A Walk
Describe a place where you often walk.
You should say:
- where and when you walk
- what you see on this walk
- who you walk with
and explain why you walk.
Part 3
Walking and health
Do many people in China go for walks?
How do you think walking is beneficial to health?
Are there any disadvantages to walking?
Do you think that playing sport is better for your health than walking? Do you think people in the past walked more than people today, or less?
What is the relationship between peoples standard of living and the amount of walking they do?
Compare the amount of walking that rural people, such as farmers do with the amount of walking that city people do.
Would you say that its easy for city people, living in a world of skyscrapers and concrete, to go for a walk?
In China, do many city people go to rural areas in order to go for a walk and have a picnic?
City people spend more time riding in cars or other vehicles, rather than walking. What do you think are some of the results of this lifestyle?
How do you think the government could encourage people to walk more?
Can you think of any examples where people walk a lot while doing their jobs?
答案：
I usually walk in a beautiful park trail that goes into the woods in the evening with my parents. There are artificial wooden bridges over streams and there is a lot of wildlife to observe, like parrots and magpies. On both sides of this river are parks with many different exercise equipments for the public to use. There are also paved walk ways that run down the sides of the stream on both sides for people to use as walk ways or to jog on.
I like walking for several reasons. For one thing, walking is a kind of aerobic exercise. It makes me feel like living in the air and it can burn body fat while building leaner muscle. For another, it can improve mental health, including reducing stress and lowering the incidence of depression. Moreover, talking some interesting things happened every day while walking with my parents makes me feel we bound together. Also, with all the beautiful natural sceneries I feel relaxed and happy.