mercoledì 11 dicembre 2013

Weird Sports!

Cheese-rolling
The cheese-rolling is a game played on a hill. It consists in follow a big local cheese that rolls down the hill, lauched by a special guest. The person who arrives first at the bottom of the hill, wins the cheese.










Zorbing
Zorbing is a sport from New Zeland. The zorb is a gigantic ball that contains another smaller ball, both made of plastic. A person stands in the zorb and rolls down the hill. The ball is very soft, so this sport isn't dangerous.


Sepak Tarkraw
Sepak Tarkraw is a sport popular in Asia. It combines football, gymnastic and volleyball in one. There are two teams with three players that stand on opposite sides of a net. They use feet, knees and hands to pass a ball over the net.




BossaballBossaball is a sport from Belgium and it combines volleyball and trampoling, with live music. It takes place on a inflatable court, with a net and two round trampolines. It is played in schools and\or beaches. Teams of 3-5 players use hands, feet and head to pass the ball over the net. They jump on trampolines and try to keep the ball in air.





mercoledì 4 dicembre 2013

Thanksging & Black Friday


Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. Several other places around the world observe similar celebrations. It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States and on the second Monday of October in Canada. Thanksgiving has its historical roots in religious and cultural traditions, and has long been celebrated in a secular manner as well.













The Black Friday is, in the USA, the day after the Thanksgiving day. Black Friday always marks the Christmas shopping. Black Friday is not a federal holiday, but California and some other states observe "The Day After Thanksgiving" as a holiday for state government employees, sometimes in lieu of another federal holiday such as Columbus Day.