6 Minute English - Stand up straight! | Текст песни

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• Stand up straight!

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Kate: Hello, I'm Kate and this is 6 Minute English…and thanks to Rosie for joining me
today! Hello, Rosie.
Rosie: Hi Kate
Kate: Now, Rosie, one thing I always notice about you is that you always sit up very
straight, with your shoulders back and head held high….
Rosie: You're not the first person to say that to me. It's because I have a bad back so I
always try to make sure my posture is really good.
Kate: So, you have what we call a good posture. You never slouch or hunch over your
desk as so many people seem to do.
Rosie: Well, I try not to. Slouching and hunching are other words for not sitting up
straight. I try not to do that - it's just a habit really…
Kate: Well, you'll be pleased to know some of the benefits of your good posture is you
will feel less tired, get fewer headaches, you will sleep better and look slimmer!
Rosie: Wow – well, I think that's more than enough reasons to keep me standing and
sitting up straight.
Kate: I agree. Before we go any further, here's my question for this week. As many of us
know, poor posture can cause back pain. In the UK, how many working days do
you think are lost every year due to people staying off work with back problems?
Is it:
a: five million
b: five thousand
c: five hundred.
Rosie: answers.
Kate: We'll find out the correct answer at the end of the programme. Now we're going to
hear from a lady called Jo Kushar, who a trained nurse and teaches deportment -
another word for describing the way someone walks and stands. She believes that
the British have the worst posture in Europe! Let's listen. What problems did she
see people suffering from in connection with their bad posture.
Extract 1
'A lot of people were coming to me with postural issues – tension, neck, shoulder problems,
RSI, back pain. So I was having to give them exercises to do to address those problems.Then
I realised that it was very tied up with issues of self confidence and the way people perceive
themselves and the stresses and the strains that modern day brings.
Rosie: She mentioned a variety of problems there – tension, neck and shoulder problems,
RSI and back pain.
Kate: That's right. Let's explain some of them. Tension is when all the muscles feel tight
and stressed. She also mentioned neck and shoulder problems and RSI. Can you
explain what RSI is Rosie?
Rosie: RSI stands for 'repetitive strain injury' and I actually suffer a bit from this myself.
It's a pain caused by repeating the same action over and over again. It could be
from carrying a heavy bag every day, reading a book while looking down or
speaking on a mobile phone for a long period of time in the wrong position. I get
it sometimes from computer work and typing.
Kate: Unfortunately, a lot problems are becoming increasingly common in today's world
of sitting at computers or desks for long periods of time and many of us not
walking correctly.
Let's hear that extract again and see if you can hear the expression the speaker uses
for all these problems put together.
Extract 1 (repeated)
'A lot of people were coming to me with postural issues – tension, neck, shoulder problems,
RSI, back pain'.
Rosie: The expression she used was 'postural issues' – this refers to all problems
connected with bad posture.
Kate: Well on of the ways we can avoid developing these postural issues is by making
sure we walk properly. Let's listen to the next extract. What does the speaker say
are the main benefits of walking well?
Text 2
'If you walk well, you exercise all your muscles in the right way, in a balanced way'.

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