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Essay by 谢振礼老师 Jeenn Lee Hsieh
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真题还原
Many countries spend a lot of money on preparing competitors to take part
in major international events such as the Olympics and the World Football Cup
(FIFA) games. Some people argue that it would be better to spend this money on
encouraging children to take up sporting activities from a young age. What is
your opinion? Give reasons for your answer and include relevant examples from
your knowledge or experience.
范文：
Sporting Activities
It seems that nowadays international events, such as the Olympic Games and
the World (FIFA) Cup, are particularly motivating for children to take up sports
in many countries. To be fair, while spending money on preparing elite
competitors to shine on the international stage is worthwhile, a country ought
not to ignore an investment strategy that could help every child to cultivate a
passion for doing exercise from an early age. The idea is not making a medal
winner out of every child but to let the child pursue something that is
rewarding, both physically and mentally, in later life.
On the one hand, playing games, besides being fun, helps a child to stay
physically fit. Usually small children are energetic, so playing sports is like
energy put to good use; so much so, any investment on the part of the government
in this respect is like money put to good use. Because physical exercise builds
the healthy body, we should have a special budget to upgrade our kids' physical
fitness. If not, we will be raising an obese and unfit generation. That is to
say, engaging in different kinds of sporting activities is essential to a
child's physical development in different ways, all translating into overall
physical benefits. For example, games that involve running, kicking or throwing
a ball strengthen the arms and legs, and swimming provides a full body workout,
and so on.
On the other hand, researches say that children who play sports tend to be
in a mentally happier state of mind than those who do not. And probably there is
no match to that kind of mental happiness which this brings. The same reports
explain that sports are a form of exercise that generates what is called
'happiness molecules' in the body, thus restoring the mental health by easing
stress and releasing emotions. In view of this, public facilities like sports
parks should be timely built and sufficiently funded at as many key destinations
as possible in order to ensure the younger generation's mental health. To put it
in another way, by strengthening their muscles and bones for a sound body,
children could also benefit greatly from playing sports for a positive mind.
With that positive mentality, it is very likely that those kids who regularly
play sports also fare well in academics at school.
Although it is not necessary to make every child a sport hero or a
professional football star for the next generation, it must be a country's
responsibility to create a sporting environment for their physical and mental
wellbeing. However important it is to foster national pride and unity through
preparing our competitors in international events, we cannot afford not to
motivate our kids to play sports here and now. So, should strictly money be the
issue, some of today's children who are good enough in sports can win Olympic
medals, or even play for money. |
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发表于 2016-7-10 15:23:17