Why should we learn swimming? First, because it is
a very good form of exercise. Doctors say it is the best exercise because in
swimming all the muscles of the body are used.
Secondly, swimming gives great pleasure. How nice
it is, on hot dusty day in summer, to take off one’s clothes and plunge into
the cool water of a river or the sea, and to dive and swim and float until one
is tired!
Thirdly, swimming may sometimes mean all the
difference between life and death. We never know when we may be in danger of
water. We go on a voyage, and the ship is wrecked; for a Die sure sail on a
lake and the boat upsets; we slip as we are .walking along the bank of a river,
and fall into the water. If we can swim, we have a chance of saving our life;
but if we cannot swim, we are pretty certain to be drowned. So for our safety,
we should aim to swim.
Lastly, if we can swim, we may be able to save
other people from drowning. How fine it is to be able to save another’s life!