UNIT 2 Section Ⅵ Viewing Workshop & Reading Club-【金版教程】2023-2024学年新教材高中英语必修第一册作业与测评课件PPT（北师大版2019）

UNIT 2 SPORTS AND FITNESS Section Ⅵ Viewing Workshop & Reading Club 课时作业(八) Ⅰ　阅读 Looking for a fun Earth Day activity? You may want to try plogging, or picking up litter while jogging. Strange as it may sound, the new “sport” is becoming popular with runners worldwide, many of whom are posting photos of themselves and friends holding bags of trash on social media. Plogging is the idea of Erik Alstrom. In 2016, after moving to Stockholm in northern Sweden, Alstrom showed concern over the amount of trash on the road during his daily bike ride to work. Thus, he began plogging during his daily runs. Other joggers soon joined Alstrom, and the activity became so popular that official “plogging” events started all across Sweden. As plogging became popular on social media, the new “sport” began to spread beyond Sweden, first to other European countries and then worldwide. The official online “Plogga” group now includes members from over 40 countries, all the way from United States cities like Ohio to Thailand and Ecuador. Many school running clubs are also getting in on the action to encourage people, staging competitions that reward the runners with the heaviest trash bags. As it turns out, plogging is not only good for the environment but also a healthy way to exercise. According to Swedish fitness app Lifesun, an average person burns about 288 calories while plogging for half an hour. This is about 50 calories more than he/she would burn when just jogging. Additionally, the constant squatting (蹲) to pick up litter increases the plogger's flexibility, while lugging (费力地拖) around the increasingly heavy garbage bags helps strengthen his/her arm muscles. On this Earth Day, be sure to put on your running shoes, carry a trash bag or two, and go plogging. Or better still, start a plogging team at school, or around your neighborhood, and make every day Earth Day！ 篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了“拾荒慢跑”这一“新”运动正在世界各地的跑步者中流行，并介绍了这一运动的发起者和在世界范围内的流行情况。事实证明，拾荒慢跑不仅对环境有好处，而且是一种健康的锻炼方式。 1．Why