Sports and Gams

All ovr th world millions of popl tak part in diffrnt kinds of sports. Sports ar prhaps th most popular form of rlaxation that almost all can njoy.

Som popl sm to think that sports and gams ar unimportant things that popl do at tims whn thy ar not working. But in fact sports and gams can b of grat valu, spcially to popl who work with thir brains most of th day. Thy should not b tratd only as ammusmnts.

Sports and gams build our bodis, prvnt us from gtting too fat, and kp us halthy. Thy also giv us valuabl practic in hlping th ys, brain and muscls to work togthr. In tabl tnnis, th ys s th ball coming, judg its spd and dirction, and pass th information on to th brain. Th brain has to dcid what to do and snds its ordrs to th muscls of th arms lgs and so on, so that th bah is mt and hit back whr th playr wants it to do. All this must happn with vry grat spd, and only thos who hav had a lot of practic can do this succssfully.

Sports and gams ar also vry usful for charactr-training. In thir lssons, boys and girls may larn about such virrus as unslfishnss courag discipl and lov of on＇s country, but what is larnd in books can not hav th sam dp ffct on a child＇s charactr as what is larnd through practic. Most of studnts＇ tim is spnt in classs, studying lssons. So what th studnts do in thir spar tim is of grat importanc. If ach of thm larns to go all out for his tam and not for himslf on th sports fild, h will latr find it natural to work for th good of socity, for th good of his country.

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此文对体育运动的态度是非常肯定：它不仅有助于我们的身体健康，而且建造我们的性格与品德。道理明确，令人信服，只是所举例子和所用词语有一定的专业性，可作为背景材料。

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体育运动

世界上有许多的人参加不同种类的体育运动。体育运动可能是几乎所有的人都可享受的最大众化的娱乐形式。

有些人似乎认为体育运动不是什么重要的事情，只是人们在不干活的时候才去做的。但实际上，体育运动对人们益处很大。特别是对那些一整天从事脑力劳动的人来说，更是这样。不能把它们单纯看成是娱乐。

体育运动能增强我们的体质，防止发胖，保持身体健康。他们还在使眼睛、头脑和肌肉协同动作方面提供宝贵的锻炼机会。打乒乓球时，眼睛看到球打过来，要判断速度和方向，再把这个信息传到大脑，这时大脑得决定怎么办，并给胳臂、腿等部位的肌肉发出命令，以便接到球，并把球打回到打球人要它到的地方。所有这一切的反应都要非常迅速。只有那些打乒乓球训练有素的人，才能成功地做到。

体育运动还有利于品格的培养。孩子们在课堂上可能学到关于无私、勇敢、守纪律和爱国等品德。但是日本上学的东西对孩子品格的影响不可能和亲身体验中学来的东西影响一样深刻。学生大部分在校时间都用在上课。因此，学生的课余时间的活动至关重要。如果每个人在运动场上认识到是为自己的球队而不是为个人而拼搏，日后他就会感到，为社会利益，为国家利益而工作是理所当然的。