学进去

   A group of boys from a primary school soccer team in Anshun, Guizhou Province, are doing daily training on the playground.

The team was made ________ their P. E. teacher Mr. Zeng. And their headmaster Mr. Xiong also ________ a lot. Although the members practice 2 hours every day, playing soccer does not ________ their studies or farm work.

Most of these boys’ parents work in big cities far from the village. In the past, they were afraid of showing themselves in public, ________ now through soccer, they have become outgoing, active and brave. And their skills in soccer have improved rapidly by working hard. In a short time, they have ________ the other teams from nearby schools in the city.

To open ________ minds, Mr. Xiong encouraged them to join in a “Who’s the King”national soccer game. They did not play well in the ________. However, with the physical advantages they ________ the game. Unluckily, they were short of ________ in such competitions, so they finally lost 1-0.

________, after Mr. Zeng moved to another school, Miss Yu took his place. The young teacher who was born in 1985 ____ to teach there. She is their soccer coach and also teaches them English, math and other ________. To her surprise, these village boys are not like ________ she thought. She says that every time the team travels to another city to take part in a soccer game, the kids are just very ________ in themselves.

Soccer gives these kids a ________ to see the wonderful things of the outside world. And it makes them strongly believe that they would go beyond（在另一边） the mountains one day.