People all over the world, young or old, men or women, girls or boys, are fond of sports. Do you love sports? Yes? What kind of sports do you like best, football, basketball, tennis, swimming or running? What do you have sports for, strengthen your body or lose your weight?

We are familiar with sports. And most of us like doing sports. Doing sports can help us keep fit and build up our body. If a person is not in good health, he couldn't do anything success-fully.

Children can grow taller and stronger by doing sports. The old can live longer and healthier by doing sports. We can be full of vitality every day by doing sports, so sports are of great value.

Sport is the symbol of a nation. Before liberation, other countries ruled China and civil wars broke out now and then. People were very poor and lived a miserable life. They always had little to eat. Some parents had to sell their own kids to make a living. Diseases spread from one place to another. So the Chinese were poor and weak. We used to be called "sick men in Eastern Asia."

After liberation, we set up our socialist country. People's living conditions have been improved greatly. We need a healthy and strong body. So a lot of sportsgrounds have been built. Our government pays much attention to the sports industry. The whole nation takes active part in sports and games. As a result, in no more than 40 years, the health of the Chinese nation has improved a lot. At the international competitions, the Chinese athletes have won many medals. That shows we are no longer weak. At the 13th Asian Games, we won the championship with 129 gold medals. China is standing like a giant in Asia.

"Higher, faster, stronger", the famous Olympic motto, tells the true spirit of sports and games. Doing Sports is a good way to keep us healthy. It is our purpose. In sports competition, the friendship among different countries can be developed. But as we all know, some athletes use wrong methods to become win-ners. For example, they take provocative, a kind of drug. What they do is against the spirit of sports. It is really unpleasant and unwanted. "Friendship first. Competition second." We must un-derstand it and learn it by hearts.

I'd like to end my speech with the famous Olympic song:

"Hand in hand we stand, all across the land. We can make this world a better place in which to live. Hand in hand, we can start to understand. Breaking down the walls that come between us for all time."

指导教师：张瑞安 王曦波