聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 The Winter Olympic Games are coming up Feb. 9 to Feb. 25 and are being hosted in Pyeongchang, in the Republic of Korea, this year.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 What are some fun facts about 麻豆视频 Korea heading in? The number four is considered unlucky; much like our number 13 has a reputation of being unlucky. In the Korean language the word 鈥渇our鈥� sounds very similar to the word 鈥渄ied.鈥� So, although we might skip a 13th floor at all in buildings with elevators, they will use the letter 鈥淔鈥� as a place holder.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 麻豆视频 Korea has developed its own sound with K-pop becoming a very popular music genre there. The music is a mixture of hip-hop, pop, rock, and R&B sounds. Do you remember PSY鈥� s popular 鈥淕angnam Style?鈥� Well that catchy tune is his 18th K-pop single.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 麻豆视频 Koreans use the alphabet 鈥淗angul鈥� for writing. It was created in the 15th century using 19 consonants and 21 vowels. In addition to this difference, the letters are grouped into blocks of syllables to form a word instead of in a straight line like English.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Personally I鈥檝e always enjoyed the Olympics. I love watching the dedication and abilities of the top athletes in the world. What they can do is usually nothing less than amazing. Being that I鈥檓 Canadian, I enjoy the summer sports in the Olympics, but I love watching all of the winter sports.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The winter sports include Alpine Skiing, Biathlon, Bobsleigh, Cross Country Skiing, Curling, Figure Skating, Freestyle Skiing, Hockey, Luge, Nordic Combined, Short Track Speed Skating, Skeleton, Ski Jumping, Snowboard, and Speed Skating.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 My favourites definitely include hockey 鈥� which will be a little different this year since the NHL didn鈥檛 allow their athletes to compete 鈥� freestyle skiing, skeleton, snowboard, speed skating (mostly because I remember watching Catriona Le May Doan light it up when I was little), and figure skating鈥� although I鈥檓 the type that if the Olympics are on, I鈥檒l probably flip to the channel and let it play.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The Olympics bring people together 鈥� it promotes camaraderie amongst the nations partaking. When a Canadian broke their ski pole, a Norwegian coach, gave her a spare in order to finish the race after Sara Renner made it midway through the team sprint event and thought all was lost.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 In the past the Olympics have been integral in world events as well. Jesse Owens, African American, winning four gold medals during the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany. There was racial tension there considering Hitler was pushing for the Aryan race as the superior race; but, Owens completely crushed this belief of the time by winning those four gold medals.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 So, the Olympics not only are a way to promote a world culture, but provides a venue for addressing world discussions.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Something that came up during the summer Olympics two years ago was the Egyptian Beach Volleyball Team competing. Beach Volleyball is traditionally played in bikinis, however, the Egyptian team wore a sports type hijab, long sleeves, and pants.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 In the Egyptians first game, which was against Germany, the differing cultures were quite the discussion point. At the end of the day it allowed people from any religion or background that you can succeed and reach your goals.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 So, once again I鈥檓 looking forward to watching the Olympics.
