Bungee jumping is a stunt act- not a sport
WALHT: Use the information in the context to use our own perspective about bungee jumping.
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Bungee jumping does not require skills or extensive training like a most sports.
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Bungee Jumping requires skills like most sports played.
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Most sports involve an element of competition….
Bungee jumping is over so quickly there is no time for team competition.
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Most sports involve an element of competition so we can overcome our fear from heights and bungee jumping.
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Expert stunt actor Sam Nelson describes bungee jumping as a stunt act.
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It is a stunt act because it is an achievable sport that can be accomplished very quickly which enables people to challenge themselves to overcome their fear.
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Defining Words
Horrendous- Petrifying & scared
Hurtling- Move or cause great speed, Run, Rush
Terminal- Closing, End, Concluding, final
Velocity- Speed, Pace, Rapidity
Acrobatic- Performing, Involving, feats
Elastic- Stretchy, Gravity
Derived- Obtain, Get, Take
Competitive- Competition, Challenging,
Unison- simultaneous performance of action or utterance of speech.
Well done Launoa. You are thinking critically and this is a very important skill.
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