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warm up

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warm up
热身

Date: Dec 27 2012

Themes: Sports

Quote

1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.

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“I listen to Prince on my iPad. And I use a Chords & Scales app to warm up before performing.”

- Singer Janelle Monae on her pre-show ritual (Us Weekly).

“我在 iPad 上听王子 (Prince) 的歌。演出前,我使用 Chords & Scales 应用程序热身。”

- 歌手加奈儿·梦奈 (Janelle Monae) 谈论她的彩排仪式。

Definition

1. Definition - Study the definition.

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practice; get ready for

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

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Imagine that you’re a runner. You wake up early in the morning for your daily run. It’s cold out, though, and you know you’ll damage your muscles if you start running right away. You decide to start by doing some stretches, to warm up. You’re preparing your muscles for the run ahead, and you’re also literally making your body warmer.

It’s not only runners or athletes who need to warm up before they perform. A piano player might warm up by doing some scales and hand and finger exercises. An actor might warm up by practicing lines and imagining what it’s like to be her character. These people are all getting ready whatever “muscle” they need to perform.

The “muscle” singer Janelle Monae uses is her voice. If she went on stage without warming up, she probably wouldn’t sing very well, and she might damage her vocal cords. Therefore, she warms up before she sings by using an app on her iPad to practice some scales and other vocal exercises.

Do you ever warm up before you perform in some way? What do you do?

Examples

1. Examples - Hear some example sentences.

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“Runners sometimes warm up by doing a slow lap around the track.”

“I hear her in there practicing scales. She must be warming up!”

“I got that question wrong, but I’ll get the next one right. I just have to warm up!”

Winners

1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

yuminaga get ready ,prepare
by yuminagaSuper Member!
Yuci just before performing, she trains herself
by YuciSuper Member!
dearpesar to get ready for the main performance
by dearpesar
prepare for
by bellaboo2422
Julissita To prepare your body before physical activity by doing some exercises.
by Julissita
Nabilo prepare, do the first steps before performing
by Nabilo
 julito to practice before her live performing.
by julito
goodmahsa get ready
by goodmahsa
Manu4 To prepare before doing something.
by Manu4
a2020 It's some pre-activities for being more ready before the match or show.
by a2020
maani 1383 1)Practice before main perform. 2)Get ready before doing
by maani 1383

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fiftynine59

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

Who has ever warmed up before going to work? has anybody thought?.This is an important question because warming up before going to work get everybody happier for work. 

04:28 PM Jan 01 2013 |

jjalaa

jjalaa

Algeria

Effort doing before play or run to wakup your mind and body is like messege send to that ply will begain move every work Requires warm up



12:00 PM Dec 29 2012 |

GrammaristSuper Member!

United Arab Emirates

As Snoopyboy mentioned, warming up is not only linked to exercising!! It could be anything else.


 


I can tell that teachers doing warming up activities before they move to the assigned topic make it easier for student to get through the whole lesson. These activities open the gate to students so that they feel as if they are walking on a bridge spinning from a point to another. As soon as teachers use these activities, the students feel even more focused and pay more attention to what is coming next. 

08:32 AM Dec 28 2012 |

vincent xu

China

to do some preliminary exercises when you start to do something

08:31 AM Dec 28 2012 |

khaled_islam

Yemen

doing some physical or mental training before doing anything !!

08:20 PM Dec 27 2012 |

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snoopyboy

snoopyboy

Antarctica

 I think if you’re not sweating during warm-up, you’re not ready for the real work out  : )              


     It’s highly recommended that you engage in a pre-workout routine that consist of stretching out the muscles to get your adrenaline flowing.  But also, the practice of warming-up will result in a safer workout by lowering the risk of muscle spasms and ligament tears among other injuries. A lot of people are ignoring these facts and end up hurting their bodies, so badly that they  had to put their beach body dreams on hold for a long time.


     This isn’t just some preventive measures to reduce internal injuries.  Warming up has a lubricating effect on the body, it oils up your cranks and bolts ;), and your work out should go smoother afterwards.  It decompresses the muscles which facilitates movements for an optimal full-body performance.


 That seals it for me! Today’s lesson really encouraged me to sign up for a Pilate class ;)


    And …Oh! : ) Warming-up doesn’t only apply to exercising; it’s anything that helps us iron out our kinks for any major event: a rehearsal before a play, it’s studying ahead of an exam, it’s the mental toughness you harvest before a speech. Overall, it’s preparedness :)

Cherry107

Cherry107

Taiwan

Yeah, it’s important to warm up before you exercise!

04:52 PM Dec 27 2012 |

nina..

nina..

China

sounds like doing some preparing work to warm up your car before you drive in winter.

01:34 PM Dec 27 2012 |

guoyi_@hotmail.com

China

By reading , it warmed  me up to understand the lesson

12:36 PM Dec 27 2012 |

GrammaristSuper Member!

United Arab Emirates

It is necessary people warm up before they get into serious performance. Although it might take a little time, but it surely brings about a good result at the end. Players not warming up earlier might experience severe damages or injuries, which take so long till it has recovered. I heard lots of stories relating to this issue. In fact, it is like a precaution when you take all things needed to protect yourself from what might happen later.


 

12:35 PM Dec 27 2012 |

 julito

julito

Argentina

Witty   irene,   I see, we must not overdo it, once thing is  warming    a student up  and another is burning him up !!!!     jejejeje

12:28 PM Dec 27 2012 |

Irene Forever

Ukraine

It’s clear that people who go in for sports must warm themselves  up before the main training in order not to get any injury. The same thing is needed for singers to warm up the voice.


Still there are lots of situations in our life when we need to warm up or to be warmed up by somebody. For example, a student, a little one, gets a bad mark at school. He really has a  problem to tell  his parents about that case, and he needs to do it in a clever and witty way.  The main idea here is to warm  himself up to the condition of being accepted by parents for granted. It needs some courage.:) So both a student and his parents need  to be warmed up. But don’t try too hard or you can overheat somebody.:) Too much is too much!


 

12:14 PM Dec 27 2012 |

Irene Forever

Ukraine

Julito, your a pre-friday warm-up joke made me stop hiccups too without any magic.:)))


 

11:53 AM Dec 27 2012 |

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 julito

julito

Argentina

I don´t know  what to say , ohh, yes !! a pre-friday warm-up joke.


A woman went to her doctor´s office where she was seen by a new doctor. After about four minutes in the examination room,the doctor told her she was pregnant.. She burst out screaming and ran down the hallway. An older doctor stopped her and asked what the problem was. She told him her story. After listening, she had her  sit down  and relax in another room.    The doctor marched down the hallway to the first doctor and demanded ” what´s the matter with you?  Mrs Smith is 59 years old, has four children, seven grandchildren and you told her she was pregnant”. The new doctor continued writing on his clipboard and without looking up said ” does she still have the hiccups”?!?!      good friday !!!!   

mohamed445396@hotmail.com

Yemen

before I play soccer I warm up by doing some exercises

09:43 AM Dec 27 2012 |

naira71

naira71

Azerbaijan

it is a very good idea to warm up before doing something.It helps to get rid of some worries and prepare  to do it better.

09:17 AM Dec 27 2012 |

Joyce Rose

Joyce Rose

China

In general, i don’t warm up before playing sports but i warm up before study and test.

mojtaba

mojtaba

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

I always warm up before play badminton and  warm up my brian when I going to study

07:06 AM Dec 27 2012 |

8312016

8312016

Switzerland

i always warm up before go swimming- paly football and basketball its take a time almost 15 min or at last 30 min. although warm up took a time but its nessecery for ur body becuse prevent damage in exercise. 

06:41 AM Dec 27 2012 |

evieee

evieeeSuper Member!

Australia

i know that warming up before running is really necessary, but i usually kind of lazy and dont wanna waste time on warming up….lol, however, i know i need to change my lazy attitude, dont wanna get hurt in the future because of no warm up 

06:20 AM Dec 27 2012 |

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