Sports-運動
Sports
All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help to keep people healthy and happy, and to live longer.
Sports change with the seasons. People play different games in winter and summer. Swimming is fun in warm weather, but skating is good in winter.
Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere go in for them. Football, for example, has spread around the world. Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers. Some sports or games go back thou-sands of years, like running or jumping. Chinese wushu, for example, has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are rather new. People are inventing new sports or games all the time. Water-skiing is one of the newest in the family of sports.
People from different countries may not be able to understand each other, but after a game together they often become good friends. Sports help to train a person~s character. One learns to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace. (勝不驕，敗不餒)
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運動是人人皆知的話題。作者從運動的種類到運動項目的歷史作了一番描述，在結尾段中強調了運動的好處，觀點顯而易見。語言簡單明了，描述、議論清楚。
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運動
全世界的人都喜歡運動。運動使人健康，快樂而且長壽。
運動項目隨季節而有所變化。人們在冬季和夏季做不同的運動。夏天游泳其樂無窮，冬天滑雪快樂無比。
有些運動非常有意思，任何地方的人都喜歡。比如說，足球就風靡全球。游泳流行於居住在世界各國海邊河邊的人中間。有些運動可追溯到古代，像跑步跳高等。再比如中國武術就歷史悠久。但是籃球排球卻是新項目。人們一直在發明新的運動項目或比賽。滑水是運動家庭中最新的成員之一。
來自不同國家的人或許相互不能明白對方的語言，但是一場比賽過後，他們往往會成為好朋友。運動可磨鍊人的性格。一個人能學會奮力拚搏，公平競爭，勝不驕，敗不餒。
Sports-運動