day 12moving more

moving more

Weigh two views for two minutes: question one with 未必, keep two ideas apart with X归X，Y归Y and come down on a side; retell a story about a slow marathon and read a short argument aloud.

words to say

• 强度 qiángdù · intensity, strength
• 适度 shìdù · moderate
• 过度 guòdù · excessive, over-
• 剧烈 jùliè · intense, violent (pain, exercise)
• 肌肉 jīròu · muscle
• 训练 xùnliàn · to train; training
• 姿势 zīshì · posture, position
• 结实 jiēshi · sturdy, solid; strong (body)
• 动力 dònglì · motivation, driving force
• 健身 jiànshēn · to work out, keep fit

sentences

• 这种看法未必对。 · That view isn’t necessarily right.
• 运动强度大，效果未必好。 · Harder exercise doesn’t necessarily work better.
• 坚持归坚持，开心归开心，两者并不矛盾。 · Sticking with it is one thing, enjoying it is another; the two don’t clash.
• 过度训练反而容易受伤。 · Overtraining actually makes injury more likely.
• 跑步的姿势不对，很容易腿疼。 · If your running posture is wrong, your legs will easily hurt.

say it after the voice

• 运动的强度越大，效果未必越好，适度才是最重要的。 · Harder exercise doesn’t necessarily work better: moderation is what matters most.
• 坚持归坚持，开心归开心，这两件事其实并不矛盾。 · Sticking with it is one thing and enjoying it another; the two don’t really clash.
• 过度训练不但没有什么好处，反而容易让肌肉受伤。 · Overtraining does no good at all; it actually makes muscle injuries more likely.
• 我每周至少游泳两次，游完以后整个人都特别有精神。 · I swim at least twice a week, and afterwards I feel full of energy.

questions to answer

• 学校该不该每天都有体育课？ · Should schools have PE every day?
• 你喜欢一个人运动，还是跟别人一起？ · Do you prefer exercising alone or with other people?
• 如果工作太忙，没时间运动，怎么办？ · If you’re too busy at work to exercise, what can you do?

a passage to retell

• A woman entered a long-distance race, but she was a very slow runner. So she decided not to run, and walked all the way from the start to the finish. Only after dark did she arrive, the very last. To her surprise, the volunteers had waited at the finish the whole time, and they all clapped for her. So if you go at your own pace, you still reach the finish.

a passage to read aloud

很多人一说到运动，就想到办健身卡、买运动服、制订一个大计划，可是往往坚持不到一个月就放弃了。其实，运动的效果不在于一次练得多累，而在于能不能坚持。高强度的训练如果一个月只做一次，未必比每天散步半小时更有益。适度的运动，比如爬几层楼梯、骑车上班，看起来很普通，时间久了，身体却会变得越来越结实。人们常说，生命在于运动。与其把运动当成任务，不如把它变成生活的一部分。