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Health and Lifestyle So what's your workout routine going to be.

Welcome to oxford online english in this lesson You can learn to talk about lifestyle and health in english.

Are you in good shape.

Do you have a balanced diet is your work life balance healthy, you'll learn how to discuss these and other questions in this class before we start you should take a look at our You can find all our free english lessons there If so,

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What's in this box.

It's so heavy i ordered some kettlebells kettlebells.

What for i've decided to start working out you i never imagined you being a fitness enthusiast i'm not but i realized the other day that i'm incredibly out of shape i was running to catch the bus and i was so out of breath i didn't even run that far.I think my lifestyle has got more and more sedentary plus i'm getting a bit flabby.

Well good for you.

So what's your workout routine going to be?

I'm not sure i want to do a little bit of weight training and maybe some running and just get a bit fitter.

Geneally.

It's difficult at the moment though I tried to run 1k yesterday and i just couldn't don't give up doing anything is better than doing nothing.

If you keep trying it'll get easier you think sure when i started running it was really difficult, but after a month i could do 5k not fast, but still i could do it.

Oh 5k that seems impossible right now i guess it's something to aim for though.

Go for it in the dialogue.

You heard some words relating to fitness and exercise.

We have a challenge for you.

Look at definitions of three words.Can you remember the words and phrases which match these definitions if you want you can go back and review the dialogue and try to find them here are the answers workout can include many different types of exercise but is mostly used for focus training for example, using weights or doing aerobics.Generally when you use the verb work out you mean that you follow a routine of different exercises nowadays many of us have sedentary lifestyles sedentary is in the same word family as the verb sit.

If you're sedentary you spend most of your time sitting down if someone doesn't do much exercise, you can describe them as unfit out of shape or in bad shape.

Be careful.

You can use these words to describe yourself, but they could be rude if you use them to describe someone else all these words have direct opposites unfit fit out of shape in shape in bad shape in good shape.

What about you?

Do you work out?

What do you do?

What can you do to avoid being sedentary if you have an office job, what's the best exercise for someone who's out of shape?

Think about how to answer these questions pause the video and try to answer them out loud ready?

Let's look at our next point.

I'm hungry.

Shall we order pizza?

No not for me.

I'm on a diet.

Really?

How come i've just been eating really badly lately.

I'm not trying to lose weight.

I just want to eat more healthily.

It's nothing drastic.

I'm, just trying to stay off junk food fried food get my five a day and soon.

Yeah i should probably think about that too.

I eat a lot of takeaways and packaged food and i definitely don't eat enough fruit and vegetables i doubt.

It's good for me i can never stick to a diet though.

I know what you mean.

I think it's better to make small changes.

That way.

You don't have to think about it too much true.

But i have such a sweet tooth i find it really hard to resist anything sweet cakes chocolate biscuits.

If someone offers something like that to me i can't say no another tip that someone told me which works well is plan your meals in advance.

It works for me.

At least.

That's a good idea.

Let's look at some sentences.

You heard.

Can you remember or guess the missing words think about it for a moment?

Could you do it?

Let's check next.

What do these key words and phrases mean if you're overweight you might try to lose weight.

The opposite is put on weight meaning to get heavier or fatter.

You can also say gain weight stay off means something like avoid it's often used to talk about bad habits that you're trying to give up.

So you might say i'm trying to stay off sweet food or i'm trying to stay off cigarettes or i'm trying to stay off netflix five a day refers to eating fruit and vegetables in many countries health advice is to eat at least five portions of fruit and vegetables a day.

It's often used with the verb get as in i don't always get my five a day meaning that i don't always eat enough fruit and vegetables.

If you stick to something you continue doing it.

It's often used to talk about good habits.

So if you stick to a diet or an exercise routine, then you do it regularly and you don't give up finally if you have a sweet tooth you wait, can you guess what do you think this means it means you like sweet food very much.

There are many other useful words and phrases in the dialogue.

So we recommend watching it again and finding vocabulary you could use can you use the language from the dialogue to talk about your diet and eating habits.

Try it beer.

Ah, no thanks.

I'm trying to cut down really i didn't think you were a big drinker i'm not but i'm trying to quit smoking i've tried five times and this time i'm determined to make it stick i associate smoking with drinking.

So i feel like it's easier not to drink too that makes sense.

I've heard a lot of people say similar things.

So how's it going?

It's been two weeks, which is pretty good i still get cravings, but they're not as strong as they were i feel much better already though.

I guess i'm lucky that i've never been tempted by smoking coffee is my vice i've tried to cut down but i could never give it up completely.

Well coffee is not so bad in moderation.

Yeah does six cups a day count as moderation in the dialogue.

We were talking about bad habits.

Let's look at some key language, which you heard imagine you want to explain these words to someone who doesn't know them.

Could you do it?

What would you say pause the video and try it now explain these words in english and give examples.

Could you do it?

Let's check together cut down means to do something less than before.

For example, if you cut down on sugar then you try to eat it less.

It doesn't mean you give it up completely a big drinker means someone who drinks a lot of alcohol you can use big in this way with other things too.

For example, a big smoker or a big eater a craving is a very strong desire for something.

It's often used to talk about addictions.

For example, if you smoke then you stop you'll probably feel cravings a strong urge to smoke a vice is a bad habit.

If you say coffee is my vice you mean that you probably drink too much coffee vice literally means something immoral so it has a strong meaning but it's often used ironically or in a slightly joking way.

Finally.

If you do something in moderation, you don't do it too much.

For example, if you drink coffee in moderation, you may drink one or two cups a day.

Could you use this language to talk about your life?

Do you have any bad habits?

Are you trying to cut down on anything at the moment pause the video and try to make two or three sentences or more if you can and say them out loud when you're making an answer like this, don't forget to repeat it several times until you can speak fluently.

Okay, let's look at one more topic.

You seem a bit down everything.

Okay, uh i have too much work.

You always say that yes, but i'm really under a lot of pressure right now.

I feel stressed all the time and i have no time for myself.

That doesn't sound healthy.

You can't just work all day every day.

You'll burn out eventually i know but what can i do every week there are deadlines calls meetings problems.

It never stops.

I don't know but i think work-life balance is really important since i moved companies two years ago.

I make a lot less money, but i'm much happier.

I, don't regret it.

You only get one life.

You can't spend it all in the office.

You think i need to change jobs?

I don't know but i think you need to have time and energy for your personal life.

Otherwise, it's difficult to feel good about life.

Let's start with an important point which english learners often make mistakes with look at one of the first phrases from the dialogue.

Now look at another sentence.

What's the difference a lot is just a fact if you have a lot of work, you have a large quantity of work pretty simple too much is different because it also expresses an opinion.

If you have too much work, then you have a lot of work and you aren't happy about it.

Maybe it's making you stressed or you don't have time for anything else.

This is true.

Generally whenever you use the word to you're expressing a negative opinion about something remember this although it might seem like a small difference.

I think it's good to have a fixed routine.