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The Roadmap Report

Unit 1: The personal trainer 1C A new lifestyle

BEFORE YOU WATCH

1 Work in pairs. Discuss the questions.

1 Do you enjoy doing exercise?
2 What types of exercise or sport do you usually do?
3 What other things do you do to keep healthy?

2 Read the text and answer the questions.

Get moving!
Some people do exercise at
the gym, some people do it
in the park. Some people do
exercise with friends, other
people prefer doing it alone.
It doesn’t matter how you
do it, the important thing is
to do some exercise most
days of the week. Doctors say that we should all try WHILE YOU WATCH
to do at least 150 minutes of exercise every week to
stay fit and healthy. That could be things like walking, 4 Read Ronnie’s introduction. Watch the video from
cycling, dancing, playing basketball or skateboarding – the start to 0:40 and choose the correct alternatives.
any activity that makes your heart beat faster. Doctors Hello, Ronnie your Roadmap reporter here. In the news
recommend doing exercise to make your muscles today, there is 1a report/an article about 2modern/
stronger at least twice a week too. There are lots of new lifestyles and it’s no surprise that experts say we’re
ways to do this. You can do exercises like press-ups or not getting enough 3sleep/exercise. We’re all spending
sit-ups, lift weights or you can do activities like yoga or too much time 4sitting down/working. So how can we
gardening. Do you want to be fit? Then the answer is make our lifestyles 5better/healthier?
simple – do more exercise!
Earlier today I invited an expert into the studio to see
what it takes to get really 6healthy/fit.
1 Where can you do exercise? Name two places.
5 Look at the words below. Watch the video from
2 How much exercise do doctors say you need to do in 0:40–2:03. Tick the words that you see or hear.
a week? chicken tomatoes
beef apples
3 Name three activities that make your heart beat faster. eggs peppers
carrots milk
4 How often should you do exercise to make your cucumber bread
muscles strong?
6 a Work in pairs. Decide if the sentences below are
5 Name three ways you can make your muscles strong. true (T) or false (F).
1 Steve the personal trainer is a successful football
player.
3 a Work in pairs. You’re going to watch an interview 2 Ronnie tells Steve he’s very unhealthy.
with a personal trainer. What advice do you think the 3 Steve says he has a balanced diet.
personal trainer will give the reporter about how to
4 Steve has cereal and toast for breakfast.
be healthy?
5 Steve usually eats three or four meals a day.
b Now watch the video and check your ideas. 6 Steve says it’s difficult to eat a lot of food
each day.
7 Steve says that protein is essential for
building muscle.
8 Ronnie says the health drink tastes good.

b Watch the video from 0:40–2:03 again. Check

your answers.
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The Roadmap Report
Unit 1: The personal trainer 1C A new lifestyle

7 Watch the video from 2:03–4:25 and number

A
photos A–E in the order that you see them.

8 Watch the video from 2:03–4:25 again. Work in pairs

and answer the questions.
1 How many press-ups does Steve ask Ronnie to do at
the start of their exercise session?

2 How many press-ups can Ronnie do?

3 What does Ronnie eat in the middle of the exercise lunge

session? Why?
B
4 How long has Steve been a personal trainer?

5 Is it better to take small or big steps to change your

lifestyle?

6 How does Ronnie feel after his exercise session?

9 a Read the phrases Ronnie and Steve use to ask for, press-up
give and check information. Complete the sentences
with the words in the box. C

can get good need (x2) repeat sorry

sure what

1 do I to do to be as fit as you?
2 I’m sorry, you that please?
3 You to much lower than that.
4 Are you this is for me?
5 , ten years?
sit-up
b Watch the video from 0:50–2:28. Check your answers.
D
AFTER YOU WATCH

10 Work in pairs. Discuss the questions.

1 Would you like to eat five or six meals a day? Why/Why not?
2 Do you do exercises like the ones in the video?
Which ones do you think are the most difficult?
3 What steps could you take to be healthier?

11 Work in pairs. Take turns to ask for information about weights

the things in box A. Use the phrases in Exercise 9a to
help you. Use the suggestions in box B or your own E
ideas to give information.

A get fit pass your exams eat more healthily

improve your English meet new friends

B do a language exchange go for a run every day

start a new hobby start an exercise class
stop eating junk food study more at the weekend
use social networking sites watch TV in English
squat
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