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1、S2AChapter1ReadingMyfavoritesportSkiingismyfavoritesport,eventhoughIhaveonlyskiedforfourdaysinmywholelife.Lastyear,myfatherpromisedtotakemeonaholidayifIdidwellinmyexams.WhenIgotstraightA’s,Dadsaid’‘HowaboutaweekendattheBotanicalGardens?’However,mymusaid,‘N
2、o,youpromisedaspecialholiday.Ithinkyououghttokeepyourword.’And,despitetheexpense,hedid,Mydreamwastoseesomerealsnow,sointheChristmasvacationweflewtoSeoul,SouthKorea,andthentookashuttlebuswhichrunsbackandforthbetweenSeoulandMujuResort.Asthebusclimbedthrought
3、hemountains,wesawthesnowinthetrees.Iwasdyingtogetoutofthebus.Nooneinmyfamilyhadevertouchedsnowbefore.Wewerealllikelittlechildren---wepickeditup,madesnowballs,andthrewthemateachother!21Thenwecheckedinatthehotel.Ourroomoverlookedoneoftheskislopes.Theslopewas
4、floodlit,sowewatchedpeopleskiinguntil10p.m.Wecouldnotwaittotryitourselves.Thenextdaywehadourfirstskiinglesson.Werentedourskisuits,bootsadskis,andwentoutsideontothesnow.Wearingskisforthefirsttimemakesyoufeelverystrange.Suddenlyyoufindyoucannotevenwalk.Ourin
5、structortookusontoagentleslope,andshowedussomebasicskills.Inordertodoupahill,youhavetostandsideways,andgoupstepbystep.Youmustpointthetipsofyourskistogethersothatyoucanstop.However,thetipsmustnotcross,oryouwillfall.Youshouldnotskialoneincaseyoufallandgetinj
6、ured.Tobehonest,thatfirstlessonwasnotagreatsuccess,andIkeptfallingdown!However,thenextdayIdefinitelyimproved.Ionlyfelloverafewtimes,andImanagedtodoafewlongerruns.Ifeltpleasedwithmyself,andtheinstructorcongratulatedme,soIfeltgreat.Althoughitwasverycold,Ispe
7、ntmostofthatholidayskiing.Itwasthemostwonderfultimeofmylife.Nevertheless,itwasallovertoosoon.NowIhavedecidedtoworkpart-timethissummer,soIcanearnenoughmoneyforanothersuperskiingholiday.21 MorereadingFaster,Higher,StrongerTheOlympicGameshavealonghistory.Thef
8、irstmodernGameswereheldinAthens,Greecein1896.Everyfouryears,athleticsfromallovertheworldcompeteinvarioussportsattheGames.Thelargestgroupparticipatesinathletics.‘Athletics’referstosportsinfourareas:track,field
