Encouraging active lifestyles

C1 Advanced · Speaking Collaborative · Cambridge Ready original exercise

Talk with your partner for about two minutes about the question in the middle, using the ideas around it. Then you have about a minute to reach a decision together.

Next, the two of you are going to talk together for around two minutes. Here are some things that might get people moving more and a question for you to think about. Have a quick look at them first.

Encouraging active lifestyles

free outdoor gyms

safe cycle lanes

fitness apps

sports clubs at work

walking to school

Now spend about a minute deciding which would work best for people who currently do very little exercise.

Go ahead and discuss how these things could encourage people to be more physically active.

How could these things encourage people to be more physically active?

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