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Some say that sprots play an important role in society. Others, however, think that it is nothing more than a leisure activity. Discuss both view, and give your opinion.

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The two pie charts draw the conclusion
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 a survey of
boys
' and
girls
' cultural and leisure activities. Overall, equal quantities of both sexes enjoyed listening to music, but a dramatically larger number of
girls
 liked reading. There were
also
 many differences in terms of the children's preferred sports. Turning to the
first
chart
, we can observe that
boys
 prefer playing computer games (34% participation rate)
than
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 taking other activities. Playing basketball comes as the
second
 most popular leisure,
practiced
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 by almost a
third
 of male children. Basketball is followed by soccer, which is exercised by 17%. Skateboarding and listening to music are less preferable activities, chosen by 11% and 10% of
boys
 respectively. Reading, the least popular cultural activity among
boys
,
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 represents only two
percent
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. Taking a closer look at the
second
chart
, we can see that
girls
' most preferred activity is dancing, being 27% of the total.
In contrast
 to the
boys
' preferences, reading is chosen by more than a fifth of all
girls
.
Although
percentage
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 of female children who play computer games is roughly twice less than that of
boys
 (16%),
this
 activity is
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 most popular on the
girls
'
chart
. With a slight difference between computer games and netball, the latter is
practiced
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 at
15
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% rate.
Similarly
 to skateboarding
popularity
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 among
boys
, 11% of
girls
 go in for gymnastics. Listening to music comes as the least popular leisure, with a proportion of 10%, equal to those on the
first
chart
.
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