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Thousands of years ago, Roman soldiers played hopscotch to test their strength and speed, sometimes hopping over 100 feet carrying heavy weights! Hopscotch was used for military2 training exercises. Roman foot soldiers ran the course in full armor and
field packs, and it was thought that hopscotch would improve their foot work.3 Roman children imitated the soldiers by drawing their own boards, and creating a scoring system, and“hopscotch” spread through Europe.
Today, hopscotch is a backyard game enjoyed by children (and lighthearted4 grownups) all over the world. And of course, different countries have different name for it. In China, it’s called “tiao fang zi”, for the boards look like a drawing of a house. In Netherlands, they call it “Hinklebaan”. Maybe children in Netherlands play it with Heineken5 beer cans. In Mexico, it is called “bebeleche”, meaning “drink milk”. Do they play it while drinking milk? It’s quite weird!
几千年前，罗马士兵用跳房子来测试力量和速度，有时候他们能够背负重物跳至100英尺之外！跳房子曾用于军事训练。罗马步兵身穿全副盔甲，背负野战背包跑完全程，他们认为跳房子有助于提高步兵的步法。罗马的小孩子模仿士兵们，自己画上格子，自创计分系统，于是“跳房子”游戏传遍欧洲。
如今，跳房子游戏是世界各地的孩子（以及童心未泯的成年人）都喜欢在庭院中玩的游戏。当然，这个游戏在不同的国家有不同的名字。在中国叫做“跳房子”，因为那些格子看起来就像一栋房子。在荷兰，人们叫它“Hinklebaan”，大概是因为荷兰的孩子用喜力啤酒罐来玩。在墨西哥叫做“bebeleche”，意思是“喝牛奶”。难道他们一边玩一边喝牛奶？好奇怪！
Do remember, though playing hopscotch and jumping around can help develop your body’s coordination and agility, hopscotch should not be played for long periods of time due to the fact that jumping is very hard on the developing bones and tendons of children.6 Too much stress on these areas early in life can lead to
painful knee problems later in life.
Snake hopscotch. Instead of drawing the most common straight course, try drawing a course that curves on the ground like a snake. This will make it more challenging for kids to keep their balance.
Snail hopscotch. The beautiful spiral-shaped7“snail” hopscotch course is said to originate in France and it has more squares and rules for playing. In this game players must take turns
hopping to the centre of the spiral and out again. Each time a player does this successfully, she then gets to write her initials8 on one of the
squares. The initialed square then becomes that player’s resting space, but must be avoided by all other players. The game ends when it is no longer possible to hop over the resting spaces to make it to the centre.
Alphabet hopscotch. This game is great for teaching kids how to spell! Using chalk, make a square on the ground that is six 16-inch squares across and six 16-inch squares down. In each square, randomly place a letter of the alphabet until all of the letters have been used, leaving empty squares scattered throughout.9 To play, you can start by just jumping the alphabet in order, then you can vary the game by trying to jump from letter to letter, spelling out different words.
Well, what more challenging and fun hopscotch can you play?
切记，虽然玩跳房子和蹦跳有助于促进四肢协调和身手灵敏，但不宜长时间地玩跳房子，因为弹跳可能损伤孩子正在发育的骨骼和肌腱。幼年时期对这些身体部位施加太多压力可能会导致日后膝盖疼痛等问题。
蛇爬格子：与最普通的笔直路线不同，蛇爬格子是要在地上画出弯弯曲曲的线，形状与一条蛇相似。这更锻炼孩子保持平衡的能力。
蜗牛爬格子：据说，漂亮的螺旋状蜗牛爬格子源自法国，这个游戏的格子和游戏规则比较繁多。游戏中，玩家轮流跳到螺旋线的中心，然后再跳出来。每当玩家成功完成一次，就可将自己名字的首字母写到任一格子中。然后这个写有自己名字首字母的格子就成了她的歇脚地，而其他玩家必须绕过这个歇脚地。当所有玩家都不可能再绕过别人的歇脚地跳入螺旋线中心时，游戏就结束了。
字母跳房子：这个游戏是教孩子拼写的好办法！用粉笔在地上画出一个大方格，横竖分别为六个边长16英尺的小正方格。在每个格子里，随机写上字母表中的任一字母，直至把所有字母都填进格子里，剩下的空格子散落各处。游戏开始时，你可以先按照字母表的顺序来跳，然后变换游戏玩法，从一个字母跳到另一个字母，拼出不同的单词。
好啦，你还会玩哪些更有挑战性和更加有趣的跳房子游戏呢？
单词卡片
1. nostalgic: 对往事怀念的，怀旧的。
2. military: 军事的，军用的，武装的。
3. armor: 装甲，盔甲；field pack: 野战背包。
4. light-hearted: 轻松愉快的，无忧无虑的。
5. Heineken: 喜力啤酒，荷兰知名啤酒品牌。
6. agility: 灵敏，灵活；be hard on sth.: 可
能损伤，可能损害某物；tendon: 肌腱。
7. spiral-shaped: 螺旋状的。
8. initial:（姓名或组织名称等的）首字母。
9. randomly: 随便地，随机地；scatter: 散落，分散。
field packs, and it was thought that hopscotch would improve their foot work.3 Roman children imitated the soldiers by drawing their own boards, and creating a scoring system, and“hopscotch” spread through Europe.
Today, hopscotch is a backyard game enjoyed by children (and lighthearted4 grownups) all over the world. And of course, different countries have different name for it. In China, it’s called “tiao fang zi”, for the boards look like a drawing of a house. In Netherlands, they call it “Hinklebaan”. Maybe children in Netherlands play it with Heineken5 beer cans. In Mexico, it is called “bebeleche”, meaning “drink milk”. Do they play it while drinking milk? It’s quite weird!
几千年前，罗马士兵用跳房子来测试力量和速度，有时候他们能够背负重物跳至100英尺之外！跳房子曾用于军事训练。罗马步兵身穿全副盔甲，背负野战背包跑完全程，他们认为跳房子有助于提高步兵的步法。罗马的小孩子模仿士兵们，自己画上格子，自创计分系统，于是“跳房子”游戏传遍欧洲。
如今，跳房子游戏是世界各地的孩子（以及童心未泯的成年人）都喜欢在庭院中玩的游戏。当然，这个游戏在不同的国家有不同的名字。在中国叫做“跳房子”，因为那些格子看起来就像一栋房子。在荷兰，人们叫它“Hinklebaan”，大概是因为荷兰的孩子用喜力啤酒罐来玩。在墨西哥叫做“bebeleche”，意思是“喝牛奶”。难道他们一边玩一边喝牛奶？好奇怪！
Do remember, though playing hopscotch and jumping around can help develop your body’s coordination and agility, hopscotch should not be played for long periods of time due to the fact that jumping is very hard on the developing bones and tendons of children.6 Too much stress on these areas early in life can lead to
painful knee problems later in life.
Snake hopscotch. Instead of drawing the most common straight course, try drawing a course that curves on the ground like a snake. This will make it more challenging for kids to keep their balance.
Snail hopscotch. The beautiful spiral-shaped7“snail” hopscotch course is said to originate in France and it has more squares and rules for playing. In this game players must take turns
hopping to the centre of the spiral and out again. Each time a player does this successfully, she then gets to write her initials8 on one of the
squares. The initialed square then becomes that player’s resting space, but must be avoided by all other players. The game ends when it is no longer possible to hop over the resting spaces to make it to the centre.
Alphabet hopscotch. This game is great for teaching kids how to spell! Using chalk, make a square on the ground that is six 16-inch squares across and six 16-inch squares down. In each square, randomly place a letter of the alphabet until all of the letters have been used, leaving empty squares scattered throughout.9 To play, you can start by just jumping the alphabet in order, then you can vary the game by trying to jump from letter to letter, spelling out different words.
Well, what more challenging and fun hopscotch can you play?
切记，虽然玩跳房子和蹦跳有助于促进四肢协调和身手灵敏，但不宜长时间地玩跳房子，因为弹跳可能损伤孩子正在发育的骨骼和肌腱。幼年时期对这些身体部位施加太多压力可能会导致日后膝盖疼痛等问题。
蛇爬格子：与最普通的笔直路线不同，蛇爬格子是要在地上画出弯弯曲曲的线，形状与一条蛇相似。这更锻炼孩子保持平衡的能力。
蜗牛爬格子：据说，漂亮的螺旋状蜗牛爬格子源自法国，这个游戏的格子和游戏规则比较繁多。游戏中，玩家轮流跳到螺旋线的中心，然后再跳出来。每当玩家成功完成一次，就可将自己名字的首字母写到任一格子中。然后这个写有自己名字首字母的格子就成了她的歇脚地，而其他玩家必须绕过这个歇脚地。当所有玩家都不可能再绕过别人的歇脚地跳入螺旋线中心时，游戏就结束了。
字母跳房子：这个游戏是教孩子拼写的好办法！用粉笔在地上画出一个大方格，横竖分别为六个边长16英尺的小正方格。在每个格子里，随机写上字母表中的任一字母，直至把所有字母都填进格子里，剩下的空格子散落各处。游戏开始时，你可以先按照字母表的顺序来跳，然后变换游戏玩法，从一个字母跳到另一个字母，拼出不同的单词。
好啦，你还会玩哪些更有挑战性和更加有趣的跳房子游戏呢？
单词卡片
1. nostalgic: 对往事怀念的，怀旧的。
2. military: 军事的，军用的，武装的。
3. armor: 装甲，盔甲；field pack: 野战背包。
4. light-hearted: 轻松愉快的，无忧无虑的。
5. Heineken: 喜力啤酒，荷兰知名啤酒品牌。
6. agility: 灵敏，灵活；be hard on sth.: 可
能损伤，可能损害某物；tendon: 肌腱。
7. spiral-shaped: 螺旋状的。
8. initial:（姓名或组织名称等的）首字母。
9. randomly: 随便地，随机地；scatter: 散落，分散。