Walking Breaks and Your Health
步行休息與您的健康
Introduction
Columbia University and NPR studied short walks. They wanted to see if walking helps people who sit for a long time.
哥倫比亞大學與NPR研究了短時間步行。他們想看看步行是否對長時間久坐的人有幫助。
Main Body
Sitting for many hours is bad for the heart and blood sugar. Some people walked for five minutes every 30, 60, or 120 minutes.
久坐許多小時對心臟和血糖不利。有些人每 30、60 或 120 分鐘步行五分鐘。
Walking every 30 minutes is the best for health, but it is hard to do. Walking every 120 minutes is easy, but it does not help much.
每 30 分鐘步行一次對健康最有利，但很難做到。每 120 分鐘步行一次最容易，但幫助不大。
Walking every 60 minutes is the best choice. People felt less tired. They also did more work.
每 60 分鐘步行一次是最佳選擇。人們感覺較不疲累，且工作效率更高。
Conclusion
Walking for five minutes every hour is a good way to stay healthy.
每小時步行五分鐘是保持健康的良好方式。
Vocabulary Learning
The 'Comparing' Pattern
In this text, we see how to describe which choice is better. This is a key skill for A2 students.
1. The 'Best' Word We use best when one thing is the top choice among many.
- Example: "Walking every 30 minutes is the best for health."
2. Contrasting Ideas Notice how the author uses but to show two different sides of a situation:
- Easy but does not help much.
- Best but hard to do.
3. Useful Word Pairs Learn these opposites found in the text:
- Hard Easy
- More Less