A Day of Dominoes
變化萬千的推骨牌遊戲
by Marcus Maurice
Every year, domino enthusiasts congregate to break world records.
熱愛骨牌的粉絲每年齊聚一堂，試圖打破世界紀錄。
When the click-clack sounds of shuffling tiles are heard, most people in
Asia automatically think of Mahjong. But there is another game—dominoes—
that is a Chinese invention, and it _(1)_ AD 1120. Initially, dominoes only
had 21 tiles, each of which _(2)_ a result of throwing two six-sided dice.
The tiles are mostly made of plastic now, but they used to be carved from
ivory or bone, which _(3)_ the game''s nickname, "bones." The game went
through many changes as it was passed on from China to India to Europe, and
now modern sets of dominoes have seven _(4)_ tiles with blanks on them.
There are _(5)_ ways to play the game of dominoes, but what they are
mostly known for is being lined up and knocked down. Every year in the middle
of November, domino enthusiasts from around the world _(6)_ together in the
Netherlands to try to break world records for Domino Day. They methodically
line up millions of dominoes front to back and then push one over to start a
chain _(7)_. Soon, dominoes are flying left and right as well as up and down
ladders, stairs, and swings.
Every year, Domino Day has to up the ante with over-the-top theatrics to
keep viewers interested, and 2008 was no _(8)_. The goal of last year''s
Domino Day was to _(9)_ a world record by toppling more than 4.3 million
dominoes within a two-hour TV program. Eighty-five people from 13 different
countries spent a greater part of the year planning this feat, and then eight
weeks setting up the dominoes. When the program _(10)_, a former Miss Finland
was suspended from the ceiling. She was lowered down to flick over the first
domino, and soon another world record was knocked down.
(A) set (B) exception (C) gather (D) led to (E) commenced (F) reaction
(G) represented (H) additional (I) dates back to (J) a variety of
單字提示：
1. dominoes n. 骨牌遊戲
domino n. 骨牌
2. click-clack a. 喀哩喀啦響的
3. shuffle vt. 洗（牌）
4. tile n.（麻將等的）牌；瓷磚
5. dice n. 骰子（複數）
die n. 骰子（單數）
6. ivory n. 象牙
7. nickname n. 綽號；暱稱
8. blank n. 空白
9. enthusiast n. 熱衷者
10. methodically adv. 有條不紊地
11. swing n. 鞦韆
12. over-the-top a. 誇張的
13. theatrics n. 戲劇演出，戲劇效果
14. feat n. 壯舉；功績
片語提示：
1. be passed on from A to B 從 A 地流傳到 B 地
2. knock down... 使……垮掉；將……擊倒
3. set up... 豎立……
參考答案：
1. (I) 2. (G) 3. (D) 4. (H) 5. (J) 6. (C) 7. (F) 8. (B) 9. (A) 10. (E)
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