What is the least amount of exercise you can get away with doing whilst still staying healthy? Sam and Neil talk about it and teach you related English vocabulary.
❓❓❓ This week’s question:
According to new UK government advice, what is the minimum number of steps we should walk every day to stay healthy?
a) five thousand steps
b) ten thousand steps
c) twenty thousand steps
Listen to the programme to find out the answer.
Vocabulary:
✔️ New Year’s resolution – a promise that you make to yourself to improve your lifestyle by starting to do something good for you (or stop doing something bad) in the coming year
✔️ push yourself – increase the amount of effort you put into whatever activity you are doing; try harder
✔️ trade-off – a situation where you accept the disadvantages of something in order to get the benefits it brings
✔️sedentary – involving little exercise or physical activity
✔️easy win – a task that is both easy to accomplish and brings positive results
✔️(more) bang for your buck – a better result for the same amount of effort you put into something
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