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) [参考译文] 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。 二 My Favorite Sports-我最喜爱的运动 Sports help everyone to keep healthy, happy, and efficient. So I pay special attention to games, especially table-tennis. Table tennis is my favorite game. I play it almost every day. Table-tennis is an ideal game us because it brings the whole body into action. It strengthens our muscles, expands our lungs, promotes the circulation of the blood, and causes a healthy action of the skin. Besides, it is very amusing and does not cost us much money. Table-tennis is very moderate; it is not so rough as football. It is an indoor game and can be played even on rainy days. Thus, it is my favorite kind of exercise. [翻译] 运动能帮助每一个人保持健康、快乐和有效率。所以我特别重视运动，特别是桌球，桌球是我最喜欢的运动。我几乎每天玩。 桌球对我们而言，是一项理想的运动，因为它可以使我们全身运动，它可以增强我们的肌肉，扩张我们的肺部，促进血液循环，并且使肌肤产生健康作用，此外，它很有趣而且所费不多。桌球是相当温和适中的，它不像足球那么粗野。它是一种室内运动，甚至在
下雨天也能玩。因此，桌球是我最喜爱的一种运动。