六年级演讲稿：Enjoy Sports,Enjoy Life

The Function of Sports in Life
by Shoghi Effendi
Published in The Students' Union Gazette pages 28-30
American University of Beirut, 1914
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FUNCTION OF SPORT IN LIFE.

The word sport is a contracted form of "disport" which means to amuse, to divert one's self. It includes play, amusement, entertainments or recreation. It is a word which signifies the outdoor recreations, the athletic work as contrasted with the serious intellectual occupation.

Sports have existed in the past ages and have played an important role in the history of mankind. Whenever a nation, regardless of its resources and extension, realized the importance of sports and put that realization into practice she attained a notable stage in the history of the world.

The ancient Greeks deeply felt the indispensability of sports, they stuck to it and it is out of these marvelou