What benefits do competitive sports have for the people taking part?

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What Are the Benefits of Competitive Sports for Youth?

Any parent knows that young children are filled with energy, eager to run, jump and play. Transferring that natural energy to competitive sports can help keep kids active and healthy as the grow, and other distractions increase that may lead to a more sedentary lifestyle. Competitive sports such as soccer, track, basketball and swimming can also help kids learn important life lessons about teamwork and fair play.

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Learning How to Compete

Participating in sports teaches children and teenagers how to compete in the real world. As they grow older they'll face competition in school, in the workforce and other areas of life. But these competitions don't have to be negative or unhealthy. Playing sports can help kids understand how competition works in a friendly environment, and that if you try your hardest, you have a better chance to succeed.

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Understanding the Value of Exercise

Millions of American children and teenagers are overweight. This obesity epidemic has make the early onset of health problems such as diabetes more common. Participating in competitive youth sports burns calories and helps to prevent obesity. Additionally, many children who are active in sports are motivated to eat healthier foods, such as fruits and vegetables.

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Improving Self-Esteem

Improved self-esteem is another benefit of competitive youth sports. When a child wins a game with his team, he feels accomplished and recognized. Even when he doesn't win, he can learn a valuable lesson: that you can't win every time. Losing with his team can also increase self-esteem, as he learns to hold his head high and feel proud for trying his best.

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Decreasing Risky Behavior

According to the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, youth sports can help deter negative behavior, such as joining a gang, because competitive sports provide an outlet for expression, friendship and controlled aggression. Teens who have positive influences and friends feel less of a need to participate in risky behaviors.

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THE ROLE OF THE MODERN ZOO

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It’s time to rethink the modern zoo

By Alyssa-Jane Tucker
Alyssa-Jane is Zoos SA's Communications Coordinator

What do the Pygmy Blue-Tongue Lizard, Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby and Przewalski’s Horse all have in common? Well, for one thing they’ve all been on the brink of extinction; for another, they very likely wouldn’t be around today if not for the work of Zoos SA.

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Every day, passionate Adelaide and Monarto Zoo staff care for animals and fight to safeguard this planet’s amazing wildlife for future generations.
We’re not going to deny that zoos started as places purely for entertainment, but as society has evolved, so too has the role of a modern zoo.
Today, good zoos are local and global conservation agencies. The reality is, we are losing wildlife at the highest rate since the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. As species extinction accelerates, zoos are becoming increasingly necessary.
If you ask anyone who works in a zoo, many of us would say: “we wish zoos didn’t exist!”
If we didn’t need zoos, it would mean people were connecting with nature in a positive way.

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It would mean we wouldn’t have to have populations of animals in human care as an insurance against wild extinction and it would mean animals would not just be surviving, but thriving in the wild.
But as the human population expands and habitats around the world are destroyed, for many species, there’s rarely an alternative.

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Our conservation successes speak for themselves.

Zoos SA has bred more than 15 species for re-release into the wild in SA, nationally and internationally, including, Greater Bilbies, Western Swamp Tortoises, Yellow-footed Rock-wallabies, Orange-bellied Parrots, Regent Honeyeaters, Stick-nest Rats and the Przewalski’s Horse.
We are one of a very small number of zoos to have brought a species back from extinction in the wild, re-establishing a wild population of South Australian Mainland Tammar Wallabies at Innes National Park in the Yorke Peninsula after they were classified as extinct in the 1930s.
In a world-first for conservation, last year Monarto Zoo successfully bred 14 Pygmy Blue-tongue Lizards, a species once thought to be extinct and never before bred in captivity. These are just a few examples of how our work is saving endangered species from extinction.

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The work doesn’t stop at our zoos’ gates.

Zoos SA actively supports wildlife conservation, including direct support for field-based projects aimed at protecting and conserving threatened species in the wild.
In addition to our local conservation programs, Zoos SA provides conservation support on an international level to projects protecting habitats and the species in them.
We fund community education programs in Sierra Leone to protect wild Chimpanzees from the threat of illegal hunting.
In Northern Kenya, we support programs providing local women with alternate livelihoods to reduce hunting of endangered animals like rhinos, elephants and cheetah.

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In China, we’re helping secure a future for the Giant Panda through funding habitat protection and community education programs in the Sichuan Province, and we’re helping Sumatran Orangutans out-swing extinction by funding a wildlife patrol post in Bukit Tigapuluh in Sumatra.

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And let’s not forget the power of a simple zoo visit.

Here at Zoos SA, our mission is to connect people with nature and save species from extinction.
We believe these two actions are mutually dependent on each other.
When a person has the opportunity to see or engage with an animal, they develop a greater relationship with and understanding of that animal and in turn are more likely to take action to help with the conservation of their wild cousins.

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Last year alone, more than 560,000 visitors, including 50,000 students, embarked on a wildlife journey at Zoos SA. That’s a powerful catalyst for positive conservation change.
Good zoos exist to secure the future for animals from around the world- big or small, fluffy or scaly-and it’s with the support of passionate people like you that we are able to continue our vital work.

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🔴 انتخاب واژگان، عاملی موثر در نمره Lexical Resource (LR)


✅ مقایسه کنید:

1️⃣ People tend to collect many things over time. (things)

2️⃣ Often, stuff from our past can hurt us today. (stuff)

3️⃣ This manual gives detailed information about the machinery used. (gives)

4️⃣ Getting the correct information can be difficult. (Getting)

5️⃣ When someone has the right tools, their future is bright. (has)

▪️با کمی تغییرات ساده در انتخاب واژگانی که حتما آنها را بلد هستید، می توانید جملات زیباتری تولید کنید. مقایسه کنید:

1️⃣ People tend to collect many items over time. (things Vs. items)

2️⃣ Often, experiences from our past can hurt us today. (stuff Vs. experiences)

3️⃣ This manual provides detailed information about the machinery used. (gives Vs. provides)

4️⃣ Obtaining the correct information can be difficult. (Getting Vs. Obtaining)

5️⃣ When someone possesses the right tools, their future is bright. (has Vs. possesses)


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Pros and cons of newspapers

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Newspapers have been with us since time immemorial. A lot of people around the world rely on newspapers for all their news and information needs. But as technology continues to take over the reins of media, newspapers are fast becoming obsolete. We take a look at some of the advantages and disadvantages of newspapers as sources of news.


✅ Pros:

1. Newspapers carry the news of the world: Newspapers are the source of news for almost all countries in the world. They carry information regarding all the happenings around the world to all corners of the world.

2. Newspapers provide information and general knowledge: Newspapers contain valuable information and news that is expected to not only inform but also to build and develop knowledge database.

3. Newspapers provide news about a country’s: economic situation, sports, games, entertainment, trade and commerce. Through newspapers, we are able to tell what is happening in various industries around the world.

4. Good habit: Reading newspaper makes a good habit and it is already part of the modern life. This habit will widen your outlook and will enrich your knowledge.

5. Reading newspaper makes you well informed: It enables you to take part in every discussion pertaining to the world’s current events. By reading newspapers, you will not only improve your knowledge but you will also share your knowledge with others.

6. Boosts your self-esteem: Reading newspapers will improve your knowledge in general and it will be easy for you to relate to other people who often talks about current events and politics. You will gather the courage to share your opinion about national and international issues.

7. Wide perspective: Through newspapers, you will have a clear idea and understanding of what is happening in your country and the whole world.

8. Newspapers create employment: Newspaper industry has created valuable employment to more people than most industries across the globe.

9. Newspapers are light in weight: Newspapers are light in weight which makes them portable and easy to move around with.

10. Newspapers improve language and vocabulary: You will be able to build and improve on your language and vocabulary if you invest in reading newspapers.

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❎ Cons:

1. Expensive: In some or most of the newspapers the advertisement space may be expensive which prohibits people from advertising through the newspaper.

2. It is analogue: As the Internet, Television or Radio are used widely by many people , so advertisers prefer newspaper less for advertisement compared to Internet and other medias.

3. It can easily be discarded: Newspaper can be easily discarded once read, so less chances for advertiser to convert the advertisement into leads or sale.

4. Exposes your strengths: Newspapers are available to all and sundry. This means that competitors can easily see the price of your product and hence they quickly react to your price which gives them a competitive advantage over your products.

5. Fake news: In some cases, the news published in the newspapers especially on the front page could be wrong. The news are even twisted and distorted to create a bad impression of an individual or company.

6. Poor quality: Newspapers sometimes come published with poorly printed text and images that can hardly be read or seen by readers. This makes it difficult to get the intended information because the news has already been published and cannot be recalled.

7. Newspapers are cumbersome to carry around: Newspapers are cumbersome to move and carry around because of their shape and lose pages. This makes it difficult to conveniently carry them from one place to another.

8. Newspapers cannot be updated: Once they have been published, they cannot be changed or updated because of their nature. This makes them rigid in terms of news and information sources.

9. Newspapers may misrepresent information: Sometimes newspapers are prone to information misrepresentation which may work against them especially in the court of public opinion.

10. Newspapers are expensive cumulatively: It is quite expensive to produce and publish newspapers especially because they have to be distributed across the country.

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