Looking good feeling good ● Task  Inviting your friend to join a gym

answers

a. they have a swimming pool to be opened next month.

a no. of mchs that can help in workouts.

many running mchs + a rowing mch + a skiing mch.

2. work in pairs to go over part b, talking about how to keep fit. take notes while your partner is talking, using the skills you’ve learned on page 54.

sample answers

b  student a: what do you do to keep fit?

student b: i play basketball. i think it makes me stronger and helps me run faster. besides, if you want to win, teamwork is very important. what about you?

student a: i like swimming. it keeps me healthy and strong. there’s a swimming pool near my home, and i go to swim for more than half an hour almost every day after school. my parents sometimes go swimming with me after work. i also like dancing. and i think i’ll have a great figure if i dance often. so every saturday morning, i go to the gym to practise dancing aerobics with my mother. we are there for nearly two hours. do you often play basketball?

student b: on tuesday, thursday and saturday afternoons, the students in our class play on our school basketball court. on saturday we play a game with a team from another school. it’s really fun and interesting.

student a: besides playing basketball, what else do you do?

student b: i run every morning for about 15 minutes. my parents also go running with me, but they run slower and longer. they run for more than 20 minutes.

how your partner keeps fit:

student a: 1. go swimming ; dance arbs

            2. keep him / her healthy + strong+ a fine figure

            3. swimming: for >30 min after school every day; dance arbs: for <two hr on sat mor.

            4. swimming with his / her parents; dance arbs with his / her mother

student b: 1. play basketball; run

             2. stronger + faster; teamwork

             3. playing basketball: tues, thur, sat afn.

               running: 15 min every mor

             4. playing basketball with classmates or students from other schools; running with his / her parents.

  3.tell us what exercise your partners do according to the notes you have made. ( part c on page 55)