305. How did Breaking Become an Olympic Sport? (English Vocabulary Lesson)

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The 2024 Paris Olympic games will start on July 26th, and for the first time breaking will be included as an official sport.

Breaking, a form of competitive street dance, may not be exactly what you imagine when you think of the Olympics. So, today, I want to take a look at how breaking evolved alongside Hip-hop music on the streets of New York city, and then discuss how it ended up being selected as an Olympic discipline.

At the same time, we’ll learn some useful breaking related vocabulary!

Transcript - https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2024/07/15/305-how-did-breaking-become-an-olympic-sport-english-vocabulary-lesson/

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VOCABULARY LIST

• Acrobatic (Adjective): Relating to or involving spectacular gymnastic feats.
• Break (Noun): In music, a brief, instrumental section within a song where the vocals are absent, often used for dancing.
• Hip-hop (Noun): a genre of popular music, also known as rap.
• Discipline (Noun): In sports, a specific category or field of competition.
• Mainstream (Adjective): The ideas, attitudes, or activities that are regarded as normal or conventional; belonging to the dominant trend in opinion, fashion, or the arts.
• Musicality (Noun): Sensitivity to, knowledge of, or talent for music; the quality of being musical.
• Agility (Noun): The ability to move quickly and easily.

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