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People in the world do different funny sports. Read and match the pictures with the passages. Can you invent a race like this and play it with your friends?
A
()1. Why are people in the picture running with pans? They are in an interesting race in the United Kingdom. People run in the streets. At the same time, they throw pancakes into the air. And they catch them in the pans and keep running. This race usually starts in February or March every year. People do this to remember a funny story. In 1445, a woman was cooking and was late for a meeting. So she held a pan with a cake in it and ran all the way there.
B
()2. Kids run 100 meters. But they have to hold a spoon with a boiled egg on top. If the egg falls from the spoon, pick it up quickly and keep running. It is much harder than it sounds! Who will cross the finish line first?

1. B
2. A

游泳是很多人喜欢的运动，但游泳时一定要注意安全。
请在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使短文内容通顺，每空限填一词，首字母已给出。
Can you swim? Swimming is very p in summer. People like swimming in summer because the water makes them feel cool. But if you swim in the wrong place, it may not be s . Last summer, more than ten people died while they were e themselves in rivers, and most of them were students. However, some people are s not careful when they are swimming. They think they can swim so well that n bad can happen to them.
When you go swimming, don’t forget that even very experienced swimmers died in the water. They died only because they were not careful, not because they could not swim. So don’t go swimming a . Go with your teachers or your parents. If there is a “No Swimming” s , don’t get into the water. If you remember these things, you will not get into trouble while swimming.

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