Grannies dance hip hop
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Chinanews, Beijing, Jan. 19 – A group of old women, at an average age of 57 years, have been practicing hip1 hop2 dance for three years in Beijing. Their performance, which was originally disapproved3 by their friends and relatives, has now been widely praised by audiences.

 

The old women are all dressed in red T-shirts and camouflage4 trousers, wearing sports shoes and colorful headbands. Originally, the dancing team had only five members. Now, about 60 women join in the dancing team. The team head, Mrs. Wu, is 68-years-old. In spite5 of their old age, their flexible steps and colorful dressing6 make them look much younger than their actual age.

 

However, when the dancing team was first established, Mrs. Wu said that they had met a lot of difficulties.

 

“I had the idea of setting7 up a hip hop dancing team in 2003, when I happened to watch a national hip hop dancing competition on TV. At that time, I thought, ‘why not establish a hip hop dancing team among old people?’”

 

With this idea, Mrs. Wu went to various parks in Beijing and tried to persuade some old people to join her. However, many people thought her idea was just crazy.

 

“Some people told me directly that the dance is performed only by bad people. Some people, who had been abroad, said that in foreign countries, the dance was only performed by people at the bottom of the society.”

 

With hard efforts, Mrs. Wu finally managed to persuade only four people to join the team. On February 10, 2004, the old people’s hip hop dancing team was officially established.

 

Some dancers in the team told the reporter that at first, they were also not sure whether this kind of dance was suitable for them. After dancing for some time, they asked some experts from a sports university to do each a physical check. The checks showed they were all in a good physical condition. And they didn’t feel anything wrong with their body after dancing hip hop. Sometimes Mrs. Wu would make slight changes in some difficult movements so that they are easier for the old people.

 

Now all the dancers in the team said they become healthier than before.

 

“I am able to hold my granddaughter in my arm now,” said Mrs. Liu, who is 58. Mrs. Liu is able to take care of her granddaughter while practising the dance at the same time.

 

“My daughter is 40 years old and she also practise the dance with me. We even danced together in Henan once we made a performance there,” said Mrs. Wu.

 

Now the grannies practise hip hop dance for at least three times per week. They become much busier than before. In addition to practising dancing, they will still have to find time to make performances and video recordings8 for dancing companies.

 



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1 hip 1dOxX     
n.臀部,髋;屋脊
参考例句:
  • The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。
  • The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line.新外套在臀围线上优美地打着褶皱。
2 hop vdJzL     
n.单脚跳,跳跃;vi.单脚跳,跳跃;着手做某事;vt.跳跃,跃过
参考例句:
  • The children had a competition to see who could hop the fastest.孩子们举行比赛,看谁单足跳跃最快。
  • How long can you hop on your right foot?你用右脚能跳多远?
3 disapproved 3ee9b7bf3f16130a59cb22aafdea92d0     
v.不赞成( disapprove的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • My parents disapproved of my marriage. 我父母不赞成我的婚事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • She disapproved of her son's indiscriminate television viewing. 她不赞成儿子不加选择地收看电视。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 camouflage NsnzR     
n./v.掩饰,伪装
参考例句:
  • The white fur of the polar bear is a natural camouflage.北极熊身上的白色的浓密软毛是一种天然的伪装。
  • The animal's markings provide effective camouflage.这种动物身上的斑纹是很有效的伪装。
5 spite uv7wD     
n.(用于短语)虽然,不顾,尽管
参考例句:
  • He has modern ideas in spite of his great age.尽管他年事很高,但思想观念却很入时。
  • In spite of his anger,his remarks were restrained.他尽管生气,说的话还是有节制的。
6 dressing 1uOzJG     
n.(食物)调料;包扎伤口的用品,敷料
参考例句:
  • Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
  • The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。
7 setting 7i5zmt     
n.背景
参考例句:
  • The play has its setting in Vienna.该剧以维也纳为背景。
  • Where and when a story takes place is called the setting.故事发生的地点和时间称为故事背景。
8 recordings 22f9946cd05973582e73e4e3c0239bb7     
n.记录( recording的名词复数 );录音;录像;唱片
参考例句:
  • a boxed set of original recordings 一套盒装原声录音带
  • old jazz recordings reissued on CD 以激光唱片重新发行的老爵士乐
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