Module 3: "Sports in America"

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  1. society
    an extended group having a distinctive cultural organization
    Sports play an important role in American society.
  2. vehicle
    a medium for the expression or achievement of something
    They enjoy tremendous popularity but more important they are vehicles for transmitting such values as justice, fair play, and teamwork.
  3. value
    an ideal accepted by some individual or group
    They enjoy tremendous popularity but more important they are vehicles for transmitting such values as justice, fair play, and teamwork.
  4. promote
    contribute to the progress or growth of
    Early Americans like Benjamin Franklin and President Thomas Jefferson stressed the need for exercise and fitness promoting for example running and swimming.
  5. priority
    status established in order of importance or urgency
    President Dwight D. Eisenhower founded the President's Council on Youth Fitness in 1956 to encourage America's youth to make fitness a priority.
  6. colonial
    relating to a body of people who settle far from home
    Team sports were a part of life in colonial North America.
  7. typical
    exhibiting the qualities that identify a group or kind
    The typical American sports of baseball, basketball and football, however, arose from games that were brought to America by the first settlers that arrived from Europe in the 17th century.
  8. popular
    regarded with great favor or approval by the general public
    These games were re-fashioned and elaborated in the course of the 19th century and are now the most popular sports in the United States.
  9. ritual
    any customary observance or practice
    Various social rituals have grown up around athletic contests.
  10. gather
    collect in one place
    Fans of major university and professional football teams often gather in parking lots outside stadiums to eat a "tailgate" picnic lunch before kickoff, and for parties in front of television sets in each other's homes during the professional championship game, the Super Bowl.
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