Text B　Modern sport and education

The etymology of the term“sport”goes back to Old English（disport）where itused tomean entertainment，game，drill.Modern sportoriginated in educational institutions primarily in Britain during themid-to-late nineteenth century，and was exported worldwide as an integral part of thateducational system.Within these institutions，sportwas originally seen as device for building and demonstrating“character”，a rather vague term which is still used as justification for its inclusion as an important extracurricular activity in schools and colleges today.Sport in schools has been credited with teaching values of sportsmanship and fair play to participant，increasing athletes'educational aspirations，developing a sense of community and group cohesion among students，helping to reduce dropout rates，and giving poor and minority youth access to higher education.

The role of physical education and sports in colleges is to aid the educational process as awhole by enhancing students'physical and mental efficiency and capacity forwork，thus preparing them for their future professional careers.Sport offers huge opportunities for physical perfection as well as for ethic，aesthetic，and intercultural education.The power of sport to attract and the high standards for themanifestation of man's physical andmental abilities offer greatopportunities for attainmentof psychological and spiritual qualities such as empathy，willpower，sympathy，respect.