李蓓

Winter is cold. Winter sports are lots of fun.They are also good for our health.They can make us strong and brave. What winter sports do you know？ We can gosledding（滑雪橇），skiing（滑雪）and ice-skating（滑冰）. We can play icehockey（冰球）. Here are some fun facts about them.

The oldest ice skates

最古老的冰鞋

In the past， ice-skating wasonly for rich people. But today，iceskating is a wonderful activity toenjoy with your family or friends！

Finns（芬蘭人）invented ice skating. They used bones（骨頭）to make ice skates（冰鞋）.

Go sledding

滑雪橇真有趣

There is a lot of snow and ice inwinter. A sled looks like a boat. It canmove easily over snow or ice. Many yearsago， sleds were made of（由…… 做成）wood. People used sleds to transport（運(yùn)輸）goods（貨物）and people. Now kidssled for fun.They like to drive a sled andgo down from a hill.

Fastest soirt

刺激的滑雪運(yùn)動(dòng)

Skiing is one of the fastest sports on land.The fastest skier can ski about 250 kilometers（千米）per hour（每小時(shí)）. That is as fast as ahigh-speed train（高鐵）. So skiing is also oneof the most dangerous（危險(xiǎn)的）sports in theworld.

Ice hockey

加拿大人愛冰球

Canadians love ice hockey（冰球）. Ice hockey is a teamsport. There are two teams. Eachteam has six players. All theplayers wear skates（冰鞋）， big pads（護(hù)具）and a helmet（頭盔）.They each carry a stick（球棍）. They must use it to hit the puck（冰球）into the goal（球門）.

Fun facts：

Players can use sticks or their feet to move the puck.They cant hold it in their hands.

Helping tips

When you are playing on ice， staying warm and following the safety rules（安全規(guī)則） is important. Jacky is going to ski. Lets listen to what he says：

I wear a lot to keep warm. Take a look at what Im wearing. I take some skigear（滑雪裝備） withme. Dont forget to bringgoggles（護(hù)目鏡）. Theywill protect your eyesfrom the sunlight.