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(Shirley and Benjamin are jogging)

Shirley: Come on, you are left behind!

Benjamin: Wow, I can’t catch my breath. You are running too fast, honey.

Shirley: You just need more exercise.

Benjamin: Yes, but you need to slow down. This is jogging, not racing!

Shirley: I don’t care. I want to burn up my fat.

Benjamin: But running so fast is not good for people over forties.

Shirley: Why?

Benjamin: We are not as athletic as we were when young. Mild exercise is more suitable for us.

Shirley: But I want to burn up more calories!

Benjamin: In fact, in order to burn up your fat, you must take it slowly for a longer time.

Shirley: Really? I will slow down then.

Benjamin: That’s right, honey. Oh, you don’t need to be as slow as a tortoise.

Shirley: I don’t care.

聽看學

(雪莉和本杰明在慢跑)

雪莉：加油啊，你落后了!

本杰明：哇哦，我快喘不過氣了。 你跑得太快了，親愛的。

雪莉：你得多運動了。

本杰明：是啊，但是你也得跑慢點 啊。這是慢跑，不是賽跑!

雪莉：我不管，我要減掉我的脂肪。

本杰明：但跑這么快不適合過40的 人啊!

雪莉：為什么?

本杰明：我們沒有像年輕時候那樣 有活力了。中等強度的運動更適合我們。

雪莉：但我想燃燒掉更多的卡路里!

本杰明：事實上，要減肥，你就得 慢慢地跑很長一段時間。

雪莉：真的嗎?那我就慢點跑。

本杰明：對啦，親愛的。喔，你也 不必慢得跟烏龜一樣。

雪莉：我不管。

經典背誦 Recitation

Benjamin: Shirley and I are in our forties. So in order to keep fit, we’ve started to do some morning exercises these days. I’ve heard mild exercise is suitable for us so we’ve chosen jogging. Shirley ran very fast at first. But I told her that was not jogging. Then she started to slow down.

生詞小結

jog vi. 慢跑

catch my health 喘過氣來

athletic adj. 運動的

mild adj. 中度的，溫和的

calory n. 卡路里

tortoise n. 烏龜

單詞擴展 Vocabulary Builder

上班族運動種類的詞匯

基礎詞匯

table tennis 乒乓球

tennis 網球

hill climbing 登山

jogging 慢跑

cycling 自行車

skating 滑冰

bowling 保齡球

hiking 遠足

提高詞匯

badminton 羽毛球

golf 高爾夫球

yoga 瑜伽

taekwondo 跆拳道

aerobics 健美操

skiing 滑雪

roller skating 滑旱冰

家庭總動員 Do it together

兩人一組，一方隨機大聲讀出上面詞匯的英文和中文，另一方用該詞匯填入下面的句子，大聲朗讀并表演出來，并用中文給出一個理由。

( ) is more suitable for us.

[例] 家長讀 table tennis 乒乓球

孩子讀 Table tennis is more suitable for us.

因為乒乓球有利于鍛煉靈活性。