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I tend to … 45 Safe and healthy 04 LANGUAGE SKILLS EXPLORE LOOK AGAIN EXTRAS Look at the photos showing two unusual ways to burn calories. What do you think are the advantages of each way? Check your ideas in pairs. A, read the article about Manuel Pedro below. B, read the article about Alex Gadsden on p. 132. Read your article again and answer the questions here and on p. 132. 3 What’s his morning routine now? 4 How has it changed his life? 1 Who had the idea? 2 How much time does he spend doing exercise? 6 5 a Ask and answer the questions about each other’s articles. What do you think about the ideas in the articles? Which sentences from the articles are about Manuel (M)? Which are about Alex (A)? Which highlighted words or expressions from 1–8: 2 say how often you do things? (3x) 1 mean usually ? (3x) 3 say how long or when you do things? (2x) b b READING 4 a Manuel Pedro on his treadmill in the office. Alex Gadsden on his cycle washer outside. When Manuel Pedro’s daughter looked at him one morning and said “Wow, you’re fat!”, he knew it was time to lose some weight. e trouble was, he didn’t have time to do any exercise. “I work in an oce all day, and when I get home in the evening, I generally just want to sit down and relax. At the weekend I normally do things with my kids, so I just don’t have time to go to the gym or go for a run.” However, one day, his wife suggested buying a treadmill and walking on it while he worked. “I thought she was crazy at rst,” he says. “But then I thought, why not?” So the forty-year-old bought a cheap treadmill and put it in the corner of his oce. He xed his laptop to it and began walking and working at the same time. “At rst, I found it hard to type and walk at the same time. I got really stressed and sometimes only did it once or twice a week. I also looked really stupid in a shirt and tie on a treadmill. My colleagues thought it was really funny.” However, soon Manuel got better at working while he walked, and started to feel healthier. Aer a while he was doing several hours’ walking every morning. “I have a lot more energy now,” says the oce manager. “When I get to the oce, I get straight on the treadmill and check my emails. I’m doing three hours a day at the moment. Every week I do ten minutes’ more walking. I’ve lost a lot of weight. My wife can’t stop smiling.” e treadmill VOCABULARY 7 a Talking about habits b 1 Then I generally have breakfast and a shower. 2 He normally cycles for 25 minutes to wash the clothes. 3 After a while he was doing several hours’ walking every morning . 4 Every week I do ten minutes’ more walking. 5 I got really stressed and sometimes only did it once or twice a week . 6 I’m doing three hours a day at the moment. 7 I tend to get up at around six-thirty now and get straight on the cycle washer. 8 The 29-year-old now starts each day with a 45-minute cycle ride. Nur zu Prüfzw cken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv