What Do Exercise And English Have In Common
hi i’m vanessa from speak english with
vanessa calm today i’m here in one of my
exercise korean t-shirts to talk about
what exercise and language have in
common let’s get started first I have a
question for you how many of you like to
exercise how many of you say oh I can’t
wait to go to the gym today I can’t wait
to play basketball oh I’m going to lift
weights it’s going to be great hmm maybe
not to many people some people really
enjoy going for a run or going for a
walk or playing a sport that’s
understandable but a lot of people don’t
like to exercise it’s something that’s
difficult to find time for because you
don’t have much motivation to do it but
if you do exercise afterwards oh you
feel so good you feel proud of yourself
that first of all you took the time to
exercise and your body will feel much
healthier and active and ready to think
and do because you exercise so what does
exercise and language have in common
first of all it is very difficult to
make the first step it is difficult to
put on your running shoes put on your
running t-shirt and go out the door the
first step of putting on your shoes
making that decision it’s difficult same
with English it might be difficult after
your long day of work to go and watch an
english movie or to listen to an english
podcast or to sit down and have an
english lesson on skype it might be
difficult after your long day to have
motivation to do it but if you do it you
will feel proud of yourself
hey I did it yes I spoke English for 30
minutes I spoke English for an hour I
listen to an English podcast for 15
minutes you’ll feel really proud of
yourself
doing it and your English skills will
only get better so same with your body
your body will get stronger the more you
exercise your mind and your English
skills will get stronger the more that
you practice the second thing that
exercise and language English learning
have in common is that if you stop
exercising your body will go back to
what it used to be maybe you worked
really hard you lifted weights for six
months and now your muscles are really
strong like mine oh no your muscles are
really strong your abs are really strong
and you feel healthy and fit but for one
month you have to work really hard at
your job or maybe you go on vacation and
you don’t have a chance to continue
working out well your body is not going
to maintain its healthiness its fitness
it’s going to go back to what you used
to have maybe you were you were heavier
you weren’t as strong it’s going to go
back to that and the same as English if
you work really hard you have some
English lessons you watch English videos
you enjoy studying English and then you
stop it’s very difficult to maintain
your level of English if you don’t keep
it up if you don’t continue doing it
this is the same phrasal verb that we
used in the last video keep up you need
to keep up your English you need to keep
it up just like you need to keep up your
health and your exercise so what is my
recommendation for you how can you keep
up your exercise for your mind how can
you keep up your English ability I
recommend trying to have just a little
English every day or when you can maybe
on the weekends for 20 minutes you have
an English lesson great I recommend that
you buy six months of English lessons
every weekend you have
English lesson and you already bought it
this way you have no choice to back out
you can’t get away from it because you
already paid for it or you could make
some plan like I am going to have a
meeting at my job in English in three
months what can I do to prepare for it
if you have a goal it will be much
easier to feel motivated if you’re going
to run a marathon it will be very easy
to feel motivated to run and to go out
the door and put your shoes on and get
ready so I recommend having a goal
setting a goal for English and it will
help you feel motivated and excited and
proud of yourself when you actually do
it thanks so much for watching this
video and I have a question for you now
what are some other ways that exercise
and English learning are similar today I
mentioned to that it’s difficult to
start and that if you don’t continue you
will lose what you learned you will lose
your physical fitness but let me know in
the comments below what are some other
ways that you think exercise and
language learning are similar thanks so
much for watching and I’ll talk to you
later good bye
you