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Hello, I'm Neil. And welcome to 6 Minute English,  

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where we vigorously discuss a new topic  and six related items of vocabulary.

And hello, I'm Rob. Today we're discussing  vigorous exercise – and whether adults take  

enough of it! Vigorous means using  a lot of energy to do something.

So how many steps do you do in a day, Rob?

How many steps? How should I know, Neil? –  It would be pretty hard to count them all.

Oh, come on! You can track  steps on your phone! I do ten  

thousand a day – which is the magic number  for keeping fit and healthy, apparently.

Not if you saunter, Neil, surely? Sauntering from  

the sofa to the fridge and back  – Or from the house to the car.

Well, I never saunter, Rob. Saunter means  to walk slowly. And you'd have to make a  

lot of trips to the fridge to  clock up ten thousand steps.  

To get some vigorous exercise, you need to get  out and about – round the park at a brisk pace…

Brisk means quick and energetic – the opposite of  sauntering. OK, well, perhaps you can you tell me,  

Neil, how many people aged between 40 and 60 do  less than ten minutes brisk walking every month?  

I'm going to say… 4% because ten  minutes is such a short amount of time!

Indeed. Now, I've got another question for you,  Neil. Why is exercise so important? Because it  

sounds pretty boring – counting steps,  going to the gym, running on a machine.

Well, when you exercise, you stimulate  the body's natural repair system.  

Your body will actually stay  younger if you exercise!

Exercise also lowers your  risk of developing illnesses  

such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes.

Neil. But I don't have enough time to do a  thousand steps every day… I'm far too busy!

Well, Rob. Now might be a good time to listen  to Julia Bradbury. She's a TV presenter and  

outdoor walking enthusiast who will explain  how she builds walking into her busy life.

I will walk to meetings instead of catching a  bus, or getting a taxi or a car – into meetings.  

And I will also, if I can't build that into my  working day, if it's a day when I haven't got  

meetings and I'm maybe at home with the kids,  I will take the time – I will take my kids out  

with the buggy and I will definitely do 30-40  minutes at least everyday. Going to the park,  

going to the shops, picking up my things  up en route, and really sort of building  

it into my life. Taking the stairs and not  taking lifts, all of these kinds of little  

decisions can incrementally build up to  create more walking time in your day.

So if you build something in to your day – or  your life – you include it from the beginning.

And Julia Bradbury has built walking into her day.  

Even though she's very busy too,  Rob! You should learn from her!

So she walks instead of driving or taking the bus.  

And takes the stairs instead of  the lift. I could do those things.

You could indeed – before you know it,  you'd be doing ten thousand steps – because  

the amount of walking you do  in a day builds incrementally.

Incrementally means gradually increasing in  size. OK, well, before I think that over, perhaps  

I could tell you the answer  to today's quiz question?

OK. You asked me: How many people aged between  40 and 60 do less than ten minutes brisk walking  

And you said 4%. But I'm afraid it's actually  40%. And that's according to the Government body  

Public Health England here in the UK. Oh dear, that's a lot more people than I expected.  

But it isn't that surprising – people in all age  groups are leading more sedentary lifestyles these  

days. Our job is very sedentary – which means it  involves a lot of sitting and not much exercise!

Well, I might just run on the spot while we go  over the new vocabulary we've learned today!

Good plan. First up we heard 'vigorous' – which  means using a lot of energy to do something.

OK. “I am running vigorously on the spot!”

Great example! And good to see you taking some  vigorous exercise! Number two – 'saunter' – means  

to walk slowly in a relaxed way. “When I  saw Rob, I sauntered over to say hello.”

Hi Neil. Number three – 'brisk'  means quick and energetic.

“It's important to take some  brisk exercise every day.”

Yes! And I'm beginning to  realise that might be true.

Yep! I think you've done  enough jogging for today, Rob.  

You've probably done about a hundred steps. Is that all?  

OK, number four – if you 'build something in to  something' – you include it from the beginning.

“It's important to build regular  exercise into your daily routine.”

Very good advice. Number five is 'incrementally'  which means gradually increasing in size.

Incremental is the adjective.  “The company has been making  

incremental changes to its pay structure.”

I doubt it! And finally, number six –  'sedentary' means sitting a lot and not  

taking much exercise. For example, “It's bad for  your health to lead such a sedentary lifestyle.”

Duly noted, Neil! Well, it's time to go now.  But if today's show has inspired you to step  

out and take more exercise, please  let us know by visiting our Twitter,  

Facebook and YouTube pages  and telling us about it!

Hello. This is 6 Minute English  from BBC Learning English. I'm Rob.

With the outbreak of the coronavirus epidemic,  people in many countries around the world have  

started wearing face masks to protect both  themselves and others they come into contact with.  

In this programme we'll be asking  whether wearing masks in public  

can help prevent the spread of  coronavirus in the community.

Face masks have long been popular in some Asian  countries but with the spread of Covid- 19,  

they're increasingly being seen  in other parts of the world too.

Wearing a protective mask or face covering is  nothing new. Medical masks have a long history  

from the plagues of medieval Europe to nineteenth  century outbreaks of cholera in the United States,  

but when did they start to be commonly  used? That's my quiz question for today:  

when and where were face masks  first widely used? Was it:

Well, you mentioned cholera outbreaks in  the US, so I'll say b) 1905 in Chicago.

Right Sam, we'll find out later if you were right.  

Now, face masks may inspire confidence but what is  the evidence that they actually protect the wearer  

from contracting the virus or prevent infected  people from spreading the virus to others?

Professor Robert West has conducted a review of  over twenty studies looking into the evidence.  

Here he is speaking to the BBC World  Service programme Health Check…

The evidence is equivocal on it. It doesn't tell  you anything yet - hopefully that will change.  

So we're thrown back on first principles and this  is why, as in so many areas of public health,  

you get such a heated debate because people  are really relying on their opinion on things  

and you will have one group who  say, 'Well, it stands to reason',-  

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