Some schools are trying to make PE classes more meaningful and interesting to more students, e
specially(特别是) those who hate running.
      Discovery Intermediate School has added tchoukball( ['t?aukb?:l]n. 契可球, 将球投向弹性网,
对手设法不让球在弹回时落在赛区内) It's a European game similar(相似的) to soccer but more
complicated(复杂的). "It's interesting," said Lanson Miller. He likes the game. ①"We have to use
______ minds ______ sometimes catching the ball means failure(失败). This is different from other
games."
Teixeira is a junior student at Rock Lake Middle School of Florida, US. She is among the middle school
students around the state who take new PE courses to lose weight.
      Florida passed a law to add in three new PE courses for middle schools this year. They include a
class on dance and gymnastics(体操), and another with sports such as rollerblading(滑旱冰) and bike
riding.
      ②"Taking PE is good for students because healthier kids will be able to learn better," said Roxanne
Baker, president of the Florida Alliance for Health. "It's hard to imagine(想象) that a child goes through
three years of middle school without going to gym. Now they will, thanks to the law."    
1. 在①处填入适当的单词使句子通顺：___________ ___________
2. 将②处译成汉语：                                                      
3. 回答问题：Why did Teixeira take the new PE courses?
                                              ______               
4. 写此句的同义句： This has differences from other games.
                                           __________          
5. 在短文中找出一句能概括短文意思的句子。