My healthy lifestyle

領 銜 人：鄭云（江蘇省特級教師）

組稿團隊：江蘇省鄭云網絡名師工作室

本期撰稿：胡婷（江蘇省泰州市汪群初級中學）

Everyone knows that it’s important to exercise if you want to keep fit and healthy. However， exercising at a traditional gym isn’t always fun.

Luckily， a gym in New York City is changing the way people work out. The sports center， Asphalt Green， opens a new gym called AG6. This gym is turning exercise into something more like a video game. There are lots of circles and lights on the walls and floors in the gym. People play quick， high-energy games at a number of different areas in the gym. At one area， they have to throw balls at luminous circles. At another， they hop from square to square as each one lights up. Music and lights let them know when to take breaks.

There is an intense 45-minute class in AG6. It is thought to be “high-intensity interval training”， or “HIIT”. In this form of exercise， people work out hard for short periods of time， so the body continues to burn energy after the exercise. The important thing， however， is that people can have fun as they exercise. At Asphalt Green， AG6 means that there is no boring exercise.

gym n. 健身房 work out鍛煉身體；做運動

luminous adj. 發光的 hop v. 跳行

intense adj. 強烈的 high-intensity interval training高強度間歇訓練

1. What is special about AG6？

2. Do we need to exercise at a gym？ Why or why not？

Do you want to eat more healthily？ Try Food Trainer！ This app， also called FoodT， was developed by a group of scientists at the University of Exeter in the UK. It helps people eat less junk food through a game.

In the free game， healthy food always appears in green circles and unhealthy food always comes in red circles. Some other everyday objects， such as pencils and sweaters， appear randomly in the green or red circles. Once a user taps on an object in the green circle， he or she gets a point. But tapping on an object in the red circle deducts a point.

Does this easy game work well？ The developers of the App carried out a study. They invited more than 1，200 volunteers to play the game once a day. After a month， the volunteers reported changes in their diet and weight. Most of them said they had started eating more healthy food. On average， each volunteer lost more than half a kilogram of weight.

The App works so well！ That’s because it uses brain training techniques to make people lose interest in junk food. Through practice， the game trains users’ brains to put the brakes on as soon as they see junk food. This helps users say no to unhealthy food in their daily lives！

object n. 物品；物體；東西 randomly adv. 隨機地 deduct v. 扣除；減去

carry out開展；實施 volunteer n. 志愿者 on average平均起來

brain training techniques大腦訓練技術 lose interest in失去興趣 brake v. 剎車

Through practice， the game trains users’ brains to put the brakes on as soon as they see junk food.

通過練習，這個游戲訓練用戶的大腦一看見垃圾食品就立即控制住。put the brakes on （something），“踩剎車”，控制，制止。

假如你是李明，下周你校要舉辦一次主題為“My healthy lifestyle”的英文演講活動。請從飲食、睡眠、鍛煉、休閑等方面寫一篇演講稿，介紹自己的生活方式，并呼吁你校同學采取健康的生活方式，保持身心健康。

Hello， everyone！ I’m Li Ming. Today， I’m very happy to share my healthy lifestyle with all of you.

I exercise with my parents every day. We often run and go swimming. They can keep us healthy.

I have a good eating habit. I try to eat more fruit and vegetables every day because they are good for our health. I seldom eat sweets.

I often go to bed early and get up early. I never stay up. I sleep for about 8 hours a day.

I often read books in my free time to relax. Reading is fun and can make me learn more about things.

It is important for us to have a healthy lifestyle.

That’s all. Thank you for your listening！

此處可以調整順序，增強邏輯性，并適當補充運動時間。

飲食描述還可以再豐富點，適當補充不喜歡吃甜食的理由或吃過多甜食的壞處。

建議整合語言，并增加充足睡眠對人們的好處。

演講稿的結尾可以用Let’s...等句型對全校學生發出過健康生活的呼吁。

Hello， everyone！ I’m Li Ming. Today， I’m very happy to share my healthy lifestyle with all of you.

Exercise is a good way to keep us healthy. So I run or go swimming with my parents for one hour every day.

Also， I have a good eating habit. I never miss the breakfast and often have an egg， bread and milk. I try to eat more fruit and vegetables too. But I seldom eat sweets because too much sugar is bad for our teeth.

To keep fit， it is also necessary to get enough sleep. So I seldom stay up. I sleep for about 8 hours most nights to have lots of energy for the next day.

Besides， I often read books in my free time to relax myself. Reading is fun and can make me learn more about things.

It is important for us to have a healthy lifestyle. Let’s try our best to live a healthy life before it is too late.

That’s all. Thank you for your listening！

（江蘇省泰州市汪群初級中學 高芷瞳）

本篇書面表達緊扣健康生活方式展開，結構合理，條理清晰。小作者從運動、飲食、睡眠和休閑方式等四個方面進行了生動、詳細的描述。每段要點內容鮮明，重點突出。全文語言生動，句式多樣，并適時使用了過渡句和“so，also，besides”等連詞，使文章更有層次感。結尾處，小作者利用祈使句呼吁全校學生過健康生活，也體現了小作者健康的生活理念和對健康生活的追求。