I TO TAKE UP EXERCISE Exercise is one of the few factors with a positive role in the long-term
maintenance of body weight Unfortunately, that message has gotten through to
the average American, who would rather ty switching to lighbor and low-calorie
bread than increase physical exertion. The Centers for Disease Control, for example
found that fewer than one-fourth of overweigt adults who were trying to shed
pounds said they were combining exercise with their diet. In rejecting exercise, some
people may be unduly discouraged by caloric expenditure charts for example, one
would have to briskly walk three miles just to work of the 275 calories in one
scrumptious Danish pastry. Even exercise professionals concede hall a point here
"Exercise by itself is a very tough way to lose weight," says York Onnen program
director of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Still exercise's
supporting role in weight reduction is vital. A study at the Boston University Medical
Center of overweight police officers and other public employees confirmed
that those who dieted without exercise regained almost all their old weight
while those who worked exercise into their daily routine maintained
their new weight. If you have been sedentary and decide to sta
walking one mile a day, the added exercise could burn an extra 100
calories daily. In a year's time, assuming no increase in food intake you
could lose ten pounds. By increasing the distance of your walks gradually
land making other dietary adjustments, you may lose even more weight
EXERCISE 2 Choose the correct according to the passage
answer
1. According to the passage, is apparent that
Amore and more people are beginning to the importance of reinong
realize weight
B) walking done to lose weight
C) more people choose to my by diting
D) one should womes a day for a quick
E) belly is common among police officers and public omloyees
2. The writer states that
A)
they knew the core expenditure charts, people would be moved to take up arise
B) people are demonized upon wing how much activity is needed to turn of certain
number of calories
C) people can speed up the process of losing weight by choosing vigorous exercise
D) leading a routine le plays an important part in long-term maintenance of body weight
E) Cerise professionals don't believe in the use of exercise in losing weight
exercise
2 can be concluded from the passage that ...
A)
people who have reduced their weight by exercising never put on weight again
B) is inevitable for people who have sedentary occupations to put on weight
C) extremely delicious food, such as Danish pastries, can be tempting for people with an
appetite
EXERCISE 1
Find words or phrases in the passage which mean the same as
COLUMNA
COLUMNS
a) long period of time.
b) keeping something the same
c) change to something
d) effort exercise
.) lose: get rid of
weight measurement approximately 0.45
kilograms
a) Join or do together
h) say no to not accept
unnecessarily excessively
using of bodily energy (phrase)
k) quickly, energetically
1) exercise to get rid of (phrase)
m) extremely delicious
n) admit, accept something is true, often
unwillingly
o) agree, say something is true, because you
have the information about it
D) not moving: sitting down a lot
9) changes in order to make suitable
D) one should include exercise in daily life in order not to regain the weight lost
E). 100 calories daily is the advised amount to be burnt in order to lose weight
EXERCISE 3:
Complete the sentences by selecting words from Column B in EXERCISE 1
1. Reading, for me
education with pleasure.
2 Ho
that he had made a few mistakes, but not that he was completa
wrong
3 Her application for the post was
because of her lack of experience
4 Paul wasn't in the office. I thought he was probably ll. When I phoned his wife she
that he was, by saying that he had a fever.
5. This dress will need a few
before you can wear it
170 . ELS