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With the winter holiday coming, you may want to play some ball games, for exam- ple basketball, foot- ball, tennis and so on. Curling is quite a cool game in winter. Maybe you can try it with your friends.
Curling is a kind of sport in the Winter Olym- pic Games. It was from Scotland(苏格兰) at the start. Later, it became a very popular game in North America like Canada. Now we can see more and more people play curling in big cities in China.
Curling is a match between two teams with
six players in each team. The teams take turns to push(推) a 20-kg stone(石头) towards a few circles. The goal is to make the stone close to the centre of circles.
The sport is very quiet. Because there's no cry from the players or noise from a ball being hit(被碰撞). People can relax and have a good time when they watch players playing the game.
Curling looks easy, but it is difficult to play. It takes a lot of skills. First, strong teamwork is important. Second, the players may spend more than two hours on the game. So they need to keep patient(耐心的). Third, curling needs people to think twice. So it has another name—"chess on ice".
Curling is good for your mind and body. Now you can try it out.
1. Where was curling from at the start?

2. How many players are there in each curling team?

3. Why is curling a quiet sport?

4. What's another name of curling?

5. Would you like to try curling? Why or why not?

1. Scotland.
2. Six. / 6.
3. Because there's no cry from the players or noise from a ball being hit.
4. Chess on ice.
5. Yes, because it is good for my mind and body. / No, because it's difficult to play.(言之有理即可)