Read these two accounts of personal health and fitness, which were also published in a health magazine. Both people answered the questionnaire. Can you decide how?
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 400.
When you have finished you should ask your teacher to give the information, which will tell how healthy and fit you are according to your answers. Compare your results with those of your partner and discuss who is more healthy and why.
READING
Ten years ago I did a lot of exercise. I went to the beach and played football for seven or eight hours. But since I started working and studying at the same time I just haven't had time for that sort of thing. I'm afraid I'm getting fat. I like walking, but in Brazil we don't really have the right climate for it, so I usually take buses or taxis. I always walk up stairs rather than take the lift. It's the only gymnastics I do!
I know sugary, salty and fatty foods aren't good for me, but I never worry about what I eat. My mother does all the cooking; she usually fries things and hardly ever grills. But I eat lots of fresh fruit every day: apples, oranges, bananas. I love strawberries, but we don't often have them in Santos. Even though I'm Brazilian I don't drink much coffee - just a cup between classes.
I never think about my lifestyle, but I don't think it's unhealthy. I don't smoke because I get bronchitis frequently. At the weekends I don't usually come home until 2 or 3 in the morning. Then I sometimes turn the television on, and immediately fall asleep!
I get quite a lot of exercise. The tube station is about ten minutes from my flat, so of course I do that walk twice a day, five times a week. Then I go to aerobics two or three times a week. Sometimes I miss a week or two, but I always pick it up again. I avoid lifts if I can – I'll walk up about four floors. Unfortunately, where I'm working at the moment I'm on the sixth floor, so I have to take the lift.
I'm generally very careful about what I eat. I don't eat sugary or fatty foods if I can possibly help it, because of my weight and my teeth. But I don't worry about salty foods much. At home I usually grill than fry food. If I'm eating out I never have anything fried, always grilled. I eat fruit every day for lunch: an orange and a banana, and sometimes an apple as well. But one thing that is bad is that I drink an awful lot of coffee, always more than twelve cups a day.
I think I lead a healthy life. I don't smoke. I have tried it but I didn't like it. Once in a blue moon I fall asleep in front of the television. I usually wake up looking forward to the day, but at the moment I don't because I don't like the girl I work with. I certainly do at the weekends!