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People all over the world are fond of sports and games.
That is one of the things in which people ofevery nationality and class are united.
All kinds of physical exercises are very useful to make our bodiesstrong enough to keep ourselves fit and healthy.
The most popular outdoor winter sports are shooting,hunting, hockey, in the countries where the weather is frosty and there is much snow – skating, skiingand toboggaging.
Some people greatly enjoy figure-skating and ski-jumping.
It’s so nice to go to theskating-rink or to the forest on a frosty sunny day!
Summer affords excellent opportunities for swimming, boating, yachting, cycling, gliding and manyother sports.
Among outdoor games football takes the first place in public interest;
this game is played inall countries of the world.
The other games that have firmly established themselves in favor in differentcountries are golf, lawn-tennis, cricket, volley-ball, basket-ball, and so on.
Badminton is also very popular.
All the year round many people indulge in boxing, wrestling, athletics, gymnastics and track and fieldevents.
Scores of young girls and women go in for calisthenics.
Over the last few years aerobics hasbecome popular with young girls.
It helps them to be slim, healthy and strong.
The founder of this kindof sport was a well-known American actress Jane Fonda.
Being a great enthusiast of aerobics she hasbeen trying to initiate many young women all over the world into this sport.
Among indoor games the most popular are billiards, table-tennis, draughts and some others, but thegreat international game is chess, of course.
The results of chess tournaments are studied and discussedby thousands of enthusiasts in different countries.
So we may say that sport is one of the things that makes people kin.
To cut the long story short, I shouldadmit that everyone must do all he can to be healthy.
Physically inactive people get old earlier thanthose who have plenty of exercises.
If you do daily exercises you feel refreshed, have a good posture, and that makes you feel good.
I can add that good health is better than the best medicine.
You have “Asound mind in a sound body,” as the old Latin saying goes.
The English proverb “Sickness in the bodybrings sickness to the mind” expresses a similar idea, but from a different point of view.People all over the world are fond of sports and games.
That is one of the things in which people ofevery nationality and class are united.
All kinds of physical exercises are very useful to make our bodiesstrong enough to keep ourselves fit and healthy.
The most popular outdoor winter sports are shooting,hunting, hockey, in the countries where the weather is frosty and there is much snow – skating, skiingand toboggaging.
Some people greatly enjoy figure-skating and ski-jumping.
It’s so nice to go to theskating-rink or to the forest on a frosty sunny day!
Summer affords excellent opportunities for swimming, boating, yachting, cycling, gliding and manyother sports.
Among outdoor games football takes the first place in public interest; this game is played inall countries of the world. The other games that have firmly established themselves in favor in differentcountries are golf, lawn-tennis, cricket, volley-ball, basket-ball, and so on. Badminton is also very popular.
All the year round many people indulge in boxing, wrestling, athletics, gymnastics and track and fieldevents. Scores of young girls and women go in for calisthenics. Over the last few years aerobics hasbecome popular with young girls. It helps them to be slim, healthy and strong. The founder of this kindof sport was a well-known American actress Jane Fonda. Being a great enthusiast of aerobics she hasbeen trying to initiate many young women all over the world into this sport.
Among indoor games the most popular are billiards, table-tennis, draughts and some others, but thegreat international game is chess, of course. The results of chess tournaments are studied and discussedby thousands of enthusiasts in different countries.
So we may say that sport is one of the things that makes people kin. To cut the long story short, I shouldadmit that everyone must do all he can to be healthy. Physically inactive people get old earlier thanthose who have plenty of exercises. If you do daily exercises you feel refreshed, have a good posture, and that makes you feel good. I can add that good health is better than the best medicine. You have “Asound mind in a sound body,” as the old Latin saying goes. The English proverb “Sickness in the bodybrings sickness to the mind” expresses a similar idea, but from a different point of view.
