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1、~S2AChapter1ReadingMyfavoritesportSkiingismyfavoritesport,eventhoughIhaveonlyskiedforfourdaysinmywholelife.Lastyear,myfatherpromisedtotakemeonaholidayifIdidwellinmyexams.WhenIgotstraightA’s,Dadsaid’‘HowaboutaweekendattheBotanicalGardens?’However,mymus
2、aid,‘No,youpromisedaspecialholiday.Ithinkyououghttokeepyourword.’And,despitetheexpense,hedid,Mydreamwastoseesomerealsnow,sointheChristmasvacationweflewtoSeoul,SouthKorea,andthentookashuttlebuswhichrunsbackandforthbetweenSeoulandMujuResort.Asthebusclim
3、bedthroughthemountains,wesawthesnowinthetrees.Iwasdyingtogetoutofthebus.Nooneinmyfamilyhadevertouchedsnowbefore.Wewerealllikelittlechildren---wepickeditup,madesnowballs,andthrewthemateachother!~~~~Thenwecheckedinatthehotel.Ourroomoverlookedoneoftheski
4、slopes.Theslopewasfloodlit,sowewatchedpeopleskiinguntil10p.m.Wecouldnotwaittotryitourselves.Thenextdaywehadourfirstskiinglesson.Werentedourskisuits,bootsadskis,andwentoutsideontothesnow.Wearingskisforthefirsttimemakesyoufeelverystrange.Suddenlyyoufind
5、youcannotevenwalk.Ourinstructortookusontoagentleslope,andshowedussomebasicskills.Inordertodoupahill,youhavetostandsideways,andgoupstepbystep.Youmustpointthetipsofyourskistogethersothatyoucanstop.However,thetipsmustnotcross,oryouwillfall.Youshouldnotsk
6、ialoneincaseyoufallandgetinjured.Tobehonest,thatfirstlessonwasnotagreatsuccess,andIkeptfallingdown!However,thenextdayIdefinitelyimproved.Ionlyfelloverafewtimes,andImanagedtodoafewlongerruns.Ifeltpleasedwithmyself,andtheinstructorcongratulatedme,soIfel
7、tgreat.Althoughitwasverycold,Ispentmostofthatholidayskiing.Itwasthemostwonderfultimeofmylife.Nevertheless,itwasallovertoosoon.NowIhavedecidedtoworkpart-timethissummer,soIcanearnenoughmoneyforanothersuperskiingholiday.~~~~ MorereadingFaster,Higher,Stro
8、ngerTheOlympicGameshavealonghistory.ThefirstmodernGameswereheldinAthens,Greecein1896.Everyfouryears,athleticsfromallovertheworldcompeteinvarioussportsattheGames.Thelargestgroupparticipatesinathletics.‘Athletics’referstosportsinfourareas:track,
