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Research shows that in the United States a great number of teenagers who once enjoyed sports no longer participate in middle or high school sports team. These teenagers say its just not worth it. Why do promising athletes walk away from middle school or high school sports, and what should you do if your athlete decides not to play team sports?
Take Madeline for example. When she was living with her family in Texas a couple of years ago, Madeline joined her middle schools track team. She was new to the sport, but she was fast. She worked hard, and she won medals. Then one day, Madeline fell and cracked a bone in her wrist. Her track season was over.
Her coaches were upset, but probably not in the way youd expect. Rather than comforting their promising athlete suffering from a disappointing sports injury or encouraging her to return next season, they turned their back on her. “They shunned me for the rest of the year,” recalls Madeline, who has since moved to the East Coast. “I guess because I would no longer be winning them any medals.”
“Sports lost their appeal for me,” says Madeline. “I did end up trying out for the track team last year, but I actually found myself overwhelmed with memories and emotions from my experience the previous year and ended up dropping out.”
Talk to coaches, parents and teenagers about the downside of sports, and youll hear the same answer: by middle school and certainly by high school, it has more often than not become a game of medals. Not the plain old fun of playing. Not the extra benefits that sports offer. But winning.
【语篇解读】 本文主要以运动员玛德琳受伤退出田径队为例,说明许多运动员放弃团队运动的原因。
1.What happened to Madeline?
A. She got injured in the leg.
B. She missed the track season.
C. She dropped out of the track team.
D. She fell behind others in her studies.
答案与解析 C 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的“去年‘我’确实参加了田径队的比赛,但‘我’发现自己被前一年经历中的记忆和情绪淹没,最终退出了田径队。”可知,玛德琳退出了田径队。故选C。
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