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Walking or cycling to work instead of driving a car can improve people’s feelings of health and happiness. That’s what a study at the University of East Anglia in the UK suggests. For many people commuting is a necessary evil. Most see going by car or van as the ‘least worst’ option. This study by the researchers at the University of East Anglia challenges that assumption. It suggests walking, cycling or travelling

5 by public transport can lift the mood. Crucially, it suggests those who switch from the car to an active commute feel better across a range of psychological measures, including concentration, decision making and the ability to face up to problems.  The researchers say policies encouraging people to leave their cars at home could have a dramatic impact on public wellbeing.

Walk or cycle for ‘a happier commute’. Disponível em: <www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2014/09/ 140915_witn_cycling.shtml>. Acesso em: 15 nov. 2014.

 

The study has found that people who stop driving and start using some kind of active travel ___________

 

The only alternative that does not complete this blank correctly is

 

Walking or cycling to work instead of driving a car can improve people’s feelings of health and happiness. That’s what a study at the University of East Anglia in the UK suggests. For many people commuting is a necessary evil. Most see going by car or van as the ‘least worst’ option. This study by the researchers at the University of East Anglia challenges that assumption. It suggests walking, cycling or travelling

5 by public transport can lift the mood. Crucially, it suggests those who switch from the car to an active commute feel better across a range of psychological measures, including concentration, decision making and the ability to face up to problems.  The researchers say policies encouraging people to leave their cars at home could have a dramatic impact on public wellbeing.

Walk or cycle for ‘a happier commute’. Disponível em: <www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2014/09/ 140915_witn_cycling.shtml>. Acesso em: 15 nov. 2014.

Fill in the parentheses with T (True) or F (False). According to the study mentioned in the text,

( ) using public transportation can make people feel down.

( ) travelling to and from work is no problem for the majority of people.

( ) people should be stimulated to avoid driving to work and opt for active commuting.

 

( ) replacing the car for active commuting can have significant positive impacts on a person’s health.

 

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Jurassic World breaks box office record

 

Jurassic World broke box office records around the world. It is the first movie to make more than $500 million on its opening weekend. It made $204 million in the USA and $100 million in China. A movie expert said everyone was surprised. He said: “No one saw this coming.” Most people thought the film would make $100 million in the USA. The movie The Avengers has the record for the most successful movie on an opening weekend in the US.

Jurassic World is part four in the Jurassic Park series. The first was in 1993. The latest movie was the most popular film in the 66 countries where it was released. One reason is because many parents who watched the first Jurassic Park when they were children took their own kids to see Jurassic World. Another reason is because the movie opened in China and in the US on the same weekend. China is the world’s second biggest film market.

(www.breakingnewsenglish.com)

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Jurassic World breaks box office record

 

Jurassic World broke box office records around the world. It is the first movie to make more than $500 million on its opening weekend. It made $204 million in the USA and $100 million in China. A movie expert said everyone was surprised. He said: “No one saw this coming.” Most people thought the film would make $100 million in the USA. The movie The Avengers has the record for the most successful movie on an opening weekend in the US.

Jurassic World is part four in the Jurassic Park series. The first was in 1993. The latest movie was the most popular film in the 66 countries where it was released. One reason is because many parents who watched the first Jurassic Park when they were children took their own kids to see Jurassic World. Another reason is because the movie opened in China and in the US on the same weekend. China is the world’s second biggest film market.

(www.breakingnewsenglish.com)

De acordo com o texto,

Is sitting down bad for my health?

The more time you spend sitting, the greater the chances of dying from heart disease or cancer, having a stroke or becoming diabetic. Even GPs now advocate standing during consultations

 

 

1 We spend half our lives sitting down – and studies show it increases our risk of dying from practically any disease you can think of. But there is something we can do about it – we can simply stand up. Research in the British Journal of Sports Medicine shows that reducing sitting time increases the length of your telomeres. Not familiar with telomeres? They are the protective caps made of DNA and protein that sit on the end of chromosomes and try to stop damage during cell division. They affect how long cells live, with shorter telomeres being linked to diseases related to ageing, such as heart d i s e a s e , m a n y cancers, diabetes, obesity and strokes. Researchers are hypothesising that developing longer telomeres may be a mechanism by which standing up delivers a longer, healthier life. The solution

2  Even doctors are advocating they should stand at work – so it must be serious. An article in the BMJ by Dr Mohammed Rashid at the University of Cambridge argued that GPs are risking their health by sitting all day. He suggests that more consultations could be done with doctors and patients both standing.

3 This latest study is particularly interesting because longer telomeres were most marked not in people who exercised, but in those who most reduced their Stand up for your health: even doctors are being urged to do it when they are with patients. Photograph: Alamy sitting – exercise cannot neutralise the ill-effects of being sedentary for the rest of the day. This supports previous studies that found it was something specifically about sitting for hours that wasn't healthy.

4 Earlier this year, a study over 12 years of 92,000 women who were postmenopausal found that those who spent most time sitting (11 hours or more a day) had a 12% increase in dying from any condition, a 27 % increase in deaths from heart disease and a 21% rise in dying from cancer compared with those who sat for four or less hours.

5 Sitting for long periods means you don't contract your large skeletal muscles and this may impact on the body's metabolism. Levels of unhealthier types of fat, such as triglycerides, increase while the high-density lipoproteins (good cholesterol) are reduced.

6 Shorter sitting times, regular short walks and watching less television may all reduce the risk of increased heart disease and diabetes. In studies, television time is often used as a proxy for sitting. One study was brutal in how it put the facts: an adult who watches an average of six hours of television a day over his or her lifetime can expect to live 4.8 years less than someone who does not watch television.

De acordo com o texto, indique dentre as atividades abaixo aquelas que são positivas para a nossa saúde.

 

1. Descansar mais.

2. Assistir menos televisão.

3. Correr meia hora regularmente.

4. Caminhar regularmente.

5. Procurar não ficar muito tempo sentado.

 

Escolha a alternativa correta:

Is sitting down bad for my health?

The more time you spend sitting, the greater the chances of dying from heart disease or cancer, having a stroke or becoming diabetic. Even GPs now advocate standing during consultations

 

 

1 We spend half our lives sitting down – and studies show it increases our risk of dying from practically any disease you can think of. But there is something we can do about it – we can simply stand up. Research in the British Journal of Sports Medicine shows that reducing sitting time increases the length of your telomeres. Not familiar with telomeres? They are the protective caps made of DNA and protein that sit on the end of chromosomes and try to stop damage during cell division. They affect how long cells live, with shorter telomeres being linked to diseases related to ageing, such as heart d i s e a s e , m a n y cancers, diabetes, obesity and strokes. Researchers are hypothesising that developing longer telomeres may be a mechanism by which standing up delivers a longer, healthier life. The solution

2  Even doctors are advocating they should stand at work – so it must be serious. An article in the BMJ by Dr Mohammed Rashid at the University of Cambridge argued that GPs are risking their health by sitting all day. He suggests that more consultations could be done with doctors and patients both standing.

3 This latest study is particularly interesting because longer telomeres were most marked not in people who exercised, but in those who most reduced their Stand up for your health: even doctors are being urged to do it when they are with patients. Photograph: Alamy sitting – exercise cannot neutralise the ill-effects of being sedentary for the rest of the day. This supports previous studies that found it was something specifically about sitting for hours that wasn't healthy.

4 Earlier this year, a study over 12 years of 92,000 women who were postmenopausal found that those who spent most time sitting (11 hours or more a day) had a 12% increase in dying from any condition, a 27 % increase in deaths from heart disease and a 21% rise in dying from cancer compared with those who sat for four or less hours.

5 Sitting for long periods means you don't contract your large skeletal muscles and this may impact on the body's metabolism. Levels of unhealthier types of fat, such as triglycerides, increase while the high-density lipoproteins (good cholesterol) are reduced.

6 Shorter sitting times, regular short walks and watching less television may all reduce the risk of increased heart disease and diabetes. In studies, television time is often used as a proxy for sitting. One study was brutal in how it put the facts: an adult who watches an average of six hours of television a day over his or her lifetime can expect to live 4.8 years less than someone who does not watch television.

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