Reading Challenge 3

Listening

The Goal

Listen to the dialog and choose the best answer.

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Discussion

Discuss the following questions.

1. 
   How often do you exercise? Do you think you should exercise more often? Why or why not?
   
2. 
   Do you make any common workout mistakes? If yes, what are they?
   
3. 
   What do you do in order to stay healthy?
   

Grammar

It Is + Adjective + to ~ or It Is + Adjective + that ~
Anticipatory subject it can be followed by a to-infinitive or that-clause as its real subject.
If someone is not working out properly, it is rare (to / that) he or she will see the results he or she wants.
Instead of always sticking to the same old workout, it is important (that add / to add) a variety of workouts to your routine.

Writing

Write your own short paragraph by answering the questions below.

Staying Healthy

1. 
   How do you stay healthy?
   
2. 
   Why is it important to do these things? (3) How often do you do these things? (4) Why do you think that staying healthy is important?
   

Example

I stay healthy by swimming and by eating foods that are good for me. It is important to do these things so that I can keep a healthy body. I go swimming three times a week, and I eat healthy food every day. I think that staying healthy is important because it makes me feel good, and it gives me a lot of energy.


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Vocabulary and Idiom Review

1. 
   Choose the best word or phrase to fill in the blank.
   
   1. 
      It is hard to on my homework when people are talking loudly.
      
      1. 
         recommend b. focus c. workout d. benefit
         

2. 
   If I get a score on my final exam, my mom said she would buy me a new watch.
   
   1. 
      perfect b. proper c. balanced d. short
      

3. 
   If you want to from regular exercise, you should also eat healthy foods.
   
   1. 
      prevent b. progress c. benefit d. achieve
      

4. 
   Ben’s broken leg is him from going on the bicycle trip.
   
   1. 
      rushing b. preventing c. eroding d. reproducing
      

5. 
   She is a(n) at teaching yoga, and I have learned a lot from her classes.
   
   1. 
      expert b. development c. routine d. exercise
      

6. 
   It is very important to eat a diet that contains fruits, vegetables, and whole grains.
   
   1. 
      perfect b. common c. balanced d. rare
      

7. 
   The plan we made was too difficult, so we could not it.
   
   1. 
      bear in mind b. wipe out c. turn up d. stick to
      

2. 
   Choose the correct form of the word to fill in the blank.
   

8. 
   The car could not be after the accident left it destroyed.
   
   1. 
      repairable b. repaired c. disrepair
      

8. 
   How can I that from happening again?
   
   1. 
      prevent b. prevention c. preventable
      

8. 
   Please during the lesson, or you will not remember anything for the test.
   
   1. 
      concentrate b. concentration c. concentrating
      

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Sm
art Exercise

Vocabulary Preview

Pre-Reading

Think about the following questions.

1. 
   Do you know any smart people? What kinds of things do they do?
   
2. 
   What kinds of things can make us smarter?
   
3. 
   How do some parents try to make their babies smarter?
   

Write the letter of the word or phrase with the same meaning as the underlined word or phrase.

1. 
   connect; link d. become wider or more accessible
   
2. 
   related to the body and exercise e. movement
   
3. 
   actually; in fact f. recent past; a time not long ago
   

1. 
   She is literally the best student in school.
   

2. 
   I hate sports, but I still have to take a physical education class in school.
   

3. 
   Your short-term memory can get worse with age.
   

4. 
   Motion of our bodies can improve how well we think.
   

5. 
   Some researchers associate exercise with brain development.
   

6. 
   Exercise causes blood vessels to open up so blood flows more easily.