All About “A-thons”

A marathon(馬拉松) is a long-distance running race. Now it is not only a competition, but some people organize marathons for charity(慈善). Runners get friends, families and other people to

1. (支持) them. They promise to provide a certain amount of money for every race. For example, if the runner runs one 2. (千米), the providers each give the runner $1 for the charity.

A3. (許多) of money can be raised this way. However, not everyone can run, so people in the USA have thought of other ways to raise money, using the idea of a marathon.

Walk-a-thons A walk-a-thon is similar to a marathon, but people walk 4. (代替) of running. This is one of the most 5. (受歡迎的) ways for people to raise money.

Read-a-thons Many schools organize read-a-thons to raise money. Students can get money 6. (簡單地) for the number of books they read in a given amount of time. They may have 7. (十) weeks to read. Little kids can also get money according to how many 8. (頁) they read. The read-a-thons are9. (舉行) not only to raise money, but also to encourage teenagers to read.

Bowl-a-thons Bowling is an 10. (有趣的) sport for many Americans. In a bowl-a-thon, people raise money for every point they get in the game. The higher the score is, the more money they make for the charity.

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