网球介绍(英文).doc

Good afternoon everyone. Thank you ing today. I'm Zhang Ya Jun from School of Urban Rail Transportation. I'm here to talk about Tennis, as you can see from the PPT slide. I hope after my presentation you will know mon sense about tennis and enjoy it. My talk will be divided into seven parts, which last about half an hour.
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Firstly, I'd like to give an overview of my talk. It contains the origin and development of tennis, tennis equipment, tennis court, tennis association, well-know events of tennis, Chinese tennis achievements and tennis terms.
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Right, let's start with the orign of tennis. The History of tennis game was developed from a 12th century French handball game called "Paume" (palm). In this game the ball was struck with the hand.
After some time "Paume" game produced handball "Jeu de Paume" (game of the palm) and there were used racquets. The game was first created by European monks for entertainment roles during ceremonial occasions and spread and evolved in Europe. It became very popular, especially in France, where was adopted by the royal family.
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Between the 16th and 18th centuries the game of the palm was highly regarded by kings and nobleman. The French players would begin the palm game by shouting the word "Tenez" (Play!). The palm game soon came to be called "real tennis" or "royal".
During 1530s, English king Henry VIII builds a t