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4. Jogging in the countryside is ________ _______ than jogging in the city. 5. The more you go jogging, ____________ you will feel. more fun the healthier The marathon race The marathon race gets its name from a battle over 2,500 years ago between the Greeks and the Persians. The battle happened at a place called Marathon. After the Greeks won the battle, a soldier ran over forty kilometers to tell people the good news. Today’s marathon race, an important Olympic sport, is popular all over the world. Thousands of people race in many different marathons every year. * Playing table tennis is very popular in China. Watching the tennis match is safer than playing it. Talk about the pictures. Last week the football match on TV was so boring because no one scored at all. This week’s NBA match is already more exciting. Playing baseball is more dangerous than playing volleyball. Swimming isn’t safe, it’s dangerous. Running isn’t expensive, it’s very cheap. Staying at home is easier than going to the stadium. Look at the pictures and talk about the sports. Use the words in the box to help you. boring cheap difficult easy exciting expensive popular relaxing — What’s your favourite sport? — My favourite sport is swimming. It’s exciting. 1. Table tennis is more exciting than tennis. 2. Tennis is ___________________________. 3. Basketball is ________________________. 4. Football is ___________________________. 5. Swimming is ________________________. 6. Baseball is __________________________. more difficult than table tennis safer than football more dangerous than basketball more relaxing than baseball more exciting than swimming 1. This week’s match is already more exciting. 2. It is more difficult to practise in winter. 3. We are training harder than usual. 4. This year we want to do