Monday, April 28, 2014
Journal Question #16
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About Me
- TGriffin
- I have been a language teacher (ESL/ELL, French) for 30 years. I have taught in public and private schools, immersion programs, refugee programs, adult/continuing education, elementary, middle, and high school as well as university. Currently I teach ELL at a high school somewhere in New England.
I like sports, but I’m just an amateur. When I was in middle school, I played volleyball. At the beginning, I didn’t like it very much. I just wanted to join in a sport interest group. In a period of time, I started to be interested in the group, because some group members are very wonderful, their sport quality and spirit attract and encourage me to love on the sport. Therefore, I’m very impressed with the time about volleyball interest group.
ReplyDeleteI’m very excited to know NBA playoffs, NHL (Hockey) playoffs, and Soccer (or Football) Championships. Although I don’t know many teams about these kinds of sports, I really look forward to know the game result.
I sympathize with the view that great creative works can inspire people’s effect. For instance, many scholars love a famous novel celled “A Dream of Red Mansions”. Some of them become redologists (peoples who study about “A Dream of Red Mansions” specially); some of them are inspired to write some excellent novels. Gao’ E was a litterateur in 1700s. The novel attracted him awfully. He seemed the author was died, but the author didn’t finish the novel, so he was determined to finish the novel. HE got inspiration from the original version and continued to write the ending of the novel. After his hard work, many readers accept and like his writing. I think he was a person who was affected by a great work.
I am a lazy person and I am not good at any sports even though I like sports. Sometimes I would watch sports games on TV but just a few minutes and I would change the channel.In my memory, I only watched one whole game. That was a World Cup with my father. We drunk beer at the same time. I don't know many rules about it. So actually I was not watching the game. I just enjoy the feeling that with someone watching games together. And I never pay attention to news about sports. I ever thought I should try a sport whatever the kind. Usually, at the third time, I would give up because of my laziness. My truly love is ice hockey. I think Mr. Griffin knew it already. When I watch the ice hockey game, I don't feel I want to play too. I prefer to watch them playing and cheer for them. That I can do.
ReplyDeleteSometimes, you see or listen something, it's not necessary to do about it. We should realize the reality. What we are able to do what are not.
I like sports and my favorite sport is running. I don't watch many running races. However, when I watch running race, I feel I'm running with them. I like to watch basketball games but I don't like to play it. I am not good at playing basketball. I like running but I like watching basketball games. Sport is very important and they are good for health. Watch sports can make you love that sport. It is a good way to relax. I also can learn something from the races. For example, I study the running races and copy their ways. I learn to run like the sport man in the game.
ReplyDeleteI like basketball in anyways. I am playing basketball i watch NBA. I like Miami Heat, because they have the best player for me. Actually he could be the best player right now. He is Lebron King James. I used to support Cleveland Cavaliers because he was playing there. Now i am supporting Miami. Also I watch Tennis. Especially it is so much fun to Grand Slams. I like Djokovic and Murray. So i like sports to watch. Also i run for this season. First i started to running because i wanted to keep on shape. Now i got friends from team and i like the races. So i want to run right now.
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ReplyDeleteI am crazy about sports, especially in basketball. Although I am not good at playing basketball I still like to watch it. Recently NBA playoffs is going on，and I was addicted to watching the playoffs of NBA. My favorite team is thunder team, because my idol is Kevin Durant. When I see him in the game I just want to follow his actions like doing something about basketball. Every time after I finished watching the game, I would go the gym and play basketball with my friend, that feeling is so cool. Sports not only let me to be excited but also give me more inspiration and energy in the life, whatever I do I will be like that I am crazy about playing basketball. Sometimes sports are kind of supporting in your mind, you can use it to do something you have to, because it will give you energy and power. For example when I am doing my homework or working, I might give up if I am tired of it. Then I will think of how can I get energy from basketball court when I was playing basketball. I think that basketball always supports me when have troubles and difficulties.
ReplyDeleteFrom my perspective, arts, music and athletes that impressed us in our childhood usually influence us in our prospective life. Unlike listening to the Korean music, I was born with Backstreet, Justin Timberlake and many English classical love songs. Therefore, I more appreciate the music in the U.S and Europe. Literally, my interests all come from the scene in the TV. Like basketball, when I was a little bit young, football occupied most of fun time in my childhood. But with the prevalence of NBA in China, I followed the main stream of playing basketball, and gradually I am into it. I would remember it was a chilling cloudy morning. And the alarm woke me up for the match of NBA playoffs. I couldn’t imagine how I was incredibly crazy about it. No match of Celtics escaped from my eyes that day. The moment that Paul Pierce upheld the trophy and the MVP of the game still can ring my bell. Thus the green shirt team never disappears in my mind. Afterwards, I dedicate to playing basketball better, and try mimicking the dribble and shooting gesture to be the best. And that’s the power of information technology which can affect on people in every corner around the world.
ReplyDeleteI am not a sports lover. Because I heat sweat, especial in summer. But certain sports make me excited. The exercises I liked are leaving the land, such as swim. If my parents allow me to do dangerous sport like parachute. I would be super crazy about it. I tried bungee jumping before. It’s very cool. Sweating make me feel sticky and frowzy. I am not feeling sweat and hot wave in the swimming pool. Besides, swim is a good exercise to lose weight and fix shape. The way I am floating in the water makes me relaxed. Shiwen Ye is my favorite swim athlete. She got her first Olympics prize when she is 16 years old. I watch her every games during the Olympics games. Her swimming skills are flexible and fast. I won’t swim like she does. But I would try my best to do the sport I like.
ReplyDeleteI'd like watch NBA games. But I didn't pay much attention on it. Last year I watched many games of playoffs. Especially following my favorite team New York Knicks.Every game day, I seated downstairs and watched games. My dorm parent's favorite is Boston Celtics. Those teams competed in 1st round. So I expected Celtics lost, and dorm parent hoped celtics getting into the 2nd round. However, this year I paid less attention on New York Knicks, actually all NBA games. Because did really bad this season. They didn't play in playoffs this season. I prefer to watch games now instead of going out and playing. I think watching great athletes or hearing great musicians or looking at great paintings inspire your efforts in athletics, music, and art. If I really like something or someone, I may try to imitate it or him. Then gradually I would fall in love with it.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to watch soccer games and tennis games. But i'm not good at playing sports.
ReplyDeleteSometimes I go to watch tennis game with my parents in China, and I also play tennis with my tennis, I agree that play tennis is much more fun than watch it. When I come to America, i learned that the most popular sports in America is football and baseball, i try to watch the game and make me interested in it, but I fail, baseball and football is really boring! In these days, i watch the soccer games and NBA games on internet, but you want me to play it? No way!
I am a good table tennis player. When I was in primary school and middle school, I always represent my schools to play games. I had won many prizes before I came here. I have less opportunity to play table tennis here. But I always watch online TV about the competition. World championships in Tokyo is just ended. I watched some games. And I am proud that China Team got a great grade. It was China Team 7th time winning the prize. I am a quiet person. I don’t like some strong sports like basketball. Even though everyone is watching playoffs now. But I don’t have interests on it.
ReplyDeleteI don't play sports frequently or make any fixed plan about doing sports. But I would join some of them as my interest. There is a horse field next to my high school where I attended in California before. And I learnt it for a couple of month. It makes me have a great experience. I also played the badminton with my friends during the summer. Because the badminton game usually trains you as a skilled and quick player. Sometimes, I would watch the badminton game on TV when there is a Chinese player. It did make me want to play outside when I watched it because the games usually were really encouraging people. When I watched the great athletes or hearing great musician, it really made me want to try. But it usually would not insist for long time.
ReplyDeleteTo me, doing sports sounds like it's really far away from me. I am not good at doing any sports. When I was in primary school, it was a pretty funny scene to watch me playing sports.I still remember that I took three months to learn how to rope skipping. Honestly, I didn't want to learn it, but I must to do it because there was a test of rope skipping. I forgot how many points did I get. However, I am sure there were plenty of people laughed at me.
ReplyDeleteI don't interested at these sport matches, but I really have the moment that I realize I want to do it, too. That's dancing. In fact, dancing is a kind of art which is closest to sports. The first time that I have this feeling is in my middle school year. For celebrating spring festival, a group of girls prepared a dance for our class. With the song of Kesha which named "Tik Tok" , these girls sometimes jumped to the floor, sometimes they shaked their body for five seconds. This attractive activity almost catch my breath. I couldn't move my eyes from them, and I felt a strong passion started to control my body. Since that time, I began to learn dancing. The courses were very painful. I got injured many times. Pain didn't slake my dance. I became more and more enjoy it because it was a such fantastic release. From dancing, I take off my pressure, and having a crazy moment to show myself. Now, I can not say that I am a good dancer because I don't have good skills yet, but I am still happy about to have an activity which attracts me a lot.
I like soccer and billiard. I fell so cool when I see billiard games. And I become very excited when I see the world cup. In fact, I like to play them too. I remember my family member and friends play the soccer gambling and allbody together in one room to see the world cup. That's real good excited memory for me. I think that's why I like to play soccer. In my childhood, my mother let me play the piano. In fact, I don't like it until I hear the song by Jou Hisaishi. I change my mind and love to play piano and music. There's a same thing when I was 13 years old. I became a fans of May Dayband. I really like their rock music. And then I engage a teacher for drum sets to teach me how to play the drum sets. After 2 years, I engage a teacher teach me how to play the electric guitar. There are several same things let me touch violin and accordion. I think the good feeling for sports or music will inspire us to touch them.
ReplyDeleteFirst, I love tennis, too. But I prefer play it not watch it. Actually, I don't like most of watching activities, they make me sick. Because it is really boring to just watch something and most of them you can't do it. I'm a person who always wants to win other people, so these activities will let me feel how poor I am. But I'd like to hear music, the most important reason is I can do my stuff and listening music. The music won't effect my work at all. Also good music can make people be peaceful. One another reason is, if you are the player in a symphony, usually you can't feel the whole music because you are only one of these parts. However, to be a audience can enjoy the music, so even in music, I won't be able to try to play it if I was hearing it.
ReplyDeleteI like playing video game. I know some parents hate video game, but the video game is one kind of the sport. I like playing League Of Legends. It's cool name right? It's very popular video game. Almost young people live in the Earth know this game. I play this game everyday,but I always play after done all the work. It has international match too. Once a year, and the name of the League of Legends is All Star. This year All Star just began at 8/5/14 in the Paris. In fact. THE Match's place is in the Eiffel Tower. It's amazing. The player from around the world. My favorite team is OMG. The OMG from China. I hope they can win this season.
ReplyDeleteI like soccer very much, it bring me happy. I play soccer about 10 years, I have begun play soccer since I was in the the primary school. When I just began to play soccer, I met a good coach. He taught a lot, and let me win my first champion of soccer. During I was middle school, I played for Chinese National Under 14. Those days for play soccer were the happiest of my life, I will remember those people and experience forever. In normal times I always watch soccer game. Especially the premier league, a team which called Arsenal is my favorite. I focus on this team about 10 years. This year they lose the league's champion, but they still have chance to win a F.A. Cup. Anyway, soccer gives me everything, I love soccer, that's me--- Gary!
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, watching great athletes or hearing great musicians or looking great painting does inspire people very much. I don’t like to watch sports, but I do like to listen to the musicals and, when I’m listening to it, I will want to go and practice my instruments. Looking or hearing people who is professional in what you are doing can inspire other people to work hard. When people find a professional person in the sport they play, they would like to watch. From watching that person playing the sport, they can learn some skills and know how to improve their skills in that sport. Also, watching the profession athletes can give people a felling that they want to try their best to practice their skills and try to be the one after those athletes. Therefore, if people all find a person who is professional in what they are trying to do, that they will be inspired by that person and work harder that before.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was in my country, I wasn’t really interested in sport but when I came to TA, I began to love watching sport. Especially is softball. Despite I really like watching softball, but I don’t want to play it. I think it is a little bit dangerous and I will get hurt easier than another sports. At first, I didn’t know anything about softball, I was pretty sure that I wouldn’t watch or play it because I thought it was really complicated. But one day, when I had a chance to watch a game between a Softball – Girl, Varsity team in TA with another team from another school with my friend. The Varsity team played really well and finally, they won with the score was 12 – 0. It was really interesting and amazing match. After this match, I began to find out the Softball’s rule and try to understand it clearly. It’s so amazing. I was wrong because the rule wasn’t complicated like I thought before. It was really easy to understand. Since then, watching the softball game is one of my hobbies; it makes me feel so happy and exciting whenever I watch the team in TA play. Finally, in my opinion, I think watching great athletes or hearing great musicians or looking at great painting inspire our efforts in athletics, music and art.
ReplyDeleteBasketball and badminton are my favorite sports. I’m not only like watching them, but also like playing them. I played both of them when I was in the primary school. They brought me happiness and I felt relaxed as I was playing them. After the primary school, studying gave me big pressure; I had to focus on studying instead of doing some sports. So that I like staying in my room without doing anything, it became one of my habits. Although, I don’t think it’s not a good lifestyle, and it’s really hard for me to make changes right now.
ReplyDeleteIn fact, I like to watch the orchestra and I play the violin in the school orchestra.In my opinion, I think watching great athletes or hearing great musicians or looking at great paintings can inspire our efforts in athletics, music, and art. Otherwise, why the parents let their children go to learn the instruments as they just about 5 years old? I think this is because if you contact with something early, you can learn it fast. I think when we were the kids, we loved everything interesting, so if the parents let you learn the instruments, we will interested in them quickly. watch more, learn more, love it more!
ReplyDeleteI am not interesting in sports. But hearing a great musician can inspire my efforts in music. I like to play the flute. I like flute because I like a great flute player Rampal. He is a French. He is one of the greatest flute player in the world. He efforts me a lot. When the first time I listened he played the flute on TV, I thought I like the music so much. It is interested me a lot. So I decided to learn to play the flute. And I also listened lots od music from Rampal.
ReplyDeleteI like sports and I like to play sports but I am not interested in watching sports matches. In fact, I like watching musicians singing, I like to see every moment of the note come out of the singer’s mouth, I want to feeling the rhythm of the song and sing the song using the voice that just I can hear. I always think listen to a musician singing is a learning process. Not just listening, I would like to sing. I don’t have a good voice and never learn singing from anyone. When I sing, it might be a time I feel stressed or upset. I am interested in music since I was a young child, but my interest of the music doesn’t disappear when the time passed by. I think it is one of my ways to relax myself, I can put myself into another world when I see the musician singing or I sing. It makes me want to sing when I watch a musician singing, this is the activity which gives me the passion of my daily life.
ReplyDeleteI like watch sports and I also like to play sports outside. I like to play basketball. One of most popuarl sports in the world. I like basketball, because in the middle school, everyone around me were playing sports, so I began to play basketball. So I watch NBA. I always go outside with my friends and play basketball. But I don't like art , I think art it is very boring. In the middle, my art teacher was so bad, and didn't do anything, so I began to hate art. I just want to play basketball for fun.
ReplyDeleteBadminton is my favorite sport. I am interesting to watch sport games; also, I like to play badminton. Especially, I like to watch the Winter Olympics. These activities make me thing a lot and it can make me learn a lot thing. For example, Teamwork, it can improve my relationship between my and my friends. In China, most of people like to play badminton and most of people are good at badminton. As for me, I am good at sport. Except football, I really do not know why so many people love to play and watch.
ReplyDeleteIn fact, my favorite sport is basketball, so I usually watch NBA on TV, and NBA playoffs is beginning right now, I feel so happy because I have enough free time to watch NBA in America. I usually watch NBA basketball player offense highlight on Youtube, and I can study some offense move from them, my favorite player is Derrick Rose, so I usually want to play basketball after watching his games and highlight. I always believe the reason of I usually play basketball is that I always watch NBA, and I to play better. Jeremy Lin is only Asian basketball player in NBA right now, and his story usually encourage me to practice and play harder than before, I never wish I could let basketball become my job, but I can become more healthy and more optimistic by playing basketball. It’s my hobbit, so I like paying attention on it!
ReplyDeleteI am a big basketball fan, even though I don't play the sport. In fact I don't play any sports, I am bad in athletics. I think that might be one of the reason why I love watching sport games, especially the exciting ones like basketball. I love watching those players doing moves I could never do, this is why I think they are so respectable. I could not imagine how they put in so many hard work to practice the same move over and over again so that they can use it on the court. My favorite team in the NBA is Brooklyn Nets, my second favorite is the Los Angeles Clippers, and they are both in the second round of the NBA playoffs! I seldom find myself eager to play when I watch a ball game, but I certainly enjoy watching and admire the effort and greatness in these world's best players.
ReplyDeleteI do play sports, basketball is my favorite. When I watch the game on the TV, i always feel excited, can not wait to shoot the ball. Just like NBA players, they all wonderful, now, the NBA's playoff has started, Miami Heats is one of the best team in NBA, three best NBA players are playing for Heats. But, i am a fun of Huston Rokets, YaoMIng is the best NBA player i think. and he is from China. i love playing basketball!
ReplyDeleteI used to watch basket ball because I love basket ball. But this day I don't watch it. It makes me want to play basketball too much. Some times I play basketball after watching it but some times I cannot. So this days I don't watch it
ReplyDeleteI love playing and watching sports.Because playing sports can make people stinger and healthier.Also I love the feeling when I was playing sports.You can taste how interesting the sports game is,how exciting when you won a game and how disappointing when you lose it.You can learn a lot of qualities from playing sports and watching sports games.For example,people who play sports always want themselves be better,in order to to that,they will keep practicing everyday,people will learn what is fortitude.There are a lot of qualities people can learn from playing sports and I also need to learn more!
ReplyDeleteI like sports and I also like watching sports events. However, I don't like to play sports very much because it does not excite me a lot.
ReplyDeleteI used to play badminton and go swimming in my hometown. Sports are competitions in many positions, if you get to win a sports match, you will absolutely have the feelings of achievement and confidence, I think this is what will inspire people to keep working hard on their favorite sports. And I do believe watching athletes or hearing great musicians can inspire me to try doing them and find new fun.
I think sports is a good thing because you will usually have more fun than not going outside while you doing the exercise of sports.
The sport that I like is soccer. I think is really interesting to watch it and play it. Soccer is the most popular sport in Spain, and in in Europe. People from Europe love soccer.
ReplyDeleteI've played soccer since I was 4 until the last year, in my town's team "Tres Cantos C.D.F". The team I support is Real Betis, we got relegated this season, but next season we'll rise again.
In Europe we have different championships, each country has a league, and the winners of those leagues play an international championship. It's called "Champions League".This competition is played on Tuesday and Wednesday. During Champions League week, the atmosphere changes, everybody talks about it , in the school, in your home... It makes a much better weekend .The most beautiful soccer has been seen in this competition. This year the Champions League Final is going to be played by Real Madrid and Atletico de Madrid. The first time in history that two teams from the same city play the final. I think Soccer is the most beautiful, emotional and interesting sport ever. In the spanish league every year is amazing the fight for not getting relegated, or the fight for the tittle, just amazing. I feel bad for people who doesn't like soccer, they don't know what they're loosing.
I like to watch basketball, and my favorite team is Houston Rockets.The Houston Rockets is one of the best basketball team of NBA. The Houston rockets was created by 1967. It’s the most popular team in China. In 2000, the Houston rockets choice Yao Ming for the best player of the year. Yao Ming affects NBA and ‘China basketball’ a lot. But Yao retires in 2012 by injury.
ReplyDeleteBut only music can inspired me. when I listen to music and can feel the passion from a song. It makes me think a lot. Also when I feel sad or lonely or happy, I always listen to music. Music gives me a lot of strength, so I can face everything I have to.
I like badminton. I went to training every weekend when I in primary school. Until I went to middle school. I need more time to study. So I stop playing badminton.
ReplyDeleteAfter about 3 years, I came to US. I am getting fat. I need to lose my weight. I found how important that sport for me. When I have pressure from my parents or teachers, I just go doing some sports that make my feel better.
If I stop doing sports for a long time, I will stay inside and don't want to go anywhere even just walk outside, that also very bad of my health.
But I prefer to stay indoors and do some art works than play sports.
Thanks, everyone, for your comments on sports (mostly) that you like to watch and play - or not. Basketball gets the most interest among you, though a number of people mention badminton, too. Whatever you do, have fun!
ReplyDeletei love tennis. it is one of my favorite sport. my first favorite sport is soccer and my favorite soccer team is chelsea. i always watch soccer games in my country and even here. it kills time and entertain me. i also play soccer outside when i have free time. i feel good when i play soccer. i meet with more people and get new friends. i also like basketball. i watch the NBA in my country but the bad thing is that i have to wake up early in the morning.like at 3 am. i really like sport and i think i will never stop playing. sport is life and good for our health.
ReplyDeleteHaha,tennis,it's one of my favorite sport match what i like to watch,but i never play that,i like swimming,it's my favorite and best sport,there has i big swimming pool and a big tennis place near my house,i always watch tennis game during my swimming time,that's really comfortable,i like that life like this.summer vacation is coming,i'll comeback to China,i hope i can do that again.
ReplyDeleteEvery one has lots of hobbies, some people like collect coin and stamp, and some people also like sport and music , but my favourite sport is basketball, I think play basket ball can build up my body and it can make me relax .It is interesting and it can keep me healthy
ReplyDeleteHowever , I know that I spend lots of time playing basketball is unwise . But I like it . Because It is very useful for my life . Every time when I’m watching nba , I wan to go out and play with my friends. Basketball is my life.
I love sports because I make friends and I have fun and i can hang out with them also it makes me feel good, and i'm good at sports because since i was small i've been playing different. I like to watch soccer and rugby because that two sports are so beautiful to see and makes me be excited and want to watch it more and cheer for my team,also it makes me want to play because they seem having a lot of fun and one thinks why not i want to have fun too.
ReplyDeletei love watch this two sports and i like play them even more
I never spend a lot of time on sport because I am not good at any sport I think. Everybody have their own weaknesses, and my weaknesses is sport.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I don't like sport, I still watch some TV show about sports. CBA is my favorite, and it is talking about China basketball match. I will never miss a match of Beijing team. There is a basketball player called Stephon Marbury, and he is from New York. I can see he paid a lot for beijing team and help beijing team got many champion or runner-up. I like him.
If someone asks me what the best sport in the world is, my answer definitely is tennis. When I was a little girl, the coolest thing getting older was to be strong enough to hold a tennis racquet. However, being able to hold a racquet is not enough . I had tried to play tennis for nearly three months in the summer before giving up. I realized that playing sport was not my area. In spite of being extremely bad at playing sport, I have always been fond of watching it especially tennis. I enjoy being an audience than a player. Roger Federer is not only my most favorite tennis player but he’s also the greatest tennis player in history to me. For somehow, Roger was the reason why I tried to play tennis although it didn’t work so well. All in all, it is good to have at least one hobby.
ReplyDeleteI love sport and I like watch and paly sport. My favorite sport is ping pang swim and soccer. I watch match every years and also I can play ping pang very well. I won many prizes when I was young, but I am not interesting to be a pro player. I think be a pro player is too tired. I can play ping pang all day, but I can’t play ping pang ereryday. I think I’ll play sport untel I die even I can be a pprofession player. The world cup is coming I am veryexpect it
ReplyDeletethere is an old saying : "life lies in movement" i like sport, especially the martial art, i have been learning playing nunchakus for two years already, and i also learned thai boxing and boxing for years, and i love it very much, by watching some TV shows like " UFC" or 'K-1" really make me want to participate in it, though i know that i am not very good at it, because i do not have a pair of long arm and a strong body, but that didn't decrease even a little bit about my interest about it. because i love it, and i believe, if i am skillful enough, it is possible for me to fight the rival which is stronger than me, so i will keep practice, and i love martial art is not only because it could make me beat someone, and also, it is a Chinese culture,it represent the Chinese ancient people's great intelligence and the mind of modesty. it is the fruit of 5000 years old Chinese' civilization. i feel honor about i can learn and participated in it. i love martial art, i love China.
ReplyDeleteOne of my hoppy is literature. I love historical & science fiction novel best. From、 to 、<1984>，I read them for several times. In these wonderful stories，I get so many interests and fun. Sometimes，I even think find a quiet place for reading is much better than play basketball with friends. But my weight prove me wrong. Right now，I'm working out hardly to loose my weight.
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ReplyDeleteI like sports and my favorite sport definitely is basketball. I started watching basketball games when I was a seven-year-old girl. My only idol is a basketball player who named Chris Paul. Basketball has already become a part of my life. But I don't play basketball at all. I don't think it is easy to learn. The only sport I like to do is taekwondo. I have learned it for six years. It makes me become stronger and I can protect myself very well. But now, unfortunately I don't have enough time to do that. I don't keep learning it anymore. But taekwondo is also important for me as much as basketball. Both of them can bring me happiness. I cannot have an enjoyable life without sports. Especially basketball and taekwondo.
From Mimi:
ReplyDeletei like tennis, also like playing tennis, but my favorite is dancing. i love dancing and i've been danced for over ten years, i started dancing when i was three years old till now. i learned ballet, it's so graceful that makes me feel i have double characters, usually i am a sunny girl, but when i'm dancing ballet, i'll be very serious and carefully, just like a real dancer. i've never cry like other children in the beginning, even it's very hurt to do leg pressing, i just hold my breath, didn't make any voice. now i can't leave the fell about leg pressing, if i find i can't do well like before i'll be very angry to myself and do it more harder. i like watching ballet shows too. i can see the real dancers dance and learn something from them.
from Lee:
ReplyDeleteOne of my Favorite sports is to play a video game call League of Legends, and I also like to watch it.
League of Legends is a “team game” every one in same team need to help each other to win, the game, this game need a lot of team work no one can win the game just by himself. This game have a map, in the map there are 3 lanes and a jungle. Normally there is 1 on the top lane, 1 on mid lane, and two on bot lane, also there is a player in jungle and this people will try to help people on the lane. If you want to win this game you need to destroy the tower on the lane then go to their base and destroy it.
I want to watch the match of this game, because all the contestants play very well and all of them have a good control of the character in the game. Like when you watch tennis or other sports’ match you can learn a lot, you also can learn how to play well in this game by watch pro player’s matches. And to watch those match is a very fun thing too.
I love this game cause you can play with your friends together, now days there are fewer and fewer place that we can play out side with your friends in china, so you can’t play with your friends like before and study replace our relax time. And a game just need to spend 20 min and can close friendship, so I think this game is good, and I like it.
I love sports. My favorite sport is football (soccer). I love to play football doesn't matter if I'm here or back in Azerbaijan. I like to watch basketball. I'm not good in playing it.
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ReplyDeleteI don't really like sports because I am a lazy girl. I always stay in my room, and watch movies. Sometimes I would like to go swim in the swimming pool. My family also don't like sports too, like me. But we are not very lazy people because we like to go hiking on the weekends. I don't like all of things about sports even write a composition because I don't know what could i write. I have no idea about sports, and I am sorry about write ELL journal late.
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ReplyDeletel like playing basketball. i play every day. there are playoffs in these days. of course when i watching the game, i want to go out or go to the gym to play. playoffs make you excited. and you can learn the cooperative spirit. maybe somebody likes stay at room, read, write or paint, they are good for yourself. but maybe doing sports is better sometime.
ReplyDeleteSoccer is my favorite, I really enjoy watching good soccer game match but I don't really play. I used to play soccer when I was young but not anymore. One of the reason is the school work in China is too much. We have school from 8:00 am to 9:00 pm and we might need more time for homework( in general from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm is study hall but sometime the time is just not enough for homework) I don't really have time to play soccer. Another reason is that I don't really have that gift, soccer is really hard for me. But watching how amazing these athletes play soccer is really enjoyable for me. Same in Art. Van Gogh is my favorite painter, I really enjoy watching his paintings. I enjoy watching beautiful things but I don't really think I have to do these things.
ReplyDeleteI don't like and don't watch any kind of sports except for Thai boxing. I like to watch it on TV and I love to watch live boxing in the stadium, I also do some Thai boxing at the fitness center. There is a big difference between Thai boxing and American boxing. In Thai boxing the boxer can use elbows and feet to hit the opponent. There are more body injuries in Thai boxing than American boxing. I'm not interested in watching NBA playoffs, NHL playoffs, and soccer because I think those sports are boring. I like boxing because I can do it in pairs. Basketball, hockey, and soccer you have to do it in groups. I don't enjoy team sports because they have so much pressure.
ReplyDeleteNowadays, it's important for us to live a low-carbon life. The first thing we can do is to ride a bike. I have two reasons. First, a bike is cheaper than a car. Second, it's not difficult to find an easy place to park bikes. I love mountain bikes and biking is my favorite sport. The mountain bike originated in California. C. Kelly and G. Fisher made mountain bikes in the mid 70s. Mountain bikes are designed for off-road travel to go over hills, trails, fields, sand and gravel roads. It is an extremely fun way to travel. Athletes can go downhill mountain biking along the roads provided for high-speed downhill. The fastest biker is the winner of an amazing race. I have three mountain bikes, and I always go riding with my friends.
ReplyDeleteLet me tell you about mountain biking. Mountain biking can generally be broken down into multiple categories: cross country (XC), trail riding, all mountain, downhill, free ride, slope style, dirt jumping, and trials. Also this sport is very dangerous so we need accessories to protect our body. These accessories include helmets, which provide important head protection, and body armor and pads, often referred to simply as "armor", which protect limbs and the torso in the event of a crash. Last, mountain bikers often carry first aid kits so that they are able to clean and dress cuts and abrasions and splint broken limbs.
Riding a mountain bike is exciting, dangerous, and helpful to the environment. For all these reasons I will continue to ride a mountain bike in my spare time.
I like to watch the game show, like All-star game of League of Legends. It kind of the Super Bowl for football. League of Legends is very famous right now, many people like tot play it. When I saw the world league game, it make me want to play it. Music too, when I heard many nice music, whatever it is classic or pop, I like to sing it.
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ReplyDeletePeter Miao
06 12 2014
Journal 16
I’ m not a sport guy. But I like witch sport games. I like watch soccer games, basketball games, and chess games. I’m not a guy who is very good at doing sport. And the other reason that I don’t like play sports in the out of room is because I really heat get a lot of sweat in the hot summer. A lot of my friends think sports are part of their life. They play sports everyday. Even the weather is very bad. I do watch their games as well. The reason I like to watch sport games is because I can get the hot air and it makes me very exciting. But I still don’t want to join them. There is a sport game I want join and I watch games often that is chess. Even I’m not a good player in chess. But I always want play it with friends sometimes. The chess games also make me very exciting. Always after I watch a game I will find a friend and play chess with him. That is very fun. And I think it already became part of my life.