Unit3Lookinggood,feelgood每课一练18（牛津版高中必修1）.docVIP

Unit 3 Looking good, feel good每课一练18（牛津版高中必修1）Task: Inviting your friend to join a gym I. 阅读理解： A Every child should be taking part in at least four hours of sport and PE at school by the end of the decade. Tony Blair said yesterday. As The Times disclosed last month, the Prime Minister doubled the target for sports provision (设备) in schools. He said an extra ￡519 million would be spent to improve coaching and strengthen links between schools and local sports clubs. Mr. Blair said that he expected every pupil to have at least two hours of PE and sport during curriculum (全部课程) time by 2010, and to be offered a further two hours outside of school hours. “This investment will give children new opportunities to take part in sport,” he said. “Sport is not only important in its own right, teaching kids how to win, lose and be part of a team, it is also important in tackling (解决) obesity (肥胖症) in young people and can act as an antidote () to the antisocial (反社会的) behavior of minority.” Mr. Blair’s announcement represents a significant toughening of the demands on schools. The previous target was to provide two hours of “high quality” sport both within and outside the timetable each week by 2010. Mr. Blair made clear that this would now have to be provided within the timetable, with a further two hours available before or after school. A government survey of 2.1 million children in 6,500 schools in April found that only 62 per cent were doing two hours of sport now. Only half of pupils in primary schools met the target. The Prime Minister donned (身穿) tracksuit trousers and trainers to jump through hoops in an agility test as he launched the policy at Waverley School in Southwark, southeast London, one of only four all-girl sports colleges in England. He said, “You’ve got to bring back school sport, it’s still very, very important.” Mr. Blair dismissed as “daft (愚蠢的)”any school opposed to competitive sports, as were many during the 1970’s and