SomeyoungCambodiansarelearninganewsport---skateboarding.Thecountry’sfirstskateboardparkislocatedonthegroundsoflocalcharitygroupattheedgeofPhnomPenhthecapital.SportslikeKhmerboxingandsoccerare

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Some young Cambodians are learning a new sport---skateboarding. The country’s first skateboard park is located on the grounds of local charity group at the edge of Phnom Penh the capital.

Sports like Khmer boxing and soccer are wildly popular in Cambodia. But Chea who has been skating for 6 months says skateboarding has already become the favorite sport.

The skateboarders are learning tricks like launching a jump or flying through the air on their narrow wooden boards.

A non-governmental organization called Skateistan Cambodia organizes weekly programs at the park. Skateistan started its work in Afghanistan years ago. Rory Burke is working with the group which expanded to Cambodia last year.

Rory Burke points out “Yeah it’s definitely not a typical Cambodian pastime .and I think the idea of ‘why skateboarding’ exists because it’s not been done before here. We want to use skateboarding as something saying ‘ Hey this is something new and different.’ And that kind of itself becomes a little bit of hook . People see it and they think and they say ‘wow what is that?’ and they want to get involved.”

Skateistan partners with local groups work with young people . The park is on the grounds of the group known as PSE where children attend school and learn a trade. There are almost one hundred twenty participants. They all from troubled lives.

Seventeen-year-old Sang Rotha is a student at PSE. “Sometimes I don’t do well in subjects like math ” he says “ I feel bad when I find it hard to keep up with my lessons. So that is why I skateboard to improve my bad feelings.”

He says he began skateboarding more than a year ago. Before he started training it seemed very easy. But it was very difficult to learn tricks and he got hurt a lot from falling off.

Rory Burke says learning to deal with the difficulties is part of the lesson for these young skateboarders.

67.According to the passage PSE is a group_____.

A. that works with Cambodian students

B. for young Cambodians to learn a trade

C. for young Cambodians in troubled lives

D. for young Cambodian taking skateboarding

68.What is said about skateboarding in the passage?

A. It is easy for young Cambodians to learn.

B. It is a good sport to help regain good feelings

C. It originated in Afghanistan years ago.

D. It is as popular as Khmer boxing in Cambodia.

69.The underlined pars “a little bit of hook” in paragraph 5 probably means_____.