Hundreds of years old and with a proud Scottish history, reeling(里尔舞) is a type of country dancing that is still popular. Performed by young and old dancers, it often involves at least two couples in each set. A couple is two individual people, either male or female, dancing together.
Scottish reeling is usually quite quick with dancers and couples changing positions, joining and linking with others and having to learn lots of fun moves and routines. It might look complicated to learn, but with practice you can soon pick up the basics. You learn from experienced dancers who will slowly walk you through the steps.
Reeling also means the type of traditional music that accompanies the dances. An accordion(手风琴) often sets the tune for dances. A violin, piano and drums can also be used.
Two of the basic types of steps are travelling and setting steps. Travelling steps move dancers around and include precise hops, skips and placing your feet in certain positions. Setting steps are used for dancing on the spot and typically require a dancer to take a small step to the side, then bring their other foot over and change weight to their other leg.
The circle is an easy dance move. Dancers in a set join hands in a circle and dance round to the left, before going back the other way to finish where they started. This is also known as the hands round-a “four hands round” is done by four dancers, a “six hands round” by six dancers. Other dance moves include the cast, corners, hands across and rights and lefts. You need to keep in time with the music as you dance, which is helped by following what your partner or the other people in your set do.
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【小题1】At least how many dancers are needed to perform reeling?| A．Two. | B．Four. | C．Six. | D．A hundred. |
| A．A guitar. | B．A piano. | C．An accordion. | D．A violin. |
| A．Hop and skip precisely. |
| B．Move another dancer around. |
| C．Join hands in a circle and dance. |
| D．Take a step to the side and then bring the other foot over. |
| A．To promote a traditional dancing. |
| B．To state the importance of reeling. |
| C．To introduce two basic dance moves. |
| D．To encourage people to enjoy dancing. |
