Page 44 - TTTP_3_SB_SE
P. 44
3d Healthy lifestyle
1 Warm-up Answer the following
questions.
• Do you think you lead an active lifestyle?
• How do you think you could become more active?
2 Read
© MM Publications
A. Answer the questions below. Then Are you
listen, read and check your answers.
How does regular exercise help people? active
1 a. It helps prevent serious diseases.
b. It helps fight the flu.
How much time should people spend on enough?
2 physical activity?
a. About half an hour most days of the week.
b. About two hours a day.
Which of the following should people
3 definitely do?
a. Go to the gym.
b. Any type of physical activity.
What’s the best way to burn off a
4 chocolate bar?
a. Do the housework.
b. Go for a thirty-minute walk.
e all know that regular physical activity is Start walking! Take your dog for a long walk, use the
Wimportant. It gives you more energy, reduces stairs instead of the lift or carry your shopping home
stress and helps you feel happier and sleep better. instead of driving.
It helps lower high blood pressure, burn o calories Do housework or wash the car. Did you know that
and helps you lose weight. It also strengthens your half an hour of hoovering is such good exercise that
muscles, helps your heart and lungs to work better it burns o almost as many calories as a thirty-minute
and as a result prevents heart disease. workout? You can burn o that chocolate bar you ate
People nowadays lead very busy lives but they are faster by doing the housework than by walking for
not necessarily active. Thirty minutes of physical half an hour.
activity most days of the week is enough to keep Dance, go jogging, go swimming, do anything to
you t and healthy. improve your health! Make exercise a habit you can’t
Going to the gym is a great way to exercise, whether live without.
you’re doing aerobics or lifting weights. However, Get active and
if you don’t like going or if you’re so busy that you Remember:
haven’t got the time, then don’t worry. There are stay active!
other ways to exercise.
42
To the Top_Plus_3_Serbia_SB_Mod3.indd 42 24/12/2019 3:00:51 µµ