习作健身房第十七辑

Practising Taekwondo

　　Read the following written exercise carefully. Amend the imperfections in meaning expression, vocabulary usage or sentence construction so as to make the language not only correct and compre-hensible but also good and effective. Refer to the REVISED VERSION only after you have made the necessary amendments to the ORIGINAL TEXT.

　　If I tell somebody I am practising taekwondo,I can imagine his or her surprised face.Though I am just a beginner, they seem to pretend to be afraid of me and wonder why I chose to do that.

　　Making the decision was not a very difficult thing. I first saw the taekwondo show at the orientation held by our seniors and was attracted to it at once. In my first letter to my friend in Shanghai, I wrote that I admired them so much and I was so eager to learn. Two months later , when I heard that some of us had begun the training here, I again started to think of it. I imagined what other people would say and how long I could persevere. At last, I made up my mind by listing the advantages. Firstly, I can learn some skills to protect myself. Even if it is not so useful when I really want to protect myself, it does not matter, because secondly I can keep fit. As I am not so interested in sports, it is good for me to have someone help me with this martial art. Thus, I will not be overweight. Thirdly, I can improve my perseverance and fourthly, I will have some special memory when I am older. If I want to do something special in my life, I think now is the best time.

　　Though I was prepared to be trained, I was still shocked by the hard training. I was exhausted after the warm-up. At that time, I thought it was very easy to give up. But soon, I found the members of the club were so friendly and encouraging that I began to like the challenge very much. I went on with my training, learning different kinds of kick as well as many other things, such as running. I had never imagined that I could run around the playground six times, but I did. I also discovered another advantage which is that I can make more friends in the club. I am fond of the Singapore students because they are so outgoing and encouraging.

　　Until now, the training has been hard and my feet were abraded several times, but I still enjoy it very much. I hope I can persevere and learn something useful for the better and give me a more positive and optimistic attitude to life.

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