SanRussellisnotyouraverage(一般的)baseballfan.Heisadie-hardBostonRedSoxfan.Hehasaseasonticketandhearrangeshisworkschedulesohedoesnotmissagame.Sanalsoattendsgamedressedintheiruniformandhiscarisred.HehasevenlostsomefriendsbychoosingtowatchtheRedSoxinsteadofgoingtotheirweddings.Isthishealthybehavior?
AlthoughRussell’scaseisextremebeingasportsfancanbehealthyforyou.AccordingtoastudyattheUniversityofKansanintheUSAsportsfanssufferfromdepressionlessthanpeoplewhoarenotinterestedinsportsfansalsoexperienceothereffectsfromwatchingtheirteamplay.Whentheirteamwinsagametheirownconfidenceandhappinessincreasejustliketheathletes.Losingontheotherhandalwaysleadstosomesenseofdisappointment.
Whataboutdie-hardfanswhoseteamalwaysloses?Theteamspiritkeepsthosefansfromlosinghope.Knowingthatotherfansareprobablyfeelingthesamewayalsohelpsthem.Inadditionthereisalwaysthehopethattheirteamwillwinthenextgame.Russellhaslostsomefriendsbecauseofhisloveforbaseballandalthoughyoumaythinkthatwouldmakehimunhappyhehasmademanymorenewfriendsbecauseofhisteamspirit.
ForSamRussellsupportingtheRedSoxisnotjustahobby;itisawayoflifeandthesecretofhishappiness.
【小题1】Fromthereadingwecaninferthatadie-hardfan .