[00:00.76]Unit 6 The Spirit of Sports
[00:04.95]Lesson 23
[00:09.60]Exercise 1.2
[00:12.36]Two years ago,there was a serious earthquake
[00:15.03]in my country.
[00:16.52]Many people lost their homes.
[00:18.66]In my school, we decided to organize a 5--
[00:21.85]kilometer run to collect money for the people
[00:24.15]who were injured in the earthquake.
[00:26.56]Students singed up for the run
[00:28.30]and asked their relatives,friends,and neighbors
[00:30.70]to support them.
[00:32.48]These people agreed to give
[00:33.79]some money-50 cents or a dollar,
[00:36.63]for example,
[00:37.50]for every kilometerthat the students completed.
[00:40.42]Joe Johnson was my classmate.
[00:42.93]He was the heaviest student in my class
[00:45.11]because he seldom did any exercise
[00:47.13]and he ate plenty of junk food.
[00:49.54]He never walked to school.
[00:51.43]He always took the bus.
[00:53.23]When our teacher asked him
[00:54.59]if he was going to take part in the run,
[00:56.97]he said he would think about it.
[00:58.88]A few students laughed
[01:00.60]and I think Joe felt embarrassed.
[01:02.88]I felt a bit sorry for him.
[01:05.43]The next day, as I was cycling to school,
[01:07.83]I saw Joe walking in the street.
[01:09.97]I stopped and asked him why he was walking.
[01:13.47]He said he was training.
[01:15.25]He said he was going
[01:16.32]take part in the 5--kilometer run.
[01:18.85]"Good for you, Joe!" I said.
[01:21.25]Later, I told my friends about Joe.
[01:23.62]Most of them just laughed and said that
[01:25.72]they didn't think he would complete the run.
[01:28.68]I wasn't sure,
[01:29.66]but I decided that I would help Joe.
[01:32.22]So, for the two weeks before the run,
[01:34.68]I was his trainer.
[01:36.09]He walked to school for a few days.
[01:38.24]Then he started to jog--slowly!
[01:41.26]Joe got a lot of support from his friends
[01:43.25]and relatives.
[01:44.53]People didn't know if he was going to
[01:46.06]complete the run,
[01:47.41]but they wanted to encourage him,I guess.
[01:50.70]On the day of the run,
[01:52.11]Joe lined up with the other students.
[01:54.93]The race began.
[01:57.19]The other students ran off
[01:58.60]and soon left Joe behind.
[02:01.26]Well, it took him hours to finish
[02:03.66]and he didn't expect to catch up
[02:05.34]with the other students,
[02:06.81]but he tried to do his best.
[02:08.79]And finally he completed the 5-kilo-meter run.
[02:11.90]Everyone was very happy
[02:13.33]and said."Well done,Joe!"
[02:15.11]What is more, Joe collected more money
[02:16.96]than any other student!
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