Exercise is good for physical and mental health, but with coronavirus cases surging across the country, exercising indoors with other people could increase your chance of infection. So, as gyms reopen across the country, here are some things to consider before heading for your workout.
Assess your own risk
It starts with you. You have to make your own assessment of how risky it is based on knowing your medical situation and whether you are someone who’s at high risk of infection. People aged 65 and over are at higher risk of getting a severe case of COVID-19.
Consider alternatives for working out
Exercise outdoors is a great low-risk alternative. When you are outside, it’s easier to control how close you get to other people.
Assess your gym’s safety measures
There are things gyms can do to help decrease the risk of infection.
Pay attention to air flow
Your best bet is going to be a gym that is larger, able to have windows open or have multiple floors or levels to allow for physical distancing. That’s because more space and more air flow decrease the concentration of the virus in the air and likely reduce the risk of transmission.
Location, location, location
| A．If you fall in a high risky category |
| B．Make a checklist before you go |
| C．If you don’t meet the age requirement |
| D．Your geographic site should be considered |
| E．Avoid small gyms and those with little things |
| F．Working outside brings you all-round benefits |
| G．And the risk of transmission is lower outside than inside |
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【推荐1】The way you learn most effectively will impact many different aspects of your life. Visual learners process information best when it’s presented with images drawn on a whiteboard, charts or graphs. Visual learners usually process pictures before they read printed text and are also able to visualize concepts quickly. People who are visual learners prefer when instructions are printed rather than given verbally (口头地), and may often write or draw when conceptualizing (构思、将……概念化) or attempting to make sense of a new topic. Many visual learners remember something better once they’ve written it down or drawn it out.
Auditory (听觉的) learners process information best when it’s said out loud, such as in a lecture setting or spoken presentation. These types of learners can easily recall what others say and prefer to talk through topics they find complex or difficult to understand. People who are auditory learners prefer verbal directions and may use repetition or repeat things aloud to memorize. They may ask questions to understand the subject matter better and may need to hear something repeated more than once before they fully comprehend. Auditory learners also often benefit from listening to recordings as a method of absorbing new concepts.
Kinesthetic (动觉的) learners process information through experience rather than by being shown or told. These types of learners prefer to do things that are more “hands-on.” They prefer to touch and feel items and can easily recall things they’ve done. People who are kinesthetic learners like to make and create things using their hands, and remember information best when they are physically involved. Kinesthetic learners like to participate in the process by shadowing or assisting, and prefer to practice or rehearse concepts as a way to absorb new information.
Take time to consider how you prefer to lake in new information. Think about the last time how you worked to ensure you retained the information? The answer to these questions will help you discover which learning styles work best for you.
1. What do visual learners do to form an idea in mind?| A．Visualize or read. |
| B．Process or present. |
| C．Recall or speak. |
| D．Write or draw. |
| A．Visual learners. |
| B．Auditory learners. |
| C．Kinesthetic learners. |
| D．Lifelong learners. |
| A．Reflect perfectly. |
| B．Watch closely. |
| C．Memorize carefully. |
| D．Inquire constantly. |
| A．To help readers explore learning styles. |
| B．To introduce effective learning methods. |
| C．To arouse readers’ curiosity about learning. |
| D．To inform a new scientific study about learning. |
【推荐2】What I’ve been wondering is:
Read books and watch movies that transport you
One of my favorite things to do before taking a trip is to search out books and movies that can help me get a feel for a place.
Music is deeply connected to our emotions, which makes it particularly transporting. The beautiful sounds of Sigur Rós, for example, can create a dreamy atmosphere. Hawaiian ukulele and hula music bring the beach to your living room. Try searching for artists or genres of music from your desired destination and build a playlist to help you set the atmosphere.
Visit a museum — virtually
Museums in many locations have started to reopen with social distancing and masks, but if you’re not ready to go in person, you can spend an afternoon exploring them online. Google map has digitized hundreds of collections and online tours at museums around the world.
Tour a national park
Camping is one type of vacation that’s mostly safe and accessible to do right now. But if you can’t get to the great outdoors, bring the outdoors to your home.
If you don’t have the budget or time to travel right now, try layering a few of these ideas together to create a kind of at-home immersion(沉浸感).
| A．Listen to related music. |
| B．Is it necessary to go out for an adventure? |
| C．You can choose a national park for camping. |
| D．Find one near your destination using this map. |
| E．But you can still do this even if you’re staying at home. |
| F．Is it possible to have an adventure without leaving home? |
| G．You can do that with an online tour in America’s national parks. |
【推荐3】It doesn’t matter how clever you are or how much education you’ve had, you can still improve your mind. And improving your intelligence quotient (IQ) doesn’t have to mean studying hard. There are many methods that can help your brain. Here are three of them, from the British science magazine New Scientist.
Working memory
IQ is not decided by genetics. Some methods can help increase it.
Why: Until recently, a person’s IQ was thought to be determined by genetics. But recent studies suggest that a basic brain function called working memory could increase one’s IQ. Working memory is the brain’s short-term storage system. The amount of information the working memory can hold is related to general intelligence.
How: Training helps us expand the working memory. Common training tasks include: doing math questions that have intermediate (中间的) steps; remembering the position of objects on a map; or remembering a string of digits (数字), like a phone number, without writing it down.
Body and mind
Physical exercise can help the brain as well as the body. It’s good for those who hate studying hard.
Why: Physical exercise helps the growth of new brain cells. Until recently, it was believed that we produced no new brain cells in our lifetime. But, in 2000, US scientist Fred Gage showed that even adults could grow new brain cells. He also found that exercise was one of the best ways to achieve this.
How: Simply walking for half an hour three times a week can improve learning, concentration and reasoning by 15 percent. Even more gentle exercise like yoga can do good for your brain. A study last year showed that the best way to get a mental lift is to bend over backwards.
The Mozart effect
Music may tune up your thinking. But simply turning up the sound won’t make you clever.
Why: American scientist Frances Rauscher made waves by discovering in 1995 that listening to Mozart improved people’s mathematical reasoning. Last year, Rauscher reported that Mozart’s music seemed to increase activity in genes involved in nerve-cell signaling in the brain.
How: Listening to Mozart and taking music lessons can really help. Six-year-old children who were given music lessons got a 2-to 3-point increase in IQ scores. Music lessons exercise a lot of mental skills, because of the need of accurate finger movements, and listening for rhythm.
1. If you don’t like to study hard, you’d better ______ to improve your IQ.| A．listen to music | B．learn how to concentrate |
| C．bend over backwards regularly | D．try some physical exercise |
| A．the improvement of one’s IQ | B．the growth of new brain cells |
| C．physical exercise | D．the study of Fred Gage |
| A．listening to Mozart improves people’s mathematical reasoning |
| B．people can not produce new brain cells as they grow older |
| C．children taking music lessons can increase their IQ scores |
| D．Frances Rausher suggests people listen to Mozart |
| A．point out people’s wrong ideas about IQ |
| B．report some new discoveries |
| C．introduce some simple ways to improve people’s IQ |
| D．tell the relationship between IQ and ways of exercising |
【推荐1】Better grades might be found on the playground. A new study of elementary-age children shows that those who were not part of an after-school exercise program tended to pack on a particular type of body fat that can have deleterious impacts on brain health and thinking. But prevention and treatment could be as simple as playing more games of tag (捉迷藏，捉人游戏).
Most children do not meet the federal health guidelines for exercise, which call for at least an hour of it a day for anyone under the age of 18. Physical inactivity can result in weight gain especially around the midsection-including visceral (内脏的) fat, a type of tissue deep inside the abdomen (腹部) that is known to increase inflammation (炎症) throughout the body. It is also linked to heightened risks for diabetes and cardiovascular complications (并发症) even in children, and may contribute to declining brain function. Obese adults often perform worse than people of normal weight on tests of thinking skills.
But little has been known about visceral fat and brain health in children. For a soon-to-be-published study, researchers from Northeastern University in Boston and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaion tracked hundreds of 8-to-10-year-old children in a nine-month after-school exercise program in Urbana. Every day, one group of children played tag and other active games for about 70 minutes. The subjects in a control group continued with their normal lives, with the promise that they could join the program the following year. All the children completed tests of fitness, body composition and cognitive skills at the start and end of the program. The researchers did not ask the children to change their diets.
After the trial the exercising children who were obese at the study’s onset had less visceral fat relative to their starting weight, even if they remained overweight. They also showed significant improvements in their scores on a computerized test that measures how well children pay attention, process information and avoid being impulsive. Notably a similar effect was observed in children whose weight was normal at the start. Across the board the more visceral fat a child shed during the nine months of play, the better he or she performed on the test.
The children in the control group, in contrast had generally added to their visceral fat; this was particularly true among those who were already obese. They gained on average, four times as much visceral fat as the normal-weight children in the control group, and also did not perform as well on the subsequent test. Lauren Raine, a postdoctoral researcher at Northeastern University who conducted the study with Charles Hillman and others, says that the trial was designed to study aerobic fitness and children’s ability to think not the relation of abdominal flab to inflammation. But a reduction in overall inflammation very likely plays a role because it is thought to be unhealthy for the brain. More broadly, Raine says the study suggests that getting children to run around won’t just enhance their bodies-it might also improve their report cards.
1. What does the word “deleterious” in Paragraph One probably mean?| A．inevitable | B．vigilant | C．harmful | D．beneficial |
| A．games may help reduce visceral fat in children and thus improve their brain power |
| B．obesity contributes to declining brain function in children |
| C．children have fewer weight-related health and medical problems than adults |
| D．obese children have trouble staying focused and paying attention |
| A．to find the relationships between physical activity and health in children |
| B．to discover the relationships between obesity and health problems in children |
| C．to understand and assess the risks of obesity in young children in school |
| D．to understand how games affect children in terms of academic performances |
| A．Visceral Fat And Sugar-Heavy Diet Harms Your Brain |
| B．Losing Fat, Gaining Brain Power, on the Playground |
| C．This Is What Weight Loss Does To Your Brain |
| D．Why children Shouldn’t Sit Still Under the Age of Eighteen |
【推荐2】Do you love holidays but hate the increase in weight that follows? You are not alone.
Holidays are happy days with pleasure and delicious foods.Many people，however，are worried about the weight that comes along with these delicious foods.
With proper planning，though，it is possible to control your weight.The idea is to enjoy the holidays but not to eat too much.You don’t have to turn away from the foods that you enjoy.The following suggestions may be of some help to you.
Don’t miss meals.Before you leave home for a feast (宴会)，have a small，lowfat snack.This may help to keep you from getting too excited before delicious foods.
Begin with clear soup and fruit or vegetables.
A large glass of water before you eat may help you feel full.
Use a small plate; a large plate will encourage you to have more than enough.
Better not have highfat foods.Dishes that look oily or creamy have much fat in them.
Choose lean meat.Fill your plate with salad and green vegetables.
If you have a sweet tooth，try mints(薄荷) and fruit.They don’t have fat content as cream and chocolate.
Don’t let exercise take a break during the holidays.A 20minute walk after a meal can help burn off excess calories(多余的热量).
1. Holidays are happy days with pleasure but they may .| A．bring weight problems |
| B．bring you much trouble in your life |
| C．make you worried about your foods |
| D．make you hate delicious foods |
| A．drink much water and have vegetables only |
| B．not eat too much food in high fat |
| C．not accept invitations to feasts |
| D．turn away from delicious foods |
| A．vegetables | B．water |
| C．calories of energy | D．physical exercise |
【推荐3】Have you ever gotten a sudden burst of motivation (动力) to work out that only lasts a week? Or created a whole workout plan only to lose that motivation a few days later? There was a time when I hated working out. But now, working out is one of my favorite things to do. It wasn’t easy, but I found a couple of ways to make myself stick to it.
Stop telling yourself that you don’t have time to work out.
Find ways to make exercising more fun.
It’s okay to take a break. When you first start working out, it can be difficult. I was getting all sorts of aches and pains when I first started. Please remember to take a break.
Sticking to a workout plan can be difficult, but if you follow some of these tips, you may find that you’re able to work out more consistently.
| A．Remember that exercising has a lot of great benefits. |
| B．You can work out with friends or family. |
| C．So, if you’re trying to work out more often, here are some tips. |
| D．Your body needs to reset. |
| E．Try many activities to find one that you love. |
| F．And if you’re feeling discouraged, just remember that you’re not alone. |
| G．It doesn’t matter how busy your schedule is. |
