When I was a teenager I volunteered to work at the water station at a 10,000m race. My job was to 1 water to the runners. I remember being so 2 to see all the different kinds of people who passed by and grabbed a cup of water. Some ran past, some walked past and a few wheeled past. I saw so many types of people doing it. I thought maybe I could do it too! So the next year I 3 up for the race.

    That first 10,000m race was quite an4 I jogged, I walked, I jogged and I walked.5 I didn't know if I could finish. Then came a defining (决定性作用的)6.

    At one point near the end, a 70-year-old man ran past me, very, very fast, and I felt7 because I was 15 years younger than he but I couldn't even keep up with him. I felt8for a second.

    But then I 9something. He was running his race and I was running mine. He had 10 abilities, experience, training and goals for himself. I had mine. Remember my 11was only to finish.

    After a minute, it 12 me that this was a lesson I could draw from. I learned something about myself in that moment. I turned my embarrassment into13.

    I 14 that I would not give up on running races. In fact, I would run even more races and I would learn how to train and prepare 15and one day I would be one of those 70-year-old persons who were still running. As I crossed the finish line, I was proud of my16.

    In life we all have those moments where we 17 ourselves to others. It's only 18. Don't allow those moments to 19 you. Turn them into motivation and let them inspire you. With the proper preparation and training, you can improve your result to 20anything you want in life.

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    You never played the video dance game? Now such games are used to help lose weight!

    Like many other teenage boys, Jones loves sports. But at 5 feet, 175 pounds, he found his weight in trouble. His doctor wanted him to lose 50 pounds so that he may be a good football game player by the end of the summer.

    Jones chose the popular Dance Revolution video game at home to increase his activity. He had lost about 10 pounds by changing his diet. Now, after two weeks' playing the game, he has lost another 10!

    A health study is being done by an insurance company. The company hopes that the game will lead to better health and lower costs. “Obesity claims last year cost us $ 77 million. We have to cut those costs,” said a member of the insurance group. The company provides a game console (游戏主机), a dance mat and software for the six-month, $ 60,000 study.

    The study is more than a commercial thing of an insurance company. It is widely supported by physical education and health professionals.

    In West Virginia, 43% of the nearly 6,000 children examined for heart disease risk were considered over-weighted; more than 25% were too fat. “We are in a crisis of childhood obesity not only in West Virginia but in America,” said a researcher.

    Researchers are now looking at the potential for improving effects by using the game. A teacher in West Virginia has been using the video games in her classes since last fall. She reported that the game does improve heart health as well as eye-hand coordination (协调能力), and her students take the video game as a great alternative to jumping rope or ball games.

    The US Education Department is putting the game in 20 schools to control childhood obesity. Well, are you going to try such to dance away your extra weight?

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