Aki (Japan): I like rugby. I like watching rugby.
There's a lot of actions. There are a lot of nice looking1 guys, you know, nice movements, also the pace2 of the games goes fast, so a lot of scoring, and
I enjoy it.
Matthew (England): Well, I was born and raised3
in England so I enjoy English sports. Cricket and soccer. I played rugby when I
was young, but I also like things
like4 snooker as
well5 if I'm going to play any sport at all6, it's probably going to be something like
snooker.
Chris (England): I love playing rugby. I can't do it very
often7 and usually when I do it I end up hurt8
for a week but it's a good kind of pain8,
and I like team games very much, so rugby is a good game to play for that.
Lindsay (United States): I love to play tennis. I think it's a really
fun sport10 but I actually11
don't like to watch it. I think it's pretty
boring12 to watch and I love to watch basketball. I think
it's so cool13 to
watch the ball go back and forth14.
It's very fast paced15,
and I love watching the players dunk15,
but I hate16 to
play basketball cause I have really bad motor-reflexes and I can't dunk.
Lori (Canada): I'm not a big sports fan. I have to say I don't really enjoy team sports or organized sports, but for myself I enjoy swimming18, especially in the ocean and something
I can do by myself, like yoga.
Eoin (England): What sports do I like to play? Well, in terms of exercising, I like to cycle19. I'm not so keen on20 competitive sports anymore21 though22
I used to play23
soccer - football - quite a lot24.
In terms of watching sports, I really like watching football - soccer.
Vocabulary
1.
nice looking = de boa aparencia (bonito(a))
2.
pace
= velocidade
3. I was born and raised = eu nasci e cresci
4. things like
= coisas como
5. as well = também
6. at all = absolutamente
7. very often = muito frequentemente
8. end up hurt = acabo machucado
9. Pain = dor, sofrimento
10. really fun sport = esporte muito divertido
11. actually = na verdade
12. pretty boring = bastante chato
13. so cool = tão legal
14. go back and forth = ir pra frente e pra trás
15. fast paced = de alta velocidade
16. dunk = dar “enterradas” (basquete)
17. hate = odiar
18. swimming = natação
19. cycle = andar de bicicleta
20. keen
on = adepto de
21. anymore = mais
22. though = contudo
23. used to play = costumava jogar
24. quite a lot = bastante