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跑步

Gerunds vs. Infinitives

Date: Aug 12 2011

Themes: Sports

Grammar: Gerunds vs. Infinitives

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Running is such a common activity that if the Olympics aren’t coming up it’s easy to forget that it’s even a sport. In fact, it’s the oldest sport there is, and it’s so popular that many kinds of animals even do it!

Whether you are training for a marathon or just trying to stay in shape, all you need to run is a solid pair of shoes or a soft surface. Running exercises muscles all over your body. You can work up a sweat very quickly if you’re running fast.

But running can also be hard on your body. You’re less likely to injure yourself while swimming, for instance, and with bicycles and other work-out machines available these days, some people like to save the running for when they’re late for a bus. Find out if you’re more likely to see Jason and Ella jogging down the street or working out at the gym.

跑步是一项如此普通的活动,以至于如果没有奥运会,人们会非常容易忘记它也是一项体育运动。实际上,它是最古老的体育运动,它是如此流行,甚至很多种动物也对它乐此不疲!
无论你是为马拉松比赛而训练,还是尝试保持体形,你仅仅需要拥有一双结实的跑鞋或者柔软的地面。跑步将使全身肌肉得到锻炼。快跑还可以迅速出汗,加速体内的新陈代谢。
但是,跑步也可以令你的身体受伤。而游泳、骑车以及使用锻炼机锻炼,受伤的可能性则要小得多。有些人只有在赶公交车时才跑几步。现在让我们来看看詹森和艾拉是更喜欢沿着街道慢跑呢,还是在体育馆锻炼。

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Jason

Jason

Ella

Ella

Jason:  What do you got going this weekend?

Ella:  I guess I’m gonna go for a jog even though I dread it.

Jason:  Oh really? It’s supposed to be good weather. I don’t see why it wouldn’t be a great weekend for a run.

Ella:  I know, I just hate running. I was in track and field for three years in high school…

Jason:  Me too!

Ella:  ...but I just absolutely hated the running part of it.

Jason:  What? So you enjoyed throwing javelins or what?

Ella:  No, I did hurdles and long jump and triple jump, so I’m more of a bouncy kind of person. When I go jogging I jog to these stairs and then I just do like 20 sets of stairs.

Jason:  So running a marathon would be your least favorite thing.

Ella:  My nightmare. That would be my ultimate nightmare.

Jason:  I would love to train for a marathon. I think it’s such a cool state of mind you get into when you’re doing distance running. You just sort of stop thinking and you have that rhythm of your feet hitting the ground and your heart beating but it’s just so hard on the body, to train for a 26-mile run. I feel like I’d get hurt.

Ella:  I could never do distance. I know it would be killer on my shins.

Jason:  Yeah. I’ve gotten more into biking since it’s lower impact.

Ella:  When was the last time you went jogging?

Jason:  You know, I don’t even remember. So we should go jogging somewhere, like on a beach or something where it’s soft.

Ella:  Yeah, let’s do it!

 

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Ella jogs to stay in shape, but she doesn’t like it. She was on the track and field team in high school, but she liked the jumping events better than running.

Jason was on the track team too and he thinks running is fun. He would like to try a marathon, but worries he would get injured. Jason likes other sports like cycling that are easier on your body. In fact, he can’t remember the last time he went jogging, so he and Ella agree to go.

Do you like to run? What is your favorite way to exercise?

 

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su43123

su43123

Taiwan

I do like jogging very much , even though it’s hard to keep your body for a long distance . Now I try to join some half-marathon , kinda cool I feel.

08:30 AM Aug 12 2011 |

Tommy Febrianto

Indonesia

Before i go to work, usually i do running but mostly do jogging to stay in shape. It’s must do for all employer. Sometime i’m bored because the tag song never change. Please comment about my english. thanks

08:11 AM Aug 12 2011 |

Madline

Madline

Jordan

ya I like running so much its an easy way to stay in shape and at the same time it’s shared by all without ant costs without any machines it’s so easy and I think it’s good for our sate of mind 4 me when I get sad of something I have to do any kind of sport to be better like jogging or running <3

07:57 AM Aug 12 2011 |

amado

amado

Jordan

I would dare anyone on a 100M sprint , but in matter of over 100M with one more 10M , i quit literally .
I run fast but not last.


 

07:38 AM Aug 12 2011 |

Old Yeller

Old Yeller

United Arab Emirates

i used to run too much when i was child i like it too much, but now i become lazy and i dont like it

05:26 AM Aug 12 2011 |

Алина Татиева

Kazakhstan

I running at school on the subject of phisical education, but I don’t like running…Laughing

05:18 AM Aug 12 2011 |

a,m

Saudi Arabia

Running is Important for all people around the wourld to have a big motivation to do


 whatever wanna do and to a great energy to energize their bodies, so I ,d love it as much as I hpoe walk every time Tongue out

03:21 AM Aug 12 2011 |

Gorgon

Gorgon

Romania

Yup, I’m a running man. It is even better if you have a strong motivation while you run, like someone chasing you.

01:27 AM Aug 12 2011 |

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