写一篇关于中国最流行的体育运动的英语作文

iloveswimming

iamnotthatkindofsportperson.ihavemanyinterests,butnotmanyforsports.ionlyenjoywatchingsports.

butitisadiffernetstoryforswimming.ihavebeengrowinglyinterestedinitrecently.

whatswimbringstomeisthefeelingoffreedom.ontheearth,thereareanimalsflying,swimming,andwalking.whiletheothertwogroupdenjoythreedimensionworld,thethirdgroupcanonlymoveatatwodimentionsurface.unfortunately,humanisamongthelastgroup.itisreallyhardforhumantofly;fortunately,wecanstillswim.

withinwater,theworldisexpandedfrom2dimensionto3.thatisthebeauty.

also,swimisnotastoughasrunning.bothrunningandswimmingarehealthysports.?running,tome,isakindofsuffer;whileswimmingisreallyapleasure.atleast,thatismypersonalfeeling.

so,iwillkeepmycurrentplan,swimthreedaysaweek,atleasthalfanhoureachtime.ThemarathonwasNOTaneventoftheancientOlympicgames.ThemarathonisamoderneventthatwasfirstintroducedintheModernOlympicGamesof1896inAthens,aracefromMarathonnortheastofAthenstotheOlympicStadium,adistanceof40kilometers.

TheracecommemoratestherunofPheidippides,anancientday-runnerwhocarriedthenewsofthePersianlandingatMarathonof490B.C.toSparta(adistanceof149miles)inordertoenlisthelpforthebattle.AccordingtothefifthcenturyB.C.ancientGreekhistorianHerodotus,PheidippidesdeliveredthenewstotheSpartansthenextday.

Thedistanceofthemodernmarathonwasstandardizedas26miles385yardsor42.195km.in1908whentheOlympicGameswereheldinLondon.ThedistancewastheexactmeasurementbetweenWindsorCastle,thestartoftherace,andthefinishlineinsideWhiteCityStadium.