Lacrosse – The Fastest Game on Two Feet (1)

Why is this sport attracting new fans and players at a rapid pace?

On a field roughly the size of an American football field, a player wearing a helmet dodges a defender. He than swings a stick with a net on its end toward the goal. This sweeping motion sends a rubber ball flying from the net past a goalkeeper for a score.

The player -- pumping his fists in celebration -- has just scored a goal in lacrosse, a sport that has elements of hockey, soccer and American

in which new participants quickly find themselves hooked.

Lacrosse basics 
In men's lacrosse, two teams of 10 players compete over four periods lasting 15 minutes each. Other than the goalkeeper, each team fields three attackmen, three mid-fielders and three defensemen. As in soccer, players cannot touch the ball with their hands. So, players use their stick, called a crosse, to keep the ball in play. They do this by cradling the ball in the net, called a head, on the end of their stick while darting across the field.

Info Cloud
Teaching Topic: Sporting Venue Names教學主題: 球場大不同
不同的球類有不同的球場名稱,
大型的戶外球場叫做field
golf的球場叫做 course
小型或有網子或室內的球場叫做court
溜冰場rink

Language Lab
defender n.
one of the players in a game such as football who have to defend their team's goal from the opposing team:
- John successfully ran past the defenders and scored.
someone who defends a particular idea, belief, person etc:
- Susan is a passionate defender of women's rights.

participant n.
someone who is taking part in an activity or event
- All the participants attending the training course will receive a certificate.
participate v.
to take part in an activity or event:
- Every member of the team needs to participate in the discussion.

field v.
if you field a team, an army etc, they represent you or fight for you in a competition, election, or war:
- The coach fielded his best players for yesterday's game.
- The country fielded their strongest athletes to participate in the Olympic games.

dart v.
to move suddenly and quickly in a particular direction:
- The woman darted across the street to chase her child.
- Right before the birthday girl walked in the door, her parents darted behind the sofa to surprise her.



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