Millions of people all over the world are into sport. Everybody chooses a kind of sport they like following their abilities and convictions. It gives people a real pleasure. It also gives a chance to acquire a lot of like-minded friends who are eager to be healthy and to increase fitness. Modern life is so hectic that sport helps people distract from daily problems and routine.
Everyday there can see on TV strong and outrageous people who represent their country in world competitions and take part in Olympic games. They are sure to be the best of the best. They can`t imagine their lives without sport.For them life is daily hard training and competition.Undoubtedly professional sport educates a strong will, discipline, ability to overcome difficulties and mould a character. It helps to increase self-esteem and self-confidence. In contrast to amateur sport professional sport has the only goal that is to win. Athletes make incredible efforts despite tiredness and physical pain to become a champion and to prove to everyone and especially to themselves that they are the best. All the countrymen take pride of hearing the national anthem so professional sport develops the feeling of patriotism. It is certain to be beneficial to realise that you contribute to the development of your country.
On the other hand there are a lot of negative associations with professional sport. Everybody knows that professional athletes sacrifice a lot of things and life`s true essentials to achieve their goals. Firstly, it is а shortage of normal family life because professional athletes devote themselves fully to trainings, competitions and sport achievements. Secondly, the cost of victories is broken friendship. As a rule in contrast to amateur sport there aren`t friends in professional sport. There are only rivals. Moreover, the highest scores are associated with injuries, tiredness and health problems because the body can`t withstand the constant high loads and intensive exercise. The last but not least, professional sport is a way to earn a lot of money. Athletes in the pursuit to win start taking illegal substances ruining their health and moral. Some recent shocking dope scandals have dissapointed real sport fans.
In conclusion I would like to say that professional sport is a choice of courageous people. We shouldn`t seek for the easy way in life. "Life is a challenge. The lack of challenge is the lack of life." - one famous person said. I quite agree with this statement. Sport is a source of bright emotions, a way of moulding your character and overcoming difficulty and prejudice.
i have a very good friend. his (her) name is friends are very important in our life. i think one cannot live without friends. the most important thing for being good friends, to my mind, is to be ready to help one another in any situation, nevertheless how difficult it is, to support one another and to solve all the problems together. and never mind, that the friends may have different interests and hobbies, different likes and dislikes. they say that the friend in need is a friend indeed. i think it is really so. my friend and i always do our best to help one another. we discuss all our troubles and try to find the best decision in any situation. my friend is a very good, kind and clever boy (girl). we often spend our free time together. it is not very easy now, because both of us are very busy — we are going to enter institutes and have a lot of work to do. my friend is going to become a doctor (a teacher, an engineer, a lawyer). our future professions are different (the same) and the subjects we have to study are different (the same) too, but (and) we like to work together and to help one another in our study. when we have some free time, we go for walks, read and discuss books, watch films, go to discos or play computer games. playing computer games is our hobby. both of us are fond of sport. we go in for swimming (tennis) and often go to the swimming pool (tennis court) together. we are football fans and we like to watch and discuss football matches on tv or to go to the stadium. i love my friend very much. i think he (she) is a true friend. our friendship is very dear to me and i try to do my best to be a good friend too.
