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 thousands 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. (胜不骄,败不馁)
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    运动是人人皆知的话题。作者从运动的种类到运动项目的历史作了一番描述，在结尾段中强调了运动的好处，观点显而易见。语言简单明了，描述、议论清楚。
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运动
    全世界的人都喜欢运动。运动使人健康，快乐而且长寿。
    运动项目随季节而有所变化。人们在冬季和夏季做不同的运动。夏天游泳其乐无穷，冬天滑雪快乐无比。
    有些运动非常有意思，任何地方的人都喜欢。比如说，足球就风靡全球。游泳流行于居住在世界各国海边河边的人中间。有些运动可追溯到古代，像跑步跳高等。再比如中国武术就历史悠久。但是篮球排球却是新项目。人们一直在发明新的运动项目或比赛。滑水是运动家庭中最新的成员之一。
    来自不同国家的人或许相互不能明白对方的语言，但是一场比赛过后，他们往往会成为好朋友。运动可磨炼人的性格。一个人能学会奋力拼搏，公平竞争，胜不骄，败不馁。