The beginner’s guide to loving exercise

Level 3: Advanced – Teacher’s notes

Key:
Article summary: The article focuses on the 1. mobility 7. impact
need for people to be fit and active and how 2. intimidated 8. fiend
this can be achieved by regular exercise. 3. exacerbate 9. upside
4. boost 10. enlist
Time: 60 minutes 5. overwhelming 11. absorbing
6. mindset
Skills: Reading, Speaking, Writing
3. Comprehension check
Language focus: Vocabulary
a. The answers given are only suggested answers
Materials needed: One copy of the and students may correctly answer the questions in
worksheet per student
different ways, e.g., in item 5 they may say ‘to have
a rest’, ‘to miss an exercise session’ or similar.

1. Warmer
a. The purpose of this activity is to familiarize students
with the general theme of fitness and physical
activity. Note that the number of calories these
activities burn per hour is based on average speeds,
times and distances so is a general estimate. Point
out (if necessary) that the word football is not the
American use of the word, but the one that refers to
the sport that most of the world understand football
to be. Golf is last in this list but can burn over 200
calories per hour because it normally involves a lot
of walking.
Key:
1. boxing 4. cycling
2. road running 5. tennis
3. football 6. golf
b. Students briefly discuss the questions.
2. Key words
Key:
1. six
2. It produced lower levels of activity.
3. confidence
4. that they should already be strong
5. allow yourself not to do something you were
supposed to do
6. Almost no one wants to do it.
7. an enormous increase in the number of exercise
options online
8. You are more likely to do it because you don’t
want to let your friend down.
9. just going for a walk
10. rest and recovery
4. Key language
a. Students could be asked to do this exercise
individually and then compare their answers in pairs.
Encourage them to check their answers in the text.
Health can also be used with problem, but mobility
does not work with condition.

a. Ask students to do the exercise individually and Key:

then compare their answers in pairs or small groups. 1. e 5. b
Point out that the word fiend is normally used in 2. h 6. g
phrases such as ‘a fitness fiend’ or a ‘fresh air fiend’. 3. d 7. c
Used on its own, its literal meaning is ‘a very evil 4. a 8. f
person’. A person can be enlisted into the military or
into an organization or activity, as in ‘I have enlisted
over twenty people to help me with the beach
cleaning initiative.’
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 The beginner’s guide to loving exercise
Level 3: Advanced – Teacher’s notes

5. Discussion

a. Allow students time to note down their ideas about

each statement and encourage them to say why they
agree or disagree with each one.

6. In your own words

a. The task could also be done as homework and

students could then present their reports to the class.

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