the first ball games
the first interesting thing for sports use was the ball.
in ancient egypt, as in everywhere,
throwing stones was a favorite children’s game.
but a stone could hurt a child.
looking for something less dangerous to throw,
the people in egypt made,perhaps,the first balls.
at first,balls were made of grass or leaves held together
later they made balls with animals’ skin.
they put the pieces of animals’ skin together with thread
and put in some birds’ feathers or grass.
this kind of ball was soft and not heavy.everyone liked to play with it.
although the people in egypt liked fighting and wars,
they tried to save time for sports games.
before long they could play a lot of new ball games,each with its own rules.
perhaps they thought
the games were useful to help the young men run faster in wars.
球是最早的有意思的体育用具。
在古埃及，和其他地方一样，
丢石块是孩子们最喜欢的游戏。
但是石块会伤到孩子。
为了找到可以降低危险的玩具，
埃及人做出了第一个球
起初，人们把草或树叶塞紧做成了球。
后来,他们用动物皮做球，
他们用线把动物皮缝起来，
再把鸟的羽毛或草塞进去。
这种球又软又轻，人人都爱玩。
尽管埃及人喜欢打架，征战，
但还是找时间参与体育游戏。
不久他们能够玩很多新鲜的球类游戏，各个游戏有自己的规则。
或许他们认为
这些游戏能使他们在战场上跑得更快。
