这个学期刚开始，我们就接到了一个通知，体育课增加了跳绳考试，必须一分钟跳145个以上，才能得100分。于是从那天开始，妈妈和我就决定要开始练习跳绳了。去年学校组织的春季运动会上，我和妈妈还得了亲子跳绳第一名呢，不过那个时候是妈妈带着我跳，30秒跳了76个。
        因为这段时间练得比较少，所以没什么长进，反而退步了一点，手脚配合得没那么好了，手摇的没那么快了，一口气跳不了几个，而且那个跳绳也比较轻，摇着有点费劲。
        今天，妈妈给我买了两根新跳绳，一根在家里用，一根在学校用。这两根跳绳是不一样的：一根是粉红色的，摇把比较大、比较复杂，也比较沉；另外一根是绿色的，功能没那么多，也比较轻。我更喜欢粉红色的那根，因为它相对来说比较成人化，我觉得用这根跳绳就好像我已经长大了一样。我打算把它带到学校去用。
        同时，妈妈还给自己买了跳绳，因为她想参加单位的跳绳比赛。妈妈买的另外一根大绳，足有7米长呢。我们都特别喜欢跳大绳，以前老是凑合，把两根小跳绳接在一起当大绳用，但用起来跟这种真正的大绳相比差远了，我恨不得现在就叫全班同学都来跟我一起跳！
        我特别喜欢跳绳，跳绳是很锻炼身体的，除了学习好，身体也要锻炼得棒棒的！

At the beginning of this semester, we got a notification that a rope skipping test would be given in PE class. One had to make 145 jumps per minute to achieve the maximum score of 100. From that day, my mother and I decided to practice rope skipping. In the spring sports meeting of our school, my mother and I won the first place in the parent-kid joint rope skipping competition, although, my mother took the lead at that time. Our record was 76 jumps in 30 seconds.

Since I only did a little practice recently. My rope skipping skill did not show much improvement. I even jumped worse than before. My hands and feet did not coordinate so well and my hands could not turn as fast as before and I found it hard to make a lot of jumps at one breath. Besides, the rope was too light, which was difficult to turn with less strength.

Today my mother bought me two new ropes. I could use one at home and the other at school. The two ropes were different. One was in pink color. It had a bigger and more complicated handle and was heavier than the other. The other one was green. The green one did not have so many functions and it weighed less. I liked the pink one, because it looked more grown up. When I used it, I felt like I were an adult. I planned to take it to school. My mother also bought one for herself, because she wanted to attend the rope skipping contest in her company. My mother also bought a long rope of 7 meters. We all liked to play with the long rope. We used to make do with a rope connected by two short ropes, which was not comparable with this one specific for long rope jumping. I wish now I could gather all my classmates to play rope skipping with me.

I like rope skipping. It is extremely good for keeping fit. I should not have a good study record only, but also a healthy body.  

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• achieve [ə´tʃi:v]   vt.完成；达到；获得   (初中英语单词)
• competition [,kɔmpi´tiʃən]   n.比赛；竞争   (初中英语单词)
• improvement [im´pru:vmənt]   n.改进，改善，进步   (初中英语单词)
• breath [breθ]   n.呼吸；气息   (初中英语单词)
• complicated [´kɔmplikeitid]   a.结构复杂的；难懂的   (初中英语单词)
• contest [kən´test, ´kɔntest]   v.争辩 n.争夺；竞赛   (初中英语单词)
• extremely [ik´stri:mli]   ad.极端地；非常地   (初中英语单词)
• healthy [´helθi]   a.健康的   (初中英语单词)
• maximum [´mæksiməm]   n.极点 a.最大的   (高中英语单词)
• decided [di´saidid]   a.明显的；决定的   (高中英语单词)
• specific [spi´sifik]   a.具体的；特有的   (高中英语单词)
• comparable [´kɔmpərəbəl]   a.可比较的；类似的   (英语四级单词)
• coordinate [kəu´ɔ:dineit]   a.&n.同等的 v.协调   (英语六级单词)