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1、S2AChapter1ReadingMyfavoritesportSkiingismyfavoritesport,eventhoughIhaveonlyskiedforfourdaysinmywholelife.Lastyear,myfatherpromisedtotakemeonaholidayifIdidwellinmyexams.WhenIgotstraightA’s,Dadsaid’‘HowaboutaweekendattheBotanicalGardens?’However,mymusaid,‘No,youpromisedaspecia
2、lholiday.Ithinkyououghttokeepyourword.’And,despitetheexpense,hedid,Mydreamwastoseesomerealsnow,sointheChristmasvacationweflewtoSeoul,SouthKorea,andthentookashuttlebuswhichrunsbackandforthbetweenSeoulandMujuResort.Asthebusclimbedthroughthemountains,wesawthesnowinthetrees.Iwasd
3、yingtogetoutofthebus.Nooneinmyfamilyhadevertouchedsnowbefore.Wewerealllikelittlechildren---wepickeditup,madesnowballs,andthrewthemateachother!Thenwecheckedinatthehotel.Ourroomoverlookedoneoftheskislopes.Theslopewasfloodlit,sowewatchedpeopleskiinguntil10p.m.Wecouldnotwaittotry
4、itourselves.Thenextdaywehadourfirstskiinglesson.Werentedourskisuits,bootsadskis,andwentoutsideontothesnow.Wearingskisforthefirsttimemakesyoufeelverystrange.Suddenlyyoufindyoucannotevenwalk.Ourinstructortookusontoagentleslope,andshowedussomebasicskills.Inordertodoupahill,youha
5、vetostandsideways,andgoupstepbystep.Youmustpointthetipsofyourskistogethersothatyoucanstop.However,thetipsmustnotcross,oryouwillfall.Youshouldnotskialoneincaseyoufallandgetinjured.Tobehonest,thatfirstlessonwasnotagreatsuccess,andIkeptfallingdown!However,thenextdayIdefinitelyim
6、proved.Ionlyfelloverafewtimes,andImanagedtodoafewlongerruns.Ifeltpleasedwithmyself,andtheinstructorcongratulatedme,soIfeltgreat.Althoughitwasverycold,Ispentmostofthatholidayskiing.Itwasthemostwonderfultimeofmylife.Nevertheless,itwasallovertoosoon.NowIhavedecidedtoworkpart-tim
7、ethissummer,soIcanearnenoughmoneyforanothersuperskiingholiday. MorereadingFaster,Higher,StrongerTheOlympicGameshavealonghistory.ThefirstmodernGameswereheldinAthens,Greecein1896.Everyfouryears,athleticsfromallovertheworldcompeteinvarioussportsattheGames.Thelargestgroupparticip
8、atesinathletics.‘Athletics’referstosportsinfourareas:track,field,roa
