A Thousand Voices

     From the earliest times, people have held sports competition. The athletic few compete on the field while the rest of us participate from the safety of our seats.

Today sports are certainly as popular as ever, and because of radio and television, we can now compete from a distance. In fact, for important competitions, the whole world becomes one big stadium.

      It is hard to say why humans like organized games. The reasons that we enjoy sports probably differ from person to person. 

 Whether little kids are kicking ball around a city playground, 

or million-dollar-a-year athletes are playing in a modern stadium,

 the excitement of competition, motion, discipline, and beauty are in the air. Who doesn't stop to watch a ball game in the street or a swimmer in a pool? 

What parents are not proud to see their children carried off the field by thankful fans?

 For the players, the joys of sportmanship can include punishing self-discipline and the friendship of the teammates.

 

      Then there is that special thrill that comes only to a lucky few. 

It is the thrill that comes from hearing a thousand voices shout your name.

But personal victory is only one kind of victory. 

In every game, someone must lose, but mankind wins everytime an athletic record is broken. 

It is the aspect of sports that brings people together. 

 Even in defeat no one says to an athlete, "So What" You say, "Good try!" And when your pride gets hurt and your muscles are sore, you say to yourself, "That's the part of the game. I'll win next time!"

Disadur dari New English 900 Book 5, Collier Macmillan Publishing

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