Cool Board Sports

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Experience many kinds of readings written by professional writers from the U.S. and England. They used interesting topics that were carefully chosen after analyzing elementary curriculums from around the world including Korea, the U.S., England, and Australia among many others.

Before Reading

Dangerous yet exhilarating board sports

When you see surfers riding high waves wonderfully in the ocean, you are full of admiration for them.
When surfing a surfer stands on a surfboard riding the waves washing ashore and performing wonderful moves while riding and shooting off of the waves. Not only is there the board sport of surfing at the beach, but there is also the board sport of snowboarding on a snow covered mountain. Snowboarding is a sport that applies surfing skills to skiing. The two sports have in common that people ride on boards and stand with one foot forward to keep their balance. In both sports, you feel exhilarated and excited when you almost fall down but manage not to. Which sport do you want to try? You will be fascinated by these cool board sports while reading the book.

Summary

Emma’s family which lives in northern Australia visits their relatives in Sydney.
During the visit, Emma learns how to surf from her cousin Lila. Lila teaches her how to lie down, stand up and keep her balance on a surfboard. After being taught how to do these things on the beach, Emma finally goes into the sea to surf. Will she be able to succeed?
During her vacation, Lila visits her friend Klara who lives in Germany. Klara teaches Lila how to snowboard on snow covered Feldberg, a mountain in the Black Forest. While learning how to snowboard, Lila finds out that snowboarding and surfing have a lot in common. Will Lila who is good at surfing also be attracted to snowboarding?
Let’s read about these interesting trips together when one girl learn how to surf and another learns how to snowboard.