[originaltext]W: We’ve been talking a lot about indoor and outdoor games. What

W: We’ve been talking a lot about indoor and outdoor games. What about other types of sports -- athletics, mountaineering, skiing and so on?
M: I suppose athletics must be one of the oldest forms of sport in existence. The Greeks went in for these sports with great enthusiasm and their Olympic Games included most of the sports we go in for today.
W: But games like football and cricket became popular only in the last century.
M: Yes, that’s true. Mountaineering and skiing are comparatively recent sports too, aren’t they?
W: And so are motor-racing and cycling. What about country sports? Do you like them?
M: Do you mean sports like hunting, shooting and fishing?
W: Yes.
M: I don’t approve of killing animals for sport. And 1 don’t like boxing and bull-fighting, either. They are not real sports.
W: But you can see skills in them.
M: No doubt, but I still don’t like them.
W: What about aquatic sports.9 Do you like sailing?
M: Yes, it’s a wonderful sport! I also like swimming and I’m very fond of rowing. For me the great sporting event of the year is the Dragon Boat Race. I watch that every year.
W: Me too.