Justin was so good at basketball that he dreamed of being one of the world's best basketball players one day. He thought he had found his way to success.

But one day everything changed. When Justin was playing at the local court, some boys ran up. A big one of them said that he had heard that Justin was the best in the neighborhood and he wanted to see if it was true. Justin didn't want to play. But his cousin begged (乞求), "Come on, Justin, beat him. "Justin decided to do what his cousin wanted to.

Just as Justin was going to win, the big boy knocked him down hard. Justin broke his right leg. The doctor said he might never play again.

The first six weeks, Justin just lay in bed with his leg in a long cast (石膏). He watched TV all day and ate one bag of potato chips after another.

Then Justin's sister Kiki came home from university, bringing exciting stories of a faraway land called college. While she was home, they studied together, and they talked, and they worked, and Justin felt much better. He didn't want to give up. Basketball used to be his dream, and he was good at it, but now there was only school, so he had to get good at that.

Justin worked so hard that by the time he got to senior year in high school, he'd had a high GPA. The last thing that Justin had to do to get into college was score well on the ACT test. Well, wouldn't you know it? Using the study skills Justin had learned from his sister, Justin scored a 24 on the ACT.

Every university that Justin applied to(申请)accepted him. When the fall came, Justin had his choice in colleges.

Why do we play games?1they are fun, and a lot more. Following the rules, planning your next game, acting as a team member—these are all "game" ideas that you will have throughout your life.

Think about some of the games you2as a young child, such as rope-jumping and hide-and-seek. These games are fun. They teach children some of the basic rules. Children around the world play games that prepare them for work they will do as 3. For example, some Saudi Arabian children play a game4bones. It can be very helpful to exercise their hands and eyes, 5 is needed in hunting.

Many sports encourage national or local pride. The most 6 games of all, the Olympic Games, bring athletes (运动员)from around the world together to 7part in the friendly competition. People who8 the event wave flags, knowing that a gold medal is a win for a whole country, not just the athlete who has got 9.

Sports are also an event that brings, people10. 11 is the most popular sport in the world. People all over the world play it—some for fun and some for a living. Nicolette lribarne, a Californian soccer player, has discovered a way to spread hope through soccer. He12an organisation which can provide poor children13not only soccer balls but also a hopeful future.

Next time, when you play your game or sport, 14 why you enjoy it, what 15 are needed, and whether these skills will help you in your life.

It's an English class now. Some students are talking about the football match they played last time and the match they will play. They played (对抗) HAS last time. HAS (代表) for Haidian All Stars. Betty says if her (记忆) is correct, HAS 98 (比分）to BIG 52. Daming wasn't chosen for the team last time. That was a bad (决定)because they couldn't play well without him. There will be another match next Saturday at (中午). If Betty and Lingling want good (座位), they have to get there by 11 :30. Lingling tells Tony he should not (踢)the ball,  but throw it. Tony is so (生气的) at Betty and Lingling that he will try harder to win. Lingling hopes they will win this time. Betty and Lingling will be there to (喝彩)for them.

If you want to get healthy or stay healthy, there is one easy activity to add to your day——walking. "Walking is closest thing we have to a wonder drug (灵丹妙药), "says Thomas Friedman, who is the director of the Centres for Disease (疾病)Control and Prevention in the United States. And he is not alone in this idea. Walking (consider) great exercise by many other health experts (专家)before him.

You may think that simply taking a walk is not enough to make a big (different). You might think, that you need to do something hard like running (stay) healthy. Well, a new study finds that walking may be as good us as running. Running is a high-impact activity and many people cannot run. Walking, it seems, has all of the (advantage) and none of the disadvantages of running.

Walking (quick), or briskly (迅速地), can lower your risk of (suffer) from some diseases. Researchers in California did a study it found that the same energy used for brisk walking and energetic running resulted in similar reductions(减少)in risk for some diseases. The study also found that the more people walked or ran each week, the more (they) health benefits increased.

There will be a friendship basketball match    this month.