth of freerunning? 6. What is the main difference between Parkour and freerunning?
7. What professional bodies are interested in the sport? 8. What connection does the sport have with the film industry? 9. Is freerunning likely to become an Olympic sport?
‘Cali’ Nelle, from France. “I’m not really thinking about winning. It’s just being here alongside the best of the best. The first ever freerunning world championships? That’s a big event. That’s something for the history books.”
© Guardian News & Media 2008 First published in The Guardian, 04/09/08
Parkour is the art of moving through your environment using only your body and the surroundings to propel yourself. It can include running, jumping, climbing, even crawling, if that is the most suitable movement for the situation.
Source: http://www.misterParkour.com/faq/
Freerunning uses the same movements
as Parkour but with the emphasis being on aesthetics, fun and creativity.
Source: www.UrbanFreeflow.com
Freerunning is more expressive and creative in nature, with moves such as acrobatics, flips and spins.
Source: www.AmericanParkour.com
Vocabulary
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Find at least eight movement and action words in the article and definition.
Compare them paying particular attention to how and in which situations they can (and cannot) be used. Write an example sentence for each word.
E.g. leap and flip
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Discussion: Debate
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A group of freerunners want to hold workshops in your town. Opinion is divided as to whether this is a good thing or not.
1. Brainstorm reasons for or against providing freerunning workshops to male youths. 2. Divide into two teams: A ‘freerunners’ and B ‘concerned citizens’ and debate the topic.
Decide: Should the workshops be allowed to take place? If yes, what will the organizers do to ensure the safety of
citizens and their property?
Webquest
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Compare jumps and moves made by freerunners, Spiderman and flying squirrels by watching online videos, making notes and reporting back.
Watch a Parkour/freerunning sequence in a James Bond 007 film: http://de.youtube.com/ watch?v=IPmJ73XRlUs
Watch excellent non-professional freerunners here: http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=LIBaVojYCfo Watch the founder of Parkour in a TV commercial: http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=5BOUohniyJU Find out further information about Parkour and freerunning at: http://www.misterParkour.com/faq/ • • • • ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
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2 Key words and phrases
1. mushrooming spontaneously 2. underground pursuit 3. inaugural gathering 4. elder statesman 5. murmured approvingly 6. cat burglary 7. mucking about 8. governing body3 Skim-reading for comprehension
1. France.2. London, England. 3. Under 21 and male.
4. See para 4: “A few years ago we were getting chased by police on a regular basis and property owners would shout at us. Now they pay us to come and per form on their properties”.
5. A BBC ident in 2002.
6. See para 7: “Parkour prizes speed and efficiency of movement, in contrast to the expressiveness of freerunners”.
7. “The Metropolitan police and Royal Marines”. Also some schools (para 8).
8. See para 9: “The organization choreographed action sequences for the films Casino Royale, the Bourne Ultimatum and 28 Weeks Later”.
9. No, see para 11: “You’d need to put in place a national governing body, and it would kill the sport”.
4 Vocabulary
possible answers:leap; flip; balancing; handstand, spinning; dismounting; running; jumping; crawling, climbing
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Key words
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Write the key words from the article next to their meanings. The paragraph numbers are given to help you.
People who take part in an event or competition are called the _____________________. (para 1)
When an event is _____________________, someone has given it money in exchange for advertising. (para 2) The people who set up or organize an event are called the _____________________. (para 3)
_____________________ is another word for running after someone in order to catch them. (para 3) People who own houses or other buildings are _____________________. (para 3)
The secret and quiet crime or act of going into a house to steal something: _____________________. (para 4) When you are playful, having fun, but doing nothing special you are _____________________. (para 4) When you are _____________________ you clearly show what your thoughts or feelings are. (para 6) A part of a film that shows one event is called a _____________________. (para 7)
Somebody who you look up to and think is special and great is your _____________________. (para 9) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
In the city you see three young men in jeans and hooded sweatshirts running quickly from roof to roof, jumping over walls, through windows and down stairs.
What do you think is happening? Are they...
... running to catch a bus? ... running away from the police? ... doing an extreme sport? a)
b) c)
sequence chasing sponsored cat burglary property owners expressive idol participants mucking about organizers
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Esther Addley at the Camden Roundhouse September 4, 2008
Five years ago, outside Liverpool Street station in London, a group of 13 young men met for the biggest meeting, at that time, of freerunners in history. The sport, in which participants perform leaps and flips using walls, bars and anything else that is available, was just beginning. In Britain, it quickly became popular with young people who had seen films of the French urban sport Parkour.
In September 2008, freerunning held its first world championships in one of London’s top sports venues. The event was sponsored by a major credit card company, and filmed by TV company, Sky Sports.
“We all feel amazingly pleased”, said John Kerr, or ‘Kerbie’, one of the event’s organizers. “Freerunning is so young and so new. A few years ago the police were chasing us and property owners shouted at us. Now they pay us to come and perform on their buildings.”
Fifty feet above him, one of the event’s 23 competitors was warming up by doing a handstand on the edge of an enormous black box. Some people say that the sport is a mixture of gymnastics, cat burglary and teenage mucking about. All the participants are very skilled. Many people say freerunning began when the BBC showed a film clip of a Parkour runner on the rooftops of London in 2002. Urban Freeflow, the sport’s central organization, began a year later. Freerunning is very similar to Parkour, which began in Paris ten years ago. In Parkour the most important skills are speed and clever movements; freerunning is freer and more expressive. Therefore, although the competitors came from 17 countries, freerunning is a new British sport.
Urban Freeflow now trains the London Metropolitan police and Royal Marines, and organizes workshops in schools. They say that 15,000 people now do the sport in Britain (95% are male). They planned action sequences for the films Casino Royale, the Bourne Ultimatum and 28 Weeks Later. They also perform at public events.
The founder of Urban Freeflow and the organizer of the competition, 34 year old Paul ‘EZ’ Corkery, is the ‘grandfather’ of freerunning. He is talking to the 2012 London Olympic organizers about how freerunning might be involved in the next Olympics, perhaps in the opening ceremonies, or in workshops.
“These guys are my YouTube idols, it means everything to be here with them,” said Franck ‘Cali’ Nelle, from France. “I’m not really thinking about winning. It’s just being here with the best of the best. The first ever freerunning world championships? That’s a big event. That’s something for the history books.”
© Guardian News & Media 2008 First published in The Guardian, 04/09/08
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1 2 3 8 4 9 5 6 7Parkour is the art of moving through your environment using only your body and the surroundings to propel yourself. It can include running, jumping, climbing, even crawling, if that is the most suitable movement for the situation.
Source: http://www.misterParkour.com/faq/
Freerunning uses the same movements
as Parkour but with the emphasis being on aesthetics, fun and creativity.
Source: www.UrbanFreeflow.com
Freerunning is more expressive and creative in nature, with moves such as acrobatics, flips and spins.
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1. Parkour was invented... ... learn freerunning.
2. Freerunning is a kind... ... do freerunning.
3. The first freerunning championships were held... ... in Hollywood action films.