介绍冰雪运动的英语作文

介绍冰雪运动的英语作文

Figure Skating

Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport included in the Olympics, in 1908.

The four Olympic sport event of figure skating are men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating and ice dancing.

Singles are a competition for men and women. Individual skaters perform jumps, spins, step sequences, spirals, and other elements in their programs.

Pair skating consists of a woman and a man. Pairs perform throw jumps, in which the man 'throws' the woman into a jump; lifts, in which the woman is held above the man's head in one of various positions; pair spins, in which both skaters spin together.

Ice dancing is for couples consisting of a woman and a man skating together. Ice dance differs from pairs skating in

focusing on intricate footwork along with the music. Ice dance lifts must not go above the shoulder.

For music, skaters may use professional music editors so that their music

meets requirements. Ice dancers are required to skate to music that has a definite beat. For long programs, figure skaters generally search for music with different moods and tempos. Music selections for exhibitions are less constrained than for competitive programs.

Speed Skating

Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. Now, I will introduce the short track speed skating and long track speed skating.

Short track

Races are run on a 111-meter track. Short track races are always run in a mass start format in which two to six skaters may race at once. Skaters may be disqualified for false starts, impeding, and cutting inside the track. False starts occur when a skater moves before the gun goes off at the start of a race. Impeding occurs when one skater cuts in front of another skater and causes the first skater to stand up to avoid collision or fall. Cutting inside the track occurs when a skater's skates goes inside the blocks which mark the track on the ice. If disqualified, the skater will be given last place.

Long track

Races are run on a 400-meter oval. In all individual competition forms, only two skaters are allowed to race at once. Skaters must change lanes every lap. The skater changing from the outside lane to the inside has to do it at once. If a skater misses their race or falls, they have the option to race their distance again. There are no finals in long track, all rankings are by time.