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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.

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(雪莉和本杰明在慢跑)

雪莉：加油啊，你落后了!

本杰明：哇哦，我快喘不过气了。 你跑得太快了，亲爱的。

雪莉：你得多运动了。

本杰明：是啊，但是你也得跑慢点 啊。这是慢跑，不是赛跑!

雪莉：我不管，我要减掉我的脂肪。

本杰明：但跑这么快不适合过40的 人啊!

雪莉：为什么?

本杰明：我们没有像年轻时候那样 有活力了。中等强度的运动更适合我们。

雪莉：但我想燃烧掉更多的卡路里!

本杰明：事实上，要减肥，你就得 慢慢地跑很长一段时间。

雪莉：真的吗?那我就慢点跑。

本杰明：对啦，亲爱的。喔，你也 不必慢得跟乌龟一样。

雪莉：我不管。

经典背诵 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.

生词小结

jog vi. 慢跑

catch my health 喘过气来

athletic adj. 运动的

mild adj. 中度的，温和的

calory n. 卡路里

tortoise n. 乌龟

单词扩展 Vocabulary Builder

上班族运动种类的词汇

基础词汇

table tennis 乒乓球

tennis 网球

hill climbing 登山

jogging 慢跑

cycling 自行车

skating 滑冰

bowling 保龄球

hiking 远足

提高词汇

badminton 羽毛球

golf 高尔夫球

yoga 瑜伽

taekwondo 跆拳道

aerobics 健美操

skiing 滑雪

roller skating 滑旱冰

家庭总动员 Do it together

两人一组，一方随机大声读出上面词汇的英文和中文，另一方用该词汇填入下面的句子，大声朗读并表演出来，并用中文给出一个理由。

( ) is more suitable for us.

[例] 家长读 table tennis 乒乓球

孩子读 Table tennis is more suitable for us.

因为乒乓球有利于锻炼灵活性。