Why we like a sport and why

Swimming isnt as popular as football, but it has more benefits than most
of other sports. For instance, this water sport workout almost all muscles
of your body. Moreover, it improves your breath capacity and it helps with
the correct growth of your back.

I love swimming due to the fact that Ive been practicing it since I was
born. Its my favourite sport because, you not only keep fit but also you
train your mind. Swimming requires hard-work, mental and physical effort
and to focus on in order to do your best. One of the most important thing
is to have goals and go for them, achieving the goal, makes you feel
absolutely satisfied. On the other hand, achieving to your objectives isnt
as easy as it seems, as I said before, hard-working is an essential in this
sport; the effort is the best way to improve. For example, I train eleven
days per week 5 mornings at 6 a.m. and 6 afternoons at 6:30 p.m., which
takes me a lot of time, consequently I havent got too much free time;
thats one of the disadvantages of swimming.

To summarise, swimming is a very beneficial sport, you can practice it as a

hobby or as a competitive sport what means that you love swimming
owing to the fact that someone doesnt wake up at six oclock in the
morning for practicing a hobby.

by Sergi
The trend nowadays is towards doing a lot of sport, depending on where we live or
how old we are, we do, in most cases, different types of sport. For instance, young
people usually do team sports so as to improve their cooperative skills and meet new
people.

I am inclined to believe that adults prefer to do sport for their own. One of the benefits
is that they not only do it when they want, but they also choose what to do and for
how much time do it. One of the drawbacks of doing sport for your own is that
sometimes you do not feel as forced to do it as if you do team sport. However, it
should not be forgotten that we need to do it moderately, otherwise we can get
injured or worse, for this reason we should be aware of the effects it has on our body.

In my case, when I was young I used to play hockey, but afterwards I started to go to
the gym for my own and I did love it, so I can compare both situations, individual and
team sport. It seems to me that when you do team sport you have more fun, whereas
when you do it for you own, you are more focused on what you are doing and trying to
do your best. Therefore, I am convinced, in due course you will have more positive
effects in your physical body if you do sport in an individual way, while in the other
case you will have mental effects, such as be able to coordinate with more people
easily. In fact, I prefer team sport for that simple reason despite the fact that it
requires less effort, so you do not train as hard as when you do it on your own.
Moreover, the more you do sport in an excessive way, the more chances you get to get
injured. Another key thing to remember is that when you do team sport you are
learning as a result of having a coach, in other words, you always have someone who
tells you what to do and the best way to do it in order to achieve your goals.

The obvious conclusion to be drawn is that both types of sport have benefits if we do it
with reasonable limits. In fact, both kind of sports have a myriad of positive effects on
us, actually, in most cases, people do sport due to the fact that you get fitter and it is a
good way to forget your concerns for a short time.

by Lloren

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My favourite sport is athletics owing to the fact that I have always loved
jumping and running, and due to this, my speciality is hurdles, which
includes not only running but also jumping.

However, when I started training athletics I didnt start with hurdles, I

started trying all the specialities. One day I we practised long jump,
another day we tried from fifty to two thousand meter-longed races. The
first time I tried such a long race I knew that that was not going to be my
speciality, because I wasnt very good on it and I didnt enjoy doing them.

Whereas, when I tried hurdles, everything was different, I enjoyed it since

the first time I tried them and I still love them. However, I kept trying new
specialities, but none of them impressed me as much as hurdles did.
Consequently, a year later, I started training and competing hurdles with
two friends of mine.

Its already been four years from that moment, and I have competed in a
lot of competitions in many different places from all over Catalonia. But
what really encourages me to practise a lot and train really hard are the
competitions, because there is where I can measure if I have improved a
lot or not so much.

by Guillem
 FENCING
When someone asks you to say some sport you would never think of saying fencing.
Why? Fencing is a normal sport, like football or basketball, with its rules and
equipment. However, its true that not many people practice this sport, but this does
not mean that is a strange sport.

I like fencing because I can vent. The physical and mental preparation is very hard, and
the club where I practice this sport gives a lot of importance to this kind of
preparation. As well as they prepare us physically, they teach us how to be against of
our opponent.

Furthermore its a combat sport; it means that you have to attack your opponent using
an pe. Winning points are made trough the contact with an opponent, and when the
fencer do a touch the same have one point. The fact that its a different sport, is not
synonymous with not being a very good sport to practice.

In conclusion, I had never tried one sport like fencing and I really like it very much. I
have found a very good club and trainers and a very good environment.

by Berta

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ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS
My favourite sport is gymnastics due to the fact that I have practised this
sport since I was four. If you practised gymnastics you would have to move
a lot, run, jump, do somersaults and you would spend a good time doing
exercise. Also, Im an active person, and this is another reason why I love
this sport. However, the worst thing for me is all the physical preparation
that I must do to do my exercises of all the apparatus. Often, I finish the
training absolutely exhausted and with lots of pain in my body. Although
my pains, I continue training because of the fact that I love training and I
will do a progression in all of my exercises and do new things to perform
them in the competition.

Furthermore, one of the best things of gymnastics is the competitions. The

first reason is because I meet new people who love gymnastics like me.
Secondly, I demonstrate all the new elements that Im working to show it
to my parents and friends. Thirdly, I like to learn about the fails that make
me nervous. Finally, when I win medals, its a big satisfaction of my
trainings and my coach, and I think that this is an enormous recompense
that all the athletes love. Despite all the positive points, there are
negatives points like in others sports.

In summary, my favourite sport is gymnastics because I do this since I was

little and Ive always loved it. I think I will never hate it.

My life is gymnastics and always will be.

by Esther
My favorite sport is football because when I play I feel with a
feeling that I am doing what I eat and I'm doing it very well.

Football is one sport that if you get to professional you can

make a lot of money, but it never fails to make being I now
play for pure fun and spend a few hours doing sports with my
friends who from small sunsets we play together on the same
team, this is also a reason to play a game of football.

I find interesting how to do a sport with a collective as a

player I find so much personal because when you as a player
you can play the ball because of that they score a goal you feel
very bad with yourself. However when you score a goal you
feel that you have done it but all your mates are also very
happy because if that goal is that it gives victory to the whole
team and not you as a player makes you feel like a family that
be all for all.

In conclusion, if you win, we all win and if we lose, we all lose.

by Ricard
A memorable day

The most memorable and happiest day in my life was when

I was born, but as I don't remember it, I'll explain the day
my brother was born. His name is Mauro and he was born
on February 24, 2009

That day I went to school I don't remember exactly which

day it was, but it was a day of school, I remember that my
mother had a very large tummy and i was already looking
forward to what my brother born . It was a morning like
every day I was 7 years old I went to 2nd grade (in Perez
sala), I did the normal class but when it was time to go to
lunch the mother of a friend of mine David I report what I
keep at home to eat and to sleep We went to my house to
look for things I needed to get me to sleep at his house and
then we went to lunch there, I called my mother to ask how
she was, she told me that have not yet happened is nothing
that my brother didn't want to leave that was very well to
the belly and did not want to go out and that when he born
would be the first in know.The day continued like I did in
the afternoon classes. When classes were over, I went to
David's House, I asked if I had called my mother or you
knew nothing, they told me that the thing sit like my
brother did not want to be born. Then I put me to play with
David (who was the same age as me) we play wii,
monopoly, etc. To 8h we have our dinner, and at 9.30 the
mother of David receives a call from my dad telling you
that my brother had just been born.

Then we go out, we take the car and we put towards to

Matar hospital. Once there, we find the room, when we
find I saw my dad very happy and my mother also very
happy and next with a crib, I saw my brother Mauro for the
first time in all my life, it was very small , I got her hands
on a plush that you were going to give it to my brother and
the parents of David carried flowers for my mother. I asked
my mother if I could take the baby she answered me Yes.
When I picked up was like take a doll but in this case alive,
I felt fortunate to be able to have a little brother that can
teach when I grow up and be able to share things with him,
everyone came to visit my brother and bring him things,
and i couldn't stop to feel happiness.

by Sara

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There are lots of things in my life that are really important, but today Im
going to talk about my 15th birthday, the 19th of June 2017.

A week before I was so excited, because my birthday for me is the most

especial day in the year, so I had had lot of things organised, I was going to
school, have lunch with my friends and go to the beach until the sunset,
apart from that next Saturday I would have a party, all was organised and I
just had to got up.

The alarm clock woke me up. I got ready and I went to school, and nobody
remembered my birthday. I supposed it was due to the maths exam so I
waited and nobody told me anything after that so I preferred to go home
and have lunch. When I arrived I thought a lot and in conclusion I
supposed they had lots of things to think about.

I decided to go to the beach alone, because I had to celebrate my birthday

anywhere, when I arrived I saw lots of balloons and music, I got nearer
and I saw all my friends, they saw me and they all sang me the happy
birthday song. Furthermore, I spend the best night

In conclusion, I hate people forgetting my birthday, but in the end it was a

fantastic day, so I forgave the joke. This means that I have the best friends
ever.

by Carlota
 MY 4th BIRTHDAY
It was a Thursday, the 29th of October at 9:00 p.m. and my mum had to
give birth. My brother and I went to sleep to my aunt house and my parents
went to the hospital.

However, next day I went to school, and it was my birthday the October,
30th. Owing to the fact that my mother continued entered in the hospital, I
went with Sergi, my brother and with Carla, my cousin, to meet my new
little sister.

Firstly when we arrived, Sandra, the newest member of the family was
crying behind a showcase. Secondly my parents came to congratulate for
my birthday and gave me a present, but I cant remember what it was as it
was eleven years ago.

In addition after two days all my family was reunited at home, celebrating
the arrival of Sandra and our birthday.

Therefore, she was the best present that anybody has ever given to me.
Nowadays, we argue sometimes but I love her so much.

by Andrea
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One of the most important days in my life was when my family gave me my horse,
whose name is Great Orator. I felt in love since I first saw him. He is a thoroughbred
English horse and because of this he is very tall and he used to do races in Great Britain
and Madrid.

When they gave me my horse it was the 14th August 2015, 2 years ago. Firstly, I went
to my horse-riding club like all summer days. As well as I arrived, there were my
grandparents, my parents, my uncle and my brother. In theory they all were there to
see me riding, but they weren't. After greeting everyone my teacher told me to look
for a horse in his stable. My surprise was that when I went to the stables there was a
big, brown and very beautiful horse with a letter and a tie on it. However I didn't
understand anything and then I turned and I saw all my family behind me. As well as I
turned, my father came to me and told me what was happening, too.

To conclude, as you can imagine, I started crying a lot and when I first rode him I was
so nervous that I almost fell. And since that day I love my horse and I'm going to ride
him as much as I can.

by Carlota

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The day in my life that I most remember as the best or the most memorable is when I
went to Murcia to perform in my first Spain Championships. All started when I did the
mark for go to Murcia. When my trainer told me that I had the mark I couldnt believe
it. I was excited and nervous. The championship was the 1st of June and I had to be on
Murcia 1 day before. I went to a hotel with all my teammates with their father and
with mine. Once had installed in my room my mother said that she had bad news. I got
worried and then she explained me that bad news.

The bad news was that on the 2nd of June I had my plane to go to UK for 1 moth to
study and I couldnt run the final. Firstly I was very sad but then I thought Pol, you are
in Murcia, dont think about what will happen in the future, just think about your
race. Next morning I got up with other mentality, with the most positive mentality
possible because it was the race day.

My race was at 8pm but I went to Murcia stadium 3 hours before for stay with my
mates since they compete in their races or jumps. Then it was my moment, all the
grandstands were full of people looking at me and the other runners in silence. I ran as
fast as I could and I did my best mark. I was so happy because when I finished all my
teammates and their fathers said that I did it very good. The all of we went to had
dinner in a restaurant and then we returned to the hotel. It was time to sleep and the
next morning we took our luggage and we left Murcia. When I arrived to Barcelona I
went directly to the airport. When I was on the plane I thank in my entire trip to
Murcia and I cry a bit because I thank that I would miss that.

by Pol
Argue for or against the elimination of speed limits

Many people think the speed limits are not good. A part of the population
thinks that having a speed limit is good because there are not too many
accidents. But others think that if you have something important to do
and have to go fast, it is better not to have limits.

Elimination of the limits entails negative points. First of all, excessive

speed increases the aggressiveness and stress of the driver, and alters the
sensory functioning. This means that if there are limits the conductors will
be more relaxed and unstressed.

Furthermore, excessive speed is one of the main causes of fatal accidents

in the world. Therefore, if there are limits, there are not too many
accidents, but if everyone goes to the speed they want, it can be a mess
and many cars will crash.

Moreover, having limits comport more vigilance. The drivers must go at a

certain speed; consequently, the police know when someone goes faster.
For example, if someone is drunk and is speeding, they can punish.

Due to the fact that you exceeded the speed limit, you must pay an
invoice. Therefore, the government obtains money and uses it to carry out
public works. Besides the cars will skip the rules, the government will not
get money from the bills because it will impossible to fine people for
speeding if there are no limits.

In conclusion, having limits benefits the population. Improve your

behaviour, police can do their job, the government can get money for bills,
respect all traffic signals...

by Anna
WHY STOP SPEEDING?

What do you think about freedom? Im sure your answer will be something like
you can do whatever you want Well, now imagine you are not allowed to run as
fast as you want, so you are not as free as you were before, when you could do that.
I want to give the government some reasons why it shouldnt take this right to us,
but making people conscious about what they are doing.

Firstly, in my opinion, its agreeable that they think we are not responsible (not
everyone) so for the good of the rest, or those who dont have any fault about any
accident, its normal that we have a speed limit so its safer for people, but at least,
make a freeway where we can go speeding.
Moreover, I think the government doesnt do this for the safety of their people; its
more for rising of money and well, thats part of my point.

Although its important that after a long day at work, or after a fight with your
girlfriend you can get it off your chest, and driving a bit fast doesnt hurt anybody.
For instance, there are freeways in Germany where there is not any speed limit, so
Germans can go as fast as they want, but under their responsibility.
In conclusion, I think it should be an option (the fact of running as fast as you
want) but with a small condition, you should be older than the minimum age
established (maybe 5 or 10 years of experience while driving).
I hope many readers are against my opinion, but it would be interesting if you give
me your points too.

by Santi

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I think eliminating speed limits is a real problem due to the increase of the number of
accidents it would cause. As well as this, there would need to be more security around the
roads and this means that we would have more expenses. Apart from the expenses we would
have to pay, people wouldnt feel safe driving around the roads because there are always
people that lose the plot and sometimes can get overexcited.

Having said this, people who are in a rush could accelerate and go faster as speed limits
wouldnt exist. Despite this, I still think that the government shouldnt eliminate speed limits. If
they wanted to take them away there would need to be work done on the roads because I
think there would need to be the lane of fast people and the lane of slow divers with a fence
between them.

In theory, eliminating them should open facilities to people, but in practice, it wouldnt work
because of the accidents and deaths there would be in a year.

In conclusion, I think that taking them away is a mistake because of the struggle and problems
families and governments would have in a year.

by Nicole