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Sports and physical exercise

Description

Whether in the school, or in the neighbourhood, the Chinese are great enthusiasts for physical exercise. Middle-aged to elderly people dance in the streets to keep fit, while students play a vast range of sport at school, from the traditional such as martial arts, to imports from the West such as football. The Chinese believe it鈥檚 a way of ensuring not only physical fitness, but also spiritual well-being. NOTE: Facts outlined in this clip were accurate at the time this programme was originally broadcast.

Classroom Ideas

Students could research types of sport which are popular in Britain and China and they could discuss which sports each nation is good at and why. This could be useful when learning how to say what sport they like playing.