Pre-reading questions:
- Do you like walking?
- What do you do in your free time?
Vocabulary:
- record /REK-erd/
- active /AK-tiv/
- prone /prohn/
- exercise /EK-ser-sahyz/
- habit /HAB-it/
[verb] use a device to measure an amount, rate of speed, etc
Alice recorded her footsteps on a mobile app.
[adjective] doing something as you usually do
Maria is still an active runner at 65.
[adjective] suffer from something
As a toddler, she was prone to skin allergy.
[noun] physical action performed to make or keep your body healthy
She always do hard exercises to be fit.
[noun] a particular act or way of acting that you tend to do regularly
Waking up late is becoming his habit.
People who record their steps daily are not only active but they are not prone to have heart attacks and fractured bones, according to a study. Researchers studied the data of 1,927 people who track their steps daily. Part takers had 7,500 steps and one hour and a half exercise every day. The study shows that part takers who used pedometer were 44% less likely to have cracked bones and 66% less likely to have heart problems. Walking habits lessen the risk of bone fracture, heart attack, and stroke, according to Tess Harris an instructor from St George’s University.
True or False:
- People who track their steps are less likely to have heart attacks and fractured bones.
- Researchers studied the date of 3,000 people.
- Participants had 9,000 steps in three hours every day.
- Study showed that participants who used pedometer are 70% to have fractured bones and 80% to have heart failure.
- Tess Harris is from Harvard University.
Vocabulary Check:
Complete the sentences by using the words in the box.
| habits | exercise | active | prone | record |
- You need to ___________ what time you took your medicine so you won’t forget.
- Children are ___________ to have chicken pox.
- You don’t need to be ___________ on watching Netflix.
- Kate needs to _________ to beat obesity.
- Your bad ___________ will do you no good.