When you practice sports, you make friends and learn about other people's cultures.
People who come from India, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Pakistan like playing cricket. Others who come from south America like soccer. Australians like all kinds of sports. They have first-class sports champions in nearly all sports.
Sometimes people have some kinds of sports in their countries but they can't practice them here. For example, in some countries like India there is a sport that involves cock fighting. This is not allowed in Australia.
On TV there is a lot of sport during the weekend. In fact there is too much sport. I don't follow cricket because I don't understand it. My friends tried to explain it to me but I never found it interesting at all. My kids like it because they practice it at school. I often get surprised when I see people listening to a cricket match on the radio.
Some sports cost a lot of money. Imagine spending 10 thousand dollars on a professional bike. Some people spend even more because they like a certain sport. They can buy a horse and spend a lot of money looking after it. Others spend even more money on buying a yacht. They do so because they love sailing or fishing. Those people can spend millions of dollars to practice the sport they like. People do so because they love sports.
On Saturday and Sunday I choose not to watch the Australian TV channels. I hate watching too much sports. I have a satellite dish that makes me able to watch Arabic TV channels from the Middle East. Thank God there are different programs on these channels and not too much sport. I also watch a Russian TV station called Russia Today. It tells stories that are not covered on Australian TV. The only sport I do during the weekend is watching TV.
I took this picture with my Sony camera. It is not copied from the internet (as usual).
Fill in the gaps:
tried - kinds - in - spend - love - for - channels - cost
Most people in Australia work hard during the week. That is why weekends are special ...... everyone. It is the time for sport and more sport. Sport is everywhere - on TV, in sports grounds and ...... leisure centres. When you practice sports, you make friends and learn about other people's cultures. People who come from India, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Pakistan like playing cricket. Others who come from south America like soccer. Australians like all ......... of sports. They have first-class sports champions in nearly all sports. Sometimes people have some kinds of sports in their countries but they can't practice them here. For example, in some countries like India there is a sport that involves cock fighting. This is not allowed in Australia. On TV there is a lot of sport during the weekend. In fact there is too much sport. I don't follow cricket because I don't understand it. My friends .......... to explain it to me but I never found it interesting at all. My kids like it because they practice it at school. I often get surprised when I see people listening to a cricket match on the radio. Some sports ............... a lot of money. Imagine spending 10 thousand dollars on a professional bike. Some people spend even more because they like a certain sport. They can buy a horse and spend a lot of money looking after it. Others .......... even more money on buying a yacht. They do so because they love sailing or fishing. Those people can spend millions of dollars to practice the sport they like. People do so because they ......... sports. On Saturday and Sunday I choose not to watch the Australian TV channels. I hate watching too much sports. I have a satellite dish that makes me able to watch Arabic TV .......... from the Middle East. Thank God there are different programs on these channels and not too much sport. I also watch a Russian TV station called Russia Today. It tells stories that are not covered on Australian TV. The only sport I do during the weekend is watching TV.
