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English Reading Exercises for A1 ā Fit and healthy
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1. Exercise 1
- JONNIE PEACOCK
- CHAMPION RUNNER
- When Jonnie Peacock was Āfive, he was like most small boys from his hometown of Cambridge ā he loved to play sports. Then suddenly his life changed when he became very sick with meningitis. Jonnieās parents took him to hospital and he nearly died. The doctors saved his life, but they couldnāt save his right leg. He couldnāt run around with the other children any more and he couldnāt play football, his favourite sport. In fact, he couldnāt do any sports at all.
- But the doctors gave him a new, artifiĀcial leg. He could walk again, but he wanted to do more than that, so he started dancing and doing other sports. His doctors, his friends and his parents were all surprised that he could do so much. Only 18 months after he lost his leg, he could run, swim and play football again, but running was his best sport.
- In 2010, Jonnie started to practise a lot. He wanted to go to the London 2012 Paralympics, the Olympic Games for disabled athletes. Some of the athletes in the Paralympics canāt walk, some canāt see at all or canāt see very well. But in their sports, they can do things that most people canāt. Jonnie Peacock won gold at the London 2012 Paralympic Games when he was only 19 years old. He ran the 100 metres in a time of 10.90 seconds!
- CAN YOU RUN THAT FAST?
- A. Read the text. Answer the questions.
- 1)What was his life like until he was five?
- 2)How did his life change when he was five?
- 3)Why were his doctors, friends and parents surprised?
- 4)What does the text say about some of the Paralympic athletes?
- 5)Why is Jonnie famous?
2. Exercise 2
- ONLY 5 MINUTES EXERCISE A WEEK
- and you can get fit!
- HOW EASY IS IT TO GET FIT? Do you think itās difficult to do enough exercise? Is having enough time to exercise a problem? Think you know the answers to these questions? Well, think again because a new type of exercise is here and it could change your life.
- WHAT IS IT? This new, popular form of exercise is called High Intensity Training (HIT) and it means you donāt have to spend hours and hours in the gym. A few minutes a day doing hard exercise is all you need. You can choose to do floor exercises, run or cycle.
- WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO? Letās take the example of cycling: you begin with a short warm up then you have to cycle really hard for 20 to 30 seconds and then rest. You repeat the routine twice and thatās all you have to do!
- SO, HOW DOES HIT WORK? No one is sure of the answer to this question. However, some sports scientists in Canada, Norway and the UK think that when we exercise hard, we use a lot more muscles than we do with normal exercise. This helps us get fit, which could also mean we donāt get sick so easily from things like diabetes and heart disease.
- āSo if you think you havenāt got time to get fit, itās not true. You only need a few minutes a day with HITSo why not try it?ā
- A. Read the text. What is the new type of exercise?
- B. Complete the HIT Fact sheet.
| HIT: GET FIT IN FIVE! THE ROUTINE | |
| warm up ā ā¦ā¦ seconds of hard exercise ā rest | |
| HOW OFTEN?Time: a dayGOOD FOR:Getting fit, stopping diabetes and disease | Repeat ā¦ā¦ times |
3. Exercise 3
- Our staff: working hard, playing hard.
- Walking my way to love by Dylan Jones
- Three years ago, I came to work for this company. I didnāt know anyone in the area so I decided to do some exercise to meet new people. However, I felt really unĀfit. I tried doing different kinds of sports, but I did them all badly. I found an answer to all my problems by going for a walk.
- A colleague of mine invited me to go on a walk in the mountains. I didnāt say yes immediately because it didnāt sound very interesting. However, I decided it could be good exercise for me so I went along. This was the beginning of my love of hiking.
- At Āfirst, I had to walk slowly because I wasnāt very Āfit. However, I improved quickly and now I can walk quite fast for hours. I began to feel so much better. While I was on a hike with a group of people one weekend, I met Marina. Sheās now my wife. We go hiking once or twice a month and we love it.
- You donāt have to do anything special to start hiking. You only have to know how to walk and most people can do that. However, you have to buy special boots so you donāt hurt your feet. Hiking is a great way to enjoy our beautiful country. And you never know ā perhaps you can Āfind true love too!
- A. Read Dylanās article for the company blog. Tick (ā) whatās the same about Dylanās and Andyās activities.
- 1)they do their free-time activities outdoors
- 2)they do their free-time activities every day
- 3)they get fi t doing their free-time activities
- 4)they hurt their foot recently
- B. Read the text again. Are the sentences true or false? Correct the false sentences.
- 1)Three years ago, Dylan was lonely.
- 2)He liked the idea of hiking immediately.
- 3)Hiking was a bit difficult at first.
- 4)He met his wife on a hike.
- 5)Itās very difficult to learn how to go hiking.
4. Exercise 4
- HOW TO PREPARE FOR A TRIATHLON
- So, you can swim, you can ride a bike, and you go running twice a week. But all three things together ā are you crazy?
- Many people like the idea of a triathlon, but theyāre worried that itās just too difficult for them. If thatās you, remember, you donāt have to start with the Olympics ā there are lots of triathlons for beginners.
- So read our advice and start preparing for your first triathlon ā you can do it!
- SWIMMING
- For many people, itās the first part, swimming, that theyāre most worried about. Itās often in the sea, so even if you get tired, you canāt put your feet down for a rest. Also, you have to lift your arms up high because the water moves up and down. Itās a good idea to practise this, even when youāre in the swimming pool.
- CYCLING
- This is the second part of the triathlon. Riding a bike with lots of other people can be strange at first, so practise with friends. Remember that in the race, you have to stay away from the other bikes because itās dangerous to get too close.
- RUNNING
- The running is often very hard because you have to do it when youāre already tired. When you get off the bike, you may think you canāt even stand up! So make sure you practise riding your bike and then running at least once a week.
- GOOD LUCK!
- A. Read the magazine article. Tick (ā) the best description of what it says.
- 1)It is very difficult to do a triathlon and you can only do it if you are very fit. You have to prepare for each part of the race.
- 2)There are triathlons at different levels, so you can find one that is right for you. It will help you if you prepare well.
- 3)It is easy to swim, bike or run, but it is difficult to do all three with no rest in between. It is best not to try to do these things together.
- B. Read the magazine article again and complete the sentences.
- 1)In the first part of the triathlon you have to swim, often in the sea.
- 2)When you swim in the sea, you canāt usually put your down.
- 3)When you practise swimming, lift youāre a long way out of the water.
- 4)In the second part of the triathlon, you have to a bike.
- 5)Itās dangerous to get too to the other bikes.
- 6)When you start to run, you usually feel .
- C. Write an email to a friend who never does any sport. Give him or her some ideas about one or two sports to try and some advice about how to prepare. Include at least one sentence with have to and one with donāt have to.
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