Unit OnePassage A Sex Discrimination in Sports 1
Passage B Famous Female Athletes from the Past 4
Passage C Milestones in the Development of Olympic Games for Women 8
Unit TwoPassage A Obesity,Exercise,and the Role of Schools 14
Passage B Worldwide Physical Education 17
Passage C Parents May Not Recognize Obesity in Their Own Children 21
Unit ThreePassage A Benefits of Exercise 30
Passage B Winter Swimming 34
Passage C What about Running and Burning Fat? 37
Unit FourPassage A Getting a Grip on Body Composition 45
Passage B High Protein Diet for Athletes 49
Passage C Protein and Amino Acids for Athletes 52
Unit FivePassage A Advantages ＆ Disadvantages of Commercialization in Sports 59
Passage B Why Do Businesses Sponsor Certain Sports ＆ Athletes? 62
Passage C Michael Jordan and His Business Interests 66
Unit SixPassage A Train Like an Olympian 73
Passage B Strength Training for Female Athletes 76
Passage C Basketball Strength Training 81
Unit SevenPassage A First Lady Michelle Obama's Address to the International Olympic Committee 88
Passage B How the Olympic Games Started 91
Passage C The Olympic Motto 94
Unit EightPassage A Comparing Sources of Stress in College Student Athletes and Non-Athletes 101
Passage B When Psychologists Teach Coaches How to Coach,Young Athletes Feel Better and Play Longer 104
Passage C Coaching the Coaches 107
Unit NinePassage A Yoga:Your Practice 112
Passage B Tinikling:The Philippine National Dance 115
Passage C Traditional Ethnic Sports in China 118
Unit TenPassage A Training of Chinese Martial Arts 126
Passage B Shaolin and Temple-Based Martial Arts 129
Passage C The Original Meaning of Chinese Wushu 132
Unit ElevenPassage A The Anatomy of Sports Injuries 137
Passage B Use Cycling Phases for Massive Muscle Gains 140
Passage C There Is No Such Thing as a Good or Bad Stretch 143
Unit TwelvePassage A Nutrition for Athletes 150
Passage B Vegetarian Athletes 154
Passage C Common Mistakes in Nutrition for Athletes 158
Unit ThirteenPassage A History of Chinese Kong Fu 165
Passage B The Shaolin Temples 169
Passage C List of Animal Styles in Martial Arts 173
Unit FourteenPassage A Kinesiology Tapes 180
Passage B ACL Injury and Female Athletes 184
Passage C Kids'Soccer Injuries 188
Unit FifteenPassage A How to Define Body Strength 195
Passage B Benefits of Good Core Strength 198
Passage C Core Strength Training 202
Answer Keys 209