Emma: Hi, Mark.

Mark: Swimming, jogging, weight lifting ...

Emma: Wow! That sounds great!

Mark: I try to do it at least a little every day. The key to doing sports is to do it regularly.

Emma:

Mark: I think it's impossible to name one sport that's good for everyone.

Emma:

Mark: Oh, yeah. I almost forgot it. Yoga is now a popular sport. Lots of people are doing that, especially those film stars.

Emma: It is like Chinese breath exercise.

Mark:

Emma: It's called Qigong. It's just like yoga to calm you down, but in a different way.

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    In September, 2014, Asia's biggest tennis star, Li Na retired (退役) from tennis. She made the because of the pain in her right knee, but she said, "I'm very pleased with my tennis career. I don't feel sorry or have any regrets about retiring."

    Li Na was born on February 26,1982 in Wuhan, Hubei Province. She started to play tennis at the of six She is one of the greatest sports stars in. China. She the 2011 French Open, becoming the first player from China to win a Grand Slam singles title (大满贯单打头衔), and clinched the Australian Open title in January, 2014.

Li has tens of thousands of fans in China. They call her "Big Sister Na"; and "Golden Flower". After hearing the news, many people said they respected her decision and wished her the best. "We thank Li Na. She has brought many proud and shining moments to Chinese tennis."

    the retirement, Li wants to enjoy the family life. She wants to open a tennis college to help build up the base for Chinese tennis.

    Volleyball is a team sport played with a ball and a net. There is one team on each side of the net. Each team tries to score points by grounding the ball on the other team's court.

    There are two main kinds of competitive (竞技性的) volleyball played in the world right now. Team volleyball is played indoors on a hard court with 6 people per team. Beach volleyball is played outdoors on the sand with 2 players per team. Volleyball can be a lot of fun to play. To play with friends. you can play with any number of people, and anyone can join in. To be a competitive player takes lots of practice. Good height and jumping ability help a lot.

Volleyball was invented by William Morgan in 1895. He worked for the YMCA (基督教青年会) and was trying to think up a game that would be fun. Of course the rules have changed since then, but it quickly became a popular sport at the YMCA. The name volleyball came about when a man named Alfred Halstead noticed how the game had a volleying nature.

    Volleyball was first played as an Olympic sport in the 1964 Olympics. Japan won the first gold medal in women's volleyball and the USSR (苏联) won the first gold medal in men's volleyball,

Fast walking is the exercise between walking and race walking. A study shows that fast walking has become the most popular exercise in China and many people walk more than 5,000 steps a day. The results of the study are from QQ users. About 37% of the people choose fast walking as their favourite exercise; over 23% choose running and more than 14% choose riding bikes.

Fast walking and running are easy, cost little and work well, so they are popular. And many people would rather do exercise in nature than go to gyms (健身房). It's best to walk fast for at least 10 minutes at one time and walk up to 6,000 steps every day.

    The study also shows that people in Guiyang, Guizhou love sports most. On average (平均), everyone there walks 5,941 steps every day. It seems that people in places with better environment and air are more willing (更愿意的) to do sports.