*Role play activity to discuss about keeping fit.
-Questions to think about :
- Reasons why keeping fit is so important in our society
- Reasons why some people don´t worry about keeping fit
- Is keeping fit a fashion? Give reasons
- Is keeping fit a business? Give some reasons
- Is keeping fit a must to be healthy?
- Is keeping fit a new life philosophy?
-Participants = Speakers : Choose a role to play.
- A physiotherapist
- A sports therapist
- A top model
- Some doctors : a cosmetic surgeon and an orthopedic surgeon
- Some professional sports people : a football player, an athlete, a gymnast,
- A psychologist
- A sports journalist
- Some old people who do tai-chi
- The owner of a gym
- A famous actor
- An overweight person
- An anorexic person
- A bullimic person
- A TV presenter
- Two TV reporters
- People in the audience : politicians, housewives, teenagers, shop assistants,
*Useful Vocabulary :
-Nouns : competitor, competition, complexion, crowd, diet, eating disorders, endurance, event, personality, personal trainer, race, spectator, stadium, stamina, supporter, team, vitamin, will
-Verbs : be knocked out, carry on, cheer on, enrol, feel well / unwell, get fat / slim, get through, give up, go on a diet, jog, join, keep fit, lose weight, take part, take supplements, train
-Adjectives : attractive, beautiful, boring, dull, exciting, fat, healthy, skinny, strong, ugly, unhealthy, weak-willed