Yours,

Li Hua

2 . It was the final part of the 2016 World Triathlon (铁人三项) Series in Mexico. With just 700 meters to go, Alistair in third place and his younger brother, Jonny, was in the ________. Alistair pushed himself towards the finish line in the________heat, but as he came round the corner, he saw his brother about to ________onto the track. Alistair had to choose-- brotherly love or a chance to ________the race?

For Alistair, the choice was clear. His brother was ________. He had to help. Alistair ran towards Jonny, caught him and started pulling him towards the finish line. Alistair then________ his brother over the line. The move put Jonny in second place and Alistair himself in third. It was an________ end to the race, but Alistair did not want to discuss it with the media. He just wanted to see his younger brother, who had been________ to the medical area.

The brothers have been doing triathlons since they were children.“________, when your older brother is doing it, you think it’s a cool thing to do.” says Jonny. Alistair says that they________ each other as much as they can when they train. Despite________over “stupid things” now and then, Alistair agrees that having a brother is an advantage. “Throughout my entire life, I’ve had my brother trying to beat me at everything I do. It has been an hugely________force.”

Watched by millions, the ending to the race has ________ opinions: should the brothers have been disqualified (使丧失资格) or highly ________ for their actions? But for Alistair, his decision was easy to explain:“Mum wouldn’t have been happy if I’d left Jonny behind.”At that moment, he was no longer an athlete aiming for a medal -- he was just a ________.

I’m Li Hua. I am very glad to tell you that a sports club will be set up in our school.

Yours,

Li Hua

5 . There are many ways to travel within a city. We can walk, cycle, or take a bus. But no matter which way we travel, we have to stick to the route (线路) the city planners laid down for us.

Parkour practitioners (跑酷爱好者), however, see the city in a completely different way. To them, there are no fixed routes. There are no walls and no stairs — since they jump, climb, roll and crawl to move across, through, over and under anything that they find in their path. The city is their playground.

The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) has noticed that this activity is drawing more and more people to it — there are 100,000 people taking part in parkour today in the UK alone, according to The Guardian — and how it is helpful for people to be much stronger: It trains coordination (协调性) and balance. So the organization is thinking about recognizing parkour as a new sport and adding it to the Olympics by 2024.

But parkour practitioners themselves don’t seem to be happy with the idea. “They see parkour as a lifestyle,” wrote the website NextSportStar. “It’s a competition against the conditions rather than just a sport.”

“Indeed, many do parkour just to escape the daily routine (常规) and experience the city in different ways,” wrote reporter Oli Mould on The Conversation. They see parkour as a way to express themselves through relaxing moves and creative routes while freeing themselves from the pressure.

It’s great that the FIG wants to develop a new sport and stay close to a new cultural form. But it would be greater if they knew that not everything in life is a competition.

7 . Ida Keeling’s daughter, Cheryl, a lifelong athlete, thought that maybe what would pull her mother out from under her dark cloud was something that would get her pumping again. She suggested a run. Not just a jog around the block, but an official run. At the time, Ida Keeling was 67.

Keeling had grown up poor in Harlem, and had done hard work in factories. She had lost her husband early to a heart attack, and two of her four children—both of her sons— died in unsolved drug-related incidents in 1978 and 1981.

Keeling had sunk into a deep depression (消沉), and her health had begun to slide. Her daughters began to worry that they soon might be losing their mother as well.

It had been decades since Keeling had done any running, and she would later recall that first “mini-run” feeling as if it would never end. But when it did, “I just threw off all my bad memories.”

She hasn’t stopped running since, and it’s no longer the tough work it was during that first meet. Since then, the small Keeling has set records for 60 meters in the 95-to-99 age group, and in 100 meters for the over-100 group.

“I was just exercising,” she says regarding that first run, “and now I'm all over the world.”

When she’s not running, she’s working out. She’s in the gym three to four days a week, running on tread-mills (跑步机), working out with weights and pedaling on the exercise bike, and even squeezing in some squats (深蹲) while she’s cooking. Part of her healthy diet is occasional brandy wine mixed with her coffee or water to aid circulation (血液循环).

She’s written a book about her experiences, titled Can’t Nothing Bring Me Down: Chasing Myself in the Race Against Time. Her philosophy is also suitable for a runner: “Every day is another day forward.”

8 . Very often, it seems that the athletes we watch on TV effortlessly win the game. However, it’s _______to remember that things don’t always go their way. At one time or another, everyone has a bad game or becomes _______. Here two top athletes tell us about a time when they had to _______back and what they _______from the experience.

Maya Moore was a member of the U.S. women’s basketball team that won gold at the Olympics in 2012.” My team was playing at the national championships when I was 13. I could not hit a _______during the whole game. We _______and I felt like I let my team down. I was extremely _______. My mom helped me see that my _______does not define who I am. She helped me realize that it is how I respond to difficult times that _______. I learned to bounce back from ________times in life.”

Swimmer Natalie Coughlin has ever won 12 Olympic gold medals.” By the time I was 16, I had already ________for years to qualify(具有资格)for the Olympic team. ________, I tore a muscle in my shoulder, which meant I had to temporarily ________my goal. It made me hardly wish to ________because swimming was my whole world.The injury ________me to seek things outside of swimming, like friendships and hobbies. It helped me realize that swimming was not life and death.”

9 . Playing sports is a lot of fun, but getting hurt is not.     1    

Wear protective equipment.

The equipment you wear depends on the sport you play. Helmets (头盔) are the most common protective equipment. They protect your head while you’re playing football, baseball, softball, biking, skateboarding, and so on.

Warm up.

    2     Doing some stretching (伸展) can get you prepared to hit the field. By warming up, you get yourself ready to play. Warming up your muscles and practicing a sport help keep you safe, too.

Know the rules of the games.

Traffic lights help prevent crashes between the many cars that drive on the roads together. This works because drivers know the rules and follow them.     3     When players know the rules of the game, fewer injuries happen. For example, you know that in soccer you can’t come from behind, crash into a player’s legs, and steal the ball.

    4    

Some rules don’t have anything to do with scoring points. Some rules are just about protecting other people. For example, a diver would make sure that the pool was clear before diving in. Otherwise, he or she might land on someone else.

    5    

This is a really important one. If you love sports, you may get right back in the game, even after an injury. But playing when you’re hurt is a bad idea. It can lead to an even worse injury.

For the sake of your fitness or slimness, besides dieting—cutting out junk food, you need to participate in sports as well, starting from some easier ones to more skillful and    1     (compete) ones, such as doing push-ups, jogging, track and field, soccer (playing the captain is even more interesting), skiing or even boxing and marathon as long     2     you have enough strength. You can also go to the gym for graceful gymnastics because     3    (work) out makes you sweat. At the beginning you will find it hard, but before long you will make    4    .

Remember the 2018 Beijing Olympics, which    5     (host) in China as a huge success with numerous spectators? So many international athletes got involved in various events,     6    the Chinese athletes did awesome jobs, with some masters creating legends and championships, winning medals and glory for our countries, and setting amazing examples. Even if they suffered injuries –sometimes their bones    7    (fall) apart – and failures now and then, they persevered instead of losing heart or    8     (quit) with positive and strong     9    (determine), believing    10    they have stuck to with willpower will eventually make a difference, which does make sense.