2015-09-05 The Birell Prague Grand Prix

• A race for all
• Sights and sounds

A night race on Prague's illuminated streets

At twilight in Prague today, the downtown streets will be busier than usual. Up to 9,000 runners will be participating in one of the international races in the Birell Prague Grand Prix.

A Race for All
Last year, nearly 70,000 participants from over 100 countries ran in RunCzech races, including the Grand Prix. One asset of the race is its appeal to all runners regardless of age, gender or fitness level. Anyone can participate in either the 10-kilometer race or the 3x10-kilometer team race, while 5-kilometer versions of both races are available for women.

Sights and Sounds
Runners and spectators alike get to enjoy the beauty of Prague with all races beginning and ending at Wenceslas Square. The Marathon Music Festival provides a lively soundtrck for the races with international tunes, dancing and other striking acts. Runners have the added benefit of free entry to certain museums and historical sites in Prague. With all that it offers for such a broad range of people, everyone can consider putting on their running shoes for the Birell Prague Grand Prix.

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Teaching Topic: The Letter X 教學主題: X 的廣泛用途
It’s the third least common letter in the English language and yet, it’s the most versatile letter in the alphabet. Which letter is it?

It’s x. X is versatile in its pronunciation, there are at least seven different ways to pronounce it and that’s not counting pronunciations introduced by loan words from other languages, like in the French word, prix, spelled p, r, i, x.

Besides serving as a letter to build words, x also serves as a versatile symbol representing many different things. For example, in 1765 x was first used in a letter to represent a kiss.

Later in 1827, x was first used to indicate a quality of certain liquors.

Of course, for centuries x has been used to symbolize math’s multiplication function from the mid 1600s, x signified an unknown quantity in algebra.

And I think it’s this usage of x indicating an unknown that word probably most familiar with, take the word, X-ray for example. The German scientist who discovered X-ray's used the letter x in naming them to indicate a new unknown kind of radiation.

So there’s the word X-ray, how many other English words begin with letter x, not many.

Language Lab
illuminate v.
to supply (something) with light : to shine light on (something)
- When the sun began to set, the streets were illuminated with neon lights.
to make (something) clear and easier to understand
- The professor loves to use graphs to illuminate his points.

regardless adv.
in spite of difficulty, trouble, etc. : without being stopped by difficulty, trouble, etc.
- Clark knew it would be hard to start a business, but he did it regardless.
regardless of : without being stopped or affected by (something)
- He runs every day regardless of the weather. [=he runs every day no matter what the weather is like]
- The club welcomes any new members, regardless of their backgrounds.

soundtrack n.
the sounds and especially the music recorded for a movie
- The soundtrack of the movie "My Fair Lady" has always been my favorite.
- The soundtrack of the movie alternates from classical music to folk songs.

entry n.
the act of entering something
- There's a "No Entry" sign on the door.
a person or thing that is entered in a contest
- The country's bid for entry to APEC was refused by the committee.

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