It is Saturday tomorrow，and I am going to school not for l 1
lessons
but to play football. I am in the school football team and we are going to play a 2
against
another school next week. The practice s 3
starts
at 10:00 a.m. We all arrive as early as we can so that we have enough time to warm up. We are training h 4
harder
than usual because the other team beat（擊?。﹗s last year. This year we want to do better. It is more difficult to practise in winter b 5
because
the days are short and the weather is cold too. It gets d 6
dark
earlier，so it is important not to be late for after-school practice.
Our coach is pleased because we are playing b 7
better
as a team now. Last year we were sometimes c 8
careless
when we passed the ball and we lost to the other team in the final match. What a pity! This year we are training more carefully. This means we have a better chance of winning. The fan club has f 9
fewer
people this year. We hope to play well so that we have more fans to watch the matches. It is good to have our fans around. They cheer us on loudly and we feel more confident to w 10
win
the game.
