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Unit 10 Can you play the guitar? 文化背景知识介绍 广东省教育厅教研室 1. In most middle schools and high schools in the United States, students are encouraged to join a club. These groups generally meet at the end of the school day for an hour or two. Students do not have to pay to join a club. If clubs need money to take a trip or buy some equipment, they often have a sale or raise money in another way. For example, a cooking club might make and sell cookies to other students. A music club might decide to wash cars in the school parking lot on a Saturday. The students' parents bring their cars and pay to have them washed by the club members. 2. Kung Fu The term Kung Fu can be used for the many martial arts native to China. More than 300 styles are registered with the Chinese government. Different spellings are Gung Fu and Gong Fu. In everyday language, Gong Fu is excellence achieved through long practice in any endeavor. A more correct word for describing Chinese martial arts is Wushu. Using Kung Fu to describe Chinese martial arts is more common outside China. Chinese martial arts have spawned a popular genre of action movie. The films of Bruce Lee popularized martial arts in the west and actors like Jet Li and Jackie Chan have appeared in many western films. Their movies are often called Kung Fu movies. (责任编辑：admin) |