Walking - the perfect sport?

Forget about tennis, swimming, skiing and jogging. Walking is the easiest and
cheapest way to stay fit. lt's free, you don't need special clothes or equipment, you
don't need a trainer or a special place. Anybody can do it any time: young people,
older peo ple, alone or in groups.
OK - perhaps it's not really a sport, but it is the most popular physical activity and
one of the best ways to stay healthy. What are the benefits? Walking is good for
your heart and your legs; regular walkers say they sleep better and feel happier;
and smokers say they don't smoke so much.
Maybe you don't have very much time, so here are sorne ideas to help you start
walking:
,I Walk, don't drive, to the local shop. lf you have a lot to carry, take a small
• backpack.
\I lf you have children, walk with them to and from school.
•
\I Get off the bus or train a stop or two early. This will give you sorne extra daily
• exercise - and it's cheaper, too!
\I Take a walk in your lunch hour at school or work .
•
\I Once a week take a longer walk, and go on a completely new route; this helps
• to keep things interesting.
There are walkers' clubs ali over the world. Join one - walking is a great way to
meet people and make new friends!

READING 1
D Cover the article and try to complete
the sentences. Then look at the article and
5A Read the article and number topics a)-d) in the order that check your answers.
you read about them.
a) Why is walking better than other sports? 1
Maybe you don't have very much
b) How can you find time for walking?
time, so here are some ideas to
e) Who can you walk with?
help you start walking:
d) Why is walking good for your health?

B Read the article again and tick the ideas it talks about.
\I Walk, don't drive, 1
the local
• shop. lf you 2 a lot to carry, take
1 Walking isn't expensive. ./
a small backpack.
2 You have to wear good walking shoes.
3 Age isn't important. \ / lf you 3 children, walk
4 Walking is good for headaches. •
4
them to and 5 ---
5 You should go shopping on foot. school.
6 Get up earlier in the morning, and do sorne
extra exercise every day. \I Get off the bus or train a stop or two
7 Take a different walk every week so you don't • early. This will give you sorne extra daily
get bored. exercise - and it's cheaper, 6 _

8 You can meet peo ple more easily when walking.

\I Take a walk 7
your lunch hour
C Find words 1-7 in the article. Then match them with • a school or work.
definitions a)-g).
\I Once a week 9 a longer walk,
1 equipment ~a) with no other people • and go on a completely new route; this
2 a trainer b) a bag that you carry on your back helps to keep things interesting.
3 alone e) connected to your body
4 physical d) the things you use for an activity, There are walkers' clubs 10 over the
e.g. amachine in the gym world. Join one - walking is a great way to
5 benefits e) a way from one place to another 11
people and 12 new
6 a backpack f) good things friends!
7 a route g) a teacher
VOCABULARY LISTENING
2 A m 11.2
COMMUNICATION
Listen to a radio programme about time
management. Number the problems in the order you
1A Complete the diagrams with the verbs in the box.
hear about them.
statt fu:ttsft forget get send have answer (x2) multi-tasking
turn on exchange remember turn off
forgetting things you have to do
1 start
f¡nish 7 a conversation
staying late to finish work
doing what you like doing first
starting work without planning 1 d
keeping two or three lists of things
2 ~
to do
~ a text message
B Listen again and match the problems in Exercise
3
____ 7 names and numbers
2A with solutions a)-f).
a) Write a to-do list.
b) Do one thing, then do another thing.
e) Don't try to finish something if you are ti red.
4 ~
d) Make time to plan your day and week.
~ yourphone
e) Make only one list.
f) Put the important things at the top of your list.
B Complete the sentences with the verbs in Exercise lA.
1 Sorry, 1 have to go now. Can we {1nish the
conversation now and talk again later?
2 I'll you a text message when 1 get home.
3 l'rn sorry, 1 don't your name - l've gota
terrible memory.
4 Please your phone. The play is starting.
5 1 can't his text message now - l'rn busy. I'll
do it later.
6 Good to see you again! Let's numbers so
we can talk again soon.
7 The two of you need to a conversation -
you should talk about this.
8 Please your phone - it's ringing, again!
And tell your friend that you are in a meeting and
can't talk right now! C Complete the guide for the radio programme with
9 1 always my mobile number. 1 have to the words in the box. There are two extra words.
write it down. professor multi-task same hour use
10 1 dldn't want to talk about this. l didn't ---- time management improve make
the conversation - you did.
11 The play's over -you can your phone now.
12 When did you this text message from Working Week
Ewan? What does it say?
with Patti Fry
5.30p.m.-6.30p.m.

In today's Working Week, Patti Fry talks to

1Professor
Emma Fields and asks why sorne
2
people their time better than others.
3
She also asks how to our time at work
4
by using different techniques. Emma
gives us sorne useful ideas for working better.
One of them is: don't 5 - do one thing
first, then another. Doing two or more things at
6
the time isn't such a good idea.
GRAMMAR ~ 5 Complete the adjectives and adverbs in the conversations.
ADVERBS OF MANNER Conversation 1
A: Are you OK?
3 Underline the correct alternative. B: No, 1 don't feel very we_// . Can l lie down
somewhere?
1 A: Your mum drives really s/ow/s/ow/y.
A: Yes, over here.
B: Yes, well you know that slow/slowly drivers don't
have many accidents. B: l'm really tir . 1 slept terri last
night.
2 A: Jeff is quite /azy!lazily about doing tasks around
the house. Conversation 2
B: That's true, he does them lazy!lazily, but he does A: This room's very comf _
them in the end! B: Yes, but it's quite noi . 1 can hear the
3 A: The teacher talks very quiet/quietly. people downstairs.
B: Yes, and the students aren't quiet/quiet/y, so it's A: Well, we don't have to stay here all evening. l'rn
difficult to hear: hun----
4 A: 1 found the shop easy/easily, thanks to your B: Yes, we can eat che in the café tonight
clear directions. and then we cango to that exp ltalian
restaurant tomorrow.
B: Well, in fact, it's rather easy/easily to find.
Conversation 3
5 A: Our team played bad/badly and we lost the match.
A: 1 sing very ba _
B: That's surprising, 1 thought the other team was
bad/badly. B: No, you don't, You sing beau _
6 A: You're so energetic/energetically when you get up A: Thank you. That's ki of you.
in the morning. How do you do it?
B: 1 read somewhere that if you get up
energetic/energetical/y, you'll feel good all day. WRITING 1

7 A: You carne in rather noisy!noisily last night. ADVERBS IN STORIES

B: Sorry, 1 didn't mean to be so noisy!noisily.
8 A: This exercise isn't very hard!hardly. 6A Write the adverbs.
B: No? Well, work hard/hard/y to the end because the 1 slow s/ow/y 4 nervous
second part is difficult. 2 quick 5 careful
3 angry
4A Complete the sentences with adverbs formed from
the adjectives in brackets. B Complete the joke with the adverbs from
1 You have to drive carefully (careful) and _ Exercise 6A.
(safe). You can't drive (dangerous) or
___ (fast). A man walked 1 nervous/y into the dentist's offke.
2 You have to work very (hard) and often The dentist looked 2 at the man's teeth
very (late) at night but you get long and then said, 'I have to tahe one tooth out. I can
summer holidays. You don't have to speak _
do it 3 - it'll only tahe five minutes and
(loud), but it helps.
it'll cost $100.'
3 You should eat (healthy) and go to bed
____ (early). You don't have to walk or run 'A hundred dollars for five minutes' worh!' the man
__ (fast), but you have to see (clear). said 4
• 'That's too expensive!'
11
4 You don't have toread music (perfect), 'well,' answered the dentist, can do it 5----
but it helps. You have to sing (good), but if you want!'
you don't have to sing (loud).

B What jobs are the sentences in Exercise 4A about? ~

Underline the correct alternative. ~
1 a bus driver/ a racing driver
/ ,, /! .
li .¿
2 a teacher /a politician
3 a footballer /a golfer
4 a jazz singer / an opera singer