英语中级口语教程 What Sports Do They Enjoy?
What Sp***ts Do They Enjoy?
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Not all people ***ke *** wnrk but everyo*** ***kes *** play. All over the w***ld ***n and wo***n and boys and girls enjoy sp***ts. iends the days of long a***, adu***s and children h**e call*** their friends ***gether *** spend hours , even days , play***g ga***s.
Sp***ts help people *** ***ve happily. They help *** keep people hea***hy and fee***ng ***od. When they are play***g ga***s, people move a lot. This is ***od f*** their hea***h. I-I*****g fun with their friends makes them happy.
Many people enjoy sp***ts by watch***g others play. In small ***wns , crowds ***et *** watch the b***ycle races *** the so***er ga***.In the big cities, thousands buy t***kets *** see an ***e-skat***g ***w *** a baseball ga***.
What ga***s h**e you play***? What are your f*****ite sp***ts now? You probably play the ga***s that people *** your ***wn *** city play. Is the c***mate hot where you ***ve? Then swimm***g is probably o*** of your sp***ts. Boys and girls *** Austra***a love tc swim. There are wonderful beaches there and the weather is ***od f*** swimm***g.
Or do you ***ve *** a ***ld c***mate? Then you would ***ke *** ski. There are many skiers *** Austria where there are big mounta***s and ***ld w***ters. Does it ra*** often where you ***ve? Then kite fly***g would not be o*** of your sp***ts. It is o*** of the f*****ite sp***ts of Thailand.
Surf***g is an imp***tant sp***t *** Hawaii. The Pacif*** Ocean sends huge w**es up on the beaches, w**es that are just right f*** surf***g . But you ****** *** ***ve ***ar an ocean *** ride the w**es and enjoy surf***g.
People *** Switzerland love *** c***mb the wonderful mounta***s of their ***untry. Mounta*** c***mb***g and hik***g are f*****ite sp***ts there. But there can be no mounta*** c***mb***g where tlmc re are no mounta***s.
Sposts change with the season. People often do not play the sa*** ga***s *** w***ter as *** sum***r. Sai***ng is fun *** warm weather, but when it gets ***ld it's ti*** *** change *** other sp***ts. People talk about sp***ts' seasons. Baseball is o***y play*** f*** a few months of the year. This is call*** "the baseball
season".
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H**e you ever wonder*** how so*** people can break br***ks wi th their bare hands'? People who can do this k***d of th***g are experts *** Karate. They are call*** "Karatekas". Let's try *** f ***d out how karatekas ***uld do such th***gs. We want*** *** learn i f they were especially strong and we ***t so*** surpris***g answers!
Be***eve it *** not , Karatekas aren't stronger than ***d***ary nary people - they just h**e m***e ***urage! A Karate expertstrikes hard objects ***ke br***ks *** plates with the small bo*** *** his wrist , oppo***e the thumb. Spe*** is the essence of this sp***t. But the strange th***g is that untra****** ***n can break hard objects *** the sa*** way just as well as Karatekas.
Of ***urse, Karatekas practise a lot and they h**e a layer of hard sk*** round their wrists. Though they h**e this advantage over ***d***ary people, it's bas***ally lust a qu5tion of willpower-at least , that's what you can tell your mother afer you've experi***nt***on
a few d******r plates !
Additional Inf***mation
The Football Match
Thi's is John Roberts rep***t***g from Cardiff. The resu*** of the match wh***h f***ish*** at four this afternoon between France and Wales was a draw. Neither side s***r***. The Dutch referee did not allow the o*** ***al wh***h France manag*** *** k***k. The reason f*** this was that a French player was unf***tunately off side. So both teams went .ho*** disappo***t***. This ***ans that ***ither the French n*** the Welsh team will reach first place *** this ***ternational ***mpetition.
However, I can say that the specta***rs were de***ght*** with the ga***. They part***ularly admir*** the French f***wards, who were always fast and often threate***d the Welsh defence. Once it look*** as though the Welsh ***alkeeper was *** serious trouble.
He div*** *** his right *** s**e a ***t from the French centre f***ward and crash*** his head aga***st the ***al post. A doc***r exam****** him but he soon began *** play aga***. Of ***urse the large, friendly crowd appl***d*** him. Wales will certa***ly wel****** another ****** from this splendid team.