跟读练习: Do you really need to take 10,000 steps a day? - Shannon Odell - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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While most people avoid spending the night in jail, Jean Béliveau jumped at the opportunity.
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While most people avoid spending the night in jail, Jean Béliveau jumped at the opportunity.
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For the past three years, Béliveau had been walking from country to country, with the goal of circumnavigating the globe on foot.
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This required sleeping in tents, strangers’ homes, and the occasional jail cell along the way.
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But this morning, as Béliveau was ready to leave, the police chief, who had agreed to his sleeping arrangement, was nowhere to be found, and the guards weren’t buying his story.
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Few people have the time or desire to walk such extreme lengths.
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However, research shows that adding even a modest amount of walking to your daily routine can dramatically improve your health.
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So, what exactly happens to your body when you increase your daily step count?
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A single afternoon stroll can improve your mood and ease symptoms of anxiety and depression.
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Walking, especially at a brisk pace, is thought to trigger the release of pain-relieving endorphins and curb the release of the stress hormone cortisol.
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Within weeks of adding more steps to your routine, your body adapts.
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While it may seem simple, walking requires the coordination and effort of many muscles in your legs, torso, and back.
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To keep up with the increase in energy demand, the vessels around these muscles are remodeled to deliver more oxygen.
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At the same time, your heart becomes more efficient at pumping blood.
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In a few months, these changes can lower your blood pressure and reduce your risk of heart attack and stroke.
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Carrying the weight of your body as you walk places stress on the bones.
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But this stress actually makes the bones stronger, as it stimulates the absorption of calcium and minerals.
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That's why years of consistent walking can help retain bone density, which usually declines with age.
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Building a lifelong walking habit comes with many other benefits, from aiding in weight management to reducing your risk for type 2 diabetes, numerous cancers, and dementia.
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Simply put, walking is exercise.
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And unlike other forms, it doesn’t require equipment, and is often more accessible to people of varying ages and fitness levels.
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While activity trackers usually bill 10,000 steps as the ideal benchmark, studies show that any increase in steps per day can yield health benefits.
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And these steps don't need to be taken continuously.
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For those who live in walkable neighborhoods, steps are easily accumulated throughout the day; walking to work, to pick up groceries, or to meet with friends.
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And living where shops and amenities are easy to get to on foot comes with its own set of perks.
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Residents in these communities are often less reliant on vehicles, which translates to improved air quality and reduced local greenhouse gas emissions.
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And it can even change the way you see the world.
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One study of seniors in Hong Kong found that those living in more walkable neighborhoods reported feeling less loneliness and more life satisfaction than those living in less walkable neighborhoods.
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So, why doesn’t everyone just walk more?
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One big reason is that many people don’t have access to safe, well-maintained places to stroll.
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Despite the known benefits of walking, many cities and towns have been designed with only driving in mind.
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State and local governments across the globe often prioritize funding for highways and roads over sidewalks and public parks.
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And even when walkable spaces exist, the routes to get to them aren’t always pedestrian-friendly.
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In the US, residential and commercial areas are typically zoned separately and often only connected by busy roadways.
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But there are ways to make places more foot-friendly.
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In 2013, Vancouver city officials opened the Comox-Helmcken Greenway, taking a two-kilometer road and converting it into a walkable and bikeable space.
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Studies found that after opening, people living close to the greenway got more exercise, reduced their daily car trips by 23%, and cut their personal greenhouse gas emissions by 21%.
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And even small measures can help.
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In places like Bethel, Vermont, for example, community members have improved the walkability of their downtowns by adding simple features like painted crosswalks and curb extensions.
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As for Béliveau, the guards eventually let him out.
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He’d walk over 75,000 kilometers in total to complete his journey.
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But it’s clear you don’t have to take quite this many steps to see an impact.
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通过这个视频进行英语口语练习，可以帮助学习者更深入理解走路对健康的积极影响。视频中提到的不同场景和情绪，如心理健康、社交互动，以及人体在增加步数后的变化，都为学习者提供了丰富的口语表达素材。学习者可以模仿演讲者的语调和节奏，从而提高自己的 英语口语练习 能力。此外，通过讨论走路的好处，学习者还可以增强自己的词汇量，特别是与健康生活方式相关的词汇，这将有助于他们在日常对话中更加自信。
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- 使用现在进行时：视频中频繁使用现在进行时来描述正在发生的事情，例如“walking from country to country”。这帮助学习者掌握如何描述当前及正在进行的行为。
- 条件句的使用：例如，“If you increase your daily step count, you will improve your health。”这样的句子结构帮助学习者理解条件句的运用，并在口语中有效表达假设情况。
- 数字表达：如“10,000 steps”这一具体数字让学习者学习如何在对话中使用数据还原信息。使用数字能加强论据，让说话更具说服力。
常见发音陷阱
在视频中，某些词语的发音较为复杂，例如“circumnavigating” (环绕...航行)和“endorphins” (内啡肽)。这些较长的词可能容易导致发音错误。因此，学习者应重点练习这些词的发音，确保能够流利自然地将其融入到口语中。此外，视频中演讲者的语速较快，学习者可通过反复收听和模仿，克服这种发音的陷阱，提升他们的 shadow speech 技能。
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