Teacher: John

This is my story about my favorite hobby. My favorite hobby is wakeboarding. Approximately five years ago, I experienced wakeboarding for the first time. I was in a skiing group, but we couldn't enjoy skiing during the summer months, so we found a new hobby – wakeboarding! Wakeboarding allowed us to experience the same thrill during the summer that skiing gave us in the snow. 

At first, I was afraid of wakeboarding. I was afraid of the boat's speed when it was pulling me. I was trying to maintain my balance on the water. With time I overcame these fears and came to enjoy wakeboarding very much! Moreover, I liked how wakeboarding built my self confidence. At first, I fell into the water many times – but I never gave up trying – and therefore, I was able to improve and master wakeboarding. Little by little, the number of times I fell while wakeboarding reduced. That made me so happy!

Nowadays, I don't fall into the water, but I still cannot perform difficult stunts. So I will try to perfect these maneuvers in the coming year. Wakeboarding challenges me, and I enjoy being challenged to overcome my fears!

Discussion questions:

Tell me anything you understood from the story!

1. Why did Angela start wakeboarding?

2. How did she overcome her fears while learning wakeboarding?

3. Why does she most like about wakeboarding?

4. Have you ever tried watersport like wakeboarding? Or do you want to try it?