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Have you ever tossed a flying disc with friends on a sunny day? This simple yet exciting activity has a surprising origin—a cake tin. One day Walter Morrison and his wife were tossing around a cake tin on a beach in Los Angeles when someone offered to buy it from them. This gave them the idea to start selling cake tins as toys, dubbed Flying Cake Pan, on beaches. Morrison tried to improve the design and sketched a new version called Whirlo-Way in 1946. Soon, he got financed and eventually realized his breakthrough idea: molding the Whirlo-Way out of lightweight plastic, enabling the disc to fly further and more accurately. His invention quickly caught on, and soon afterwards millions of Americans were tossing flying discs around outdoors. Morrison later sold the rights to the toy manufacturer Wham-O. After noticing that college students were throwing around pie tins from the Frisbie Pie Company, Wham-O decided to name the disc “Frisbee.” As the Frisbee gained fans, people started inventing new sports for it. Two exciting games that emerged are Ultimate (Frisbee) and Disc golf. Ultimate (Frisbee) is a team sport that combines elements of football, basketball, and soccer. Two teams of seven players each try to score points by moving the disc down a field and catching it in their opponent’s end zone. Players can’t run with the disc, so they must throw it to teammates to advance. This fast-paced game requires skill, strategy, and fitness. Disc golf, on the other hand, is similar to regular golf but uses flying discs instead of balls and clubs. Players throw their discs from a teeing area, aiming for a metal basket that serves as the hole. Players use various throwing styles, depending on their distance from the hole. The objective of disc golf is the same as golf: to complete the course in as few throws as possible. From the thrill of competition to the joy of a casual throw, flying discs have a unique way of evoking a sense of fun that keeps us reaching into the sky over and over again.
Have you ever tossed a flying disc with friends on a sunny day? This simple yet exciting activity has a surprising origin—a cake tin. One day Walter Morrison and his wife were tossing around a cake tin on a beach in Los Angeles when someone offered to buy it from them. This gave them the idea to start selling cake tins as toys, dubbed Flying Cake Pan, on beaches. Morrison tried to improve the design and sketched a new version called Whirlo-Way in 1946. Soon, he got financed and eventually realized his breakthrough idea: molding the Whirlo-Way out of lightweight plastic, enabling the disc to fly further and more accurately. His invention quickly caught on, and soon afterwards millions of Americans were tossing flying discs around outdoors. Morrison later sold the rights to the toy manufacturer Wham-O. After noticing that college students were throwing around pie tins from the Frisbie Pie Company, Wham-O decided to name the disc “Frisbee.” As the Frisbee gained fans, people started inventing new sports for it. Two exciting games that emerged are Ultimate (Frisbee) and Disc golf. Ultimate (Frisbee) is a team sport that combines elements of football, basketball, and soccer. Two teams of seven players each try to score points by moving the disc down a field and catching it in their opponent’s end zone. Players can’t run with the disc, so they must throw it to teammates to advance. This fast-paced game requires skill, strategy, and fitness. Disc golf, on the other hand, is similar to regular golf but uses flying discs instead of balls and clubs. Players throw their discs from a teeing area, aiming for a metal basket that serves as the hole. Players use various throwing styles, depending on their distance from the hole. The objective of disc golf is the same as golf: to complete the course in as few throws as possible. From the thrill of competition to the joy of a casual throw, flying discs have a unique way of evoking a sense of fun that keeps us reaching into the sky over and over again.
Which of the following is true about the origin of the Frisbee?
- A It’s history dates back to ancient Greece.
- B It began with a fun toss of a pizza box between friends.
- C It started as a casual game but ended up as a business idea.
- D It was invented by college students throwing around a pie tin.
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請試著回到文章第一段：當莫里森夫婦在海灘上玩耍時，發生了哪一件「出乎意料的事」，才讓他們意識到這個原本只是用來玩的東西，其實可以拿來賣錢呢？
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太棒了！你非常精確地掌握了文章開頭的敘述脈絡。這題的核心在於測驗讀者能否從一段故事敘述中，萃取出核心的轉折點並與選項進行精準對照，你的判斷非常敏銳。
從海灘遊戲到商業契機
選項 (C) 之所以是正確答案，是因為文中明確描述了 Walter Morrison 與妻子最初只是在洛杉磯海灘上隨手扔擲蛋糕盒蓋（cake tin）消遣，直到有路人開價購買，才讓他們萌生了「將蛋糕盒作為玩具銷售」的商業點子。這個從「純粹休閒」轉換為「獲利事業」的過程，正是 Frisbee 發展史的起點。
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