Tips for a great 3-part introduction:
1. This is Eric and I am the director at LEI.
2. I organized the class this evening.
3. And thanks for joining me.
Keep the introduction simple, but it must be perfect. Simple and perfect is good. Complex and full of mistakes is bad.
Second Conditional Question
(If + simple past tense + compliment, would + subject + base verb)
If you could go swimming anywhere, where would you go?
It’s a summer day in Greenock, Scotland, and swimmers are swimming in an outdoor pool. But summers in Greenock are cold. It can be 12° C – not your typical swimming weather! Despite the chilly air, members of Inverclyde Masters, an outdoor swimming club, are enjoying a swim in a heated saltwater pool. «The only thing that would stop us swimming in the outdoor pool would be lightning,» says Nawina Mufaya, a member of the club. Club members get together outside from May through September. Then, the outdoor pool closes.
For other outdoor swimmers, swimming in a pool is not enough. They swim in natural bodies of water, like lakes, ponds, rivers, and oceans. This is called «wild swimming.» Wild swimmers may be drawn to the sport by their love of nature. Others seek the challenge of rougher conditions from waves and cold, choppy water.
Kate Rew founded the Outdoor Swimming Society (OSS). Its goal is to educate people about swimming outside. Since 2006, the society has grown from 300 members to 100,000. The OSS also has a free, online crowdsourced swim map, pointing out wild swimming spots worldwide. Members of the OSS have had swimming adventures in beautiful places, such as the pristine waters of Malta’s Blue Lagoon, or a nearly frozen river in Iceland. Sea swimmers in Devon, UK, were joined by local seals!
Experts say that outdoor swimming’s health benefits include better sleep, and healthier skin from being in cold water. Dr. Mark Harper, from Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals, is researching how swimming in cold water helps people with depression. Harper is optimistic about the results so far, bringing up that open air swimming has «all the benefits of an effective treatment for mental health.»
Whether it’s «open air» swimming or «wild» swimming, more and more people across the globe are getting into this form of exercise!
5 Phrasal Verbs to Learn
To point out
To get together
To draw to
To get into
To bring up
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