Prática de Shadowing: IELTS Listening Section-4(Health benefits of dance) with answers - Aprenda a falar inglês com o YouTube

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Part 4 You will hear a sports science student giving a presentation on the health benefits of dance.
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Part 4 You will hear a sports science student giving a presentation on the health benefits of dance.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 31 to 40.
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Thank you.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 31 to 40.
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Dancing is something that humans do when they want to have a good time.
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It's a universal response to music found in all cultures.
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But what's only been discovered recently is that dancing not only makes us feel good,
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it's also extremely good for our health.
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Dancing, like other forms of exercise,
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releases hormones, such as dopamine,
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which make us feel relaxed and happy.
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And it also reduces feelings of stress or anxiety.
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Dancing is also a sociable activity,
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which is another reason it makes us feel good.
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One study compared people's enjoyment of dancing at home in front of a video with dancing in a group in a studio.
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The people dancing in a group reported feeling happier,
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whereas those dancing alone did not.
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In another experiment, university researchers at York and Sheffield took a group of students
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and sent each of them into a lab where music was played for five minutes.
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Each had to choose from three options.
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To sit and listen quietly to the music,
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to cycle on an exercise bike while they listened,
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or to get up and dance.
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All were given cognitive tasks to perform before and after.
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The result showed that those who chose to dance showed much more creativity when doing problem-solving tasks.
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Dr Lovett at the University of Hertfordshire believes dance could be
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a very useful way to help people suffering from mental health problems.
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He thinks dance should be prescribed as therapy to help people overcome issues such as depression.
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It's well established that dance is a good way of encouraging adolescent girls to take exercise,
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but what about older people?
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Studies have shown that there are enormous benefits for people in their 60s and beyond.
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One of the great things about dance is that there are no barriers to participation.
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Anyone can have a go,
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even those whose standard of fitness is quite low.
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Dance can be especially beneficial for older adults who can't run
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or do more intense workouts or for those who don't want to.
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One 2015 study found that even a gentle dance workout helps to promote a healthy heart.
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And there's plenty of evidence which suggests that dancing lowers the risk of falls,
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which could result in a broken hip,
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for example, by helping people to improve their balance.
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There are some less obvious benefits of dance for older people too.
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One thing I hadn't realised before researching this topic was that dance isn't just a physical challenge.
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It also requires a lot of concentration,
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because you need to remember different steps and routines.
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For older people, this kind of activity is especially important,
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because it forces their brain to process things more quickly and to retain more information.
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Current research also shows that dance promotes a general sense of well-being in older participants,
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which can last up to a week after a class.
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Participants report feeling less tired and having greater motivation to be more active
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and do daily activities such as gardening or walking to the shops or a park.
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Ballroom or country dancing, both popular with older people,
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have to be done in groups.
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They require collaboration and often involve touching a dance partner,
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all of which encourages interaction on the dance floor.
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This helps to develop new relationships and can reduce older people's sense of isolation,
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which is a huge problem in many countries.
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I also looked at the benefits of Zumba.
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15 million people in 180 countries now regularly take a Zumba class,
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an aerobic workout based on Latin American dance moves.
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John Porcari, a professor of exercise and sports science at the University of Wisconsin,
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analysed a group of women who were Zumba regulars and found that a class lasting 40 minutes burns about 370 calories.
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This is similar to moderately intense exercises like step aerobics or kickboxing.
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A study in the American Journal of Health Behaviour showed that
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when women with obesity did Zumba three times a week for 16 weeks,
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they lost an average of 1.2 kilos and lowered their percentage of body fat by 1%.
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More importantly, the women enjoyed the class so much
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that they made it a habit and continued to attend classes at least once a week.
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Very unusual for an aerobic exercise programme.
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Dance is never going to compete with high-intensity workouts when it comes to physical fitness gains,
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but its popularity is likely to keep on rising because it's such a fun way to keep fit.
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That is the end of part four.
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You now have one minute to check your answers to part four.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.

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