All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help people to keep 1 , happy and live 2 . People play different games in winter and summer. 3 is good for swimming. And in winter people often go skating. Some sports are very 4 and people everywhere like them. For example, football is very popular. In China, most people, men, 5 , boys and girls, like to watch football games. They often talk about them. 6 and jumping began long, long ago. But basketball and volleyball are rather (相当) 7 . People began to play them not long ago. And people are 8 new sports or games all the time. Water skiing is one of 9 . People 10 different countries may not be able to understand each other, but after a game they often become friends.