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文章一：Weekend Exercise Might Be All You Need

Bike trips, hikes, or marathon yard work sessions crammed in over your weekend may be sufficient exercise to lower your risk of disease—even if you don’t work out the rest of the week. According to a recent study, getting the recommended amount of physical activity offers significant health benefits regardless of when you do it.

To study how the change in exercise duration and frequency affects disease risk, 89,573 people were split into three groups based on their exercise habits: Inactive: Less than 150 minutes of activity per week. Regular activity: 150 or more minutes spread across multiple days. Weekend warrior: 150 or more minutes in one to two days.

Adhering to either a regular or weekend warrior pattern provided the greatest risk reductions for more than 200 diseases and conditions, including high blood pressure, diabetes, and obesity. Based on these results, the study’s authors concluded that the total amount you exercise may be more important than how often you work out.

1. 根據本文，下列何者有誤？

（1）運動集中在週末，能降低生病風險。
（2）研究將參與者分成實驗組與對照組。
（3）成為「週末勇士」也能降低罹患糖尿病風險。
（4）研究結果證明運動「量」較運動「頻率」重要。

2. 根據本文，遵循哪些運動模式能有效降低罹患200多種疾病的風險？

3. 閱讀完本文後，您有何感想？在繁忙的周間工作日常下，您也是「週末勇士」成員之一？

解答：
1. （2）

2. Adhering to either a regular or weekend warrior pattern provided the greatest risk reductions for more than 200 diseases and conditions.（遵循規律或「週末勇士」模式，能大幅降低罹患兩百多種疾病或症狀的風險。）

（文章來源：英文大紀元時報）

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Some movement is better than none, so if the weekend is the only time you have to exercise, take advantage of it。（123RF）

文章二：Making Exercise More Accessible

Some movement is better than none, so if the weekend is the only time you have to exercise, take advantage of it.

Dr. McDowell, an orthopedic physical therapist, encourages people to find opportunities for activity every day. She says that even just five minutes of movement can benefit bone, gut, and mental health, and it takes only 12 minutes to start seeing cardiovascular benefits.

She also uses a concept called baselining to help people increase their activity levels over time. “Baseline” is the longest period you can perform an activity before feeling fatigued, sore, or in need of extra rest.

“Once you have your baseline, then you have a better sense of what your capacity is,” she says. “And when we’re building programs for people to improve, we generally ... don’t increase more than 10 to maybe 20 percent per week.”

1. 根據本文敘述，何者有誤？

（1）如果你只有週末才有時間運動，不如就好好休息。
（2）即便只有5分鐘運動，也能促進心理健康。
（3）了解自己的「baseline」，有助提升長期的運動量。
（4）知道自己的「baseline」後，就能有效設定進步計畫。

2. 根據本文，什麼是「baseline」？

3. 您也認同本文想傳達的訊息嗎？您平時的運動規律是什麼？為什麼喜歡這種運動模式？

解答：
1. （1）

2. “Baseline” is the longest period you can perform an activity before feeling fatigued, sore, or in need of extra rest. （「底線」是指你在感到疲累、痠痛，或需額外休息之前，能持續運動的最長時間。）

（文章來源：英文大紀元時報）◇