Question

    Do you often run outdoors to keep healthy? Have you ever thought about how running helps to clean up the earth? Sometimes a creative mind can bring us a win-win(双赢) situation.

Plogging began in Sweden(瑞典). The name“plogging" comes from two words -the Swedish(瑞典的) word "plocka", which means“to pick up”, and the word "jogging", which means“to run slowly". A Swedish man called Erik started the movement.

He saw rubbish here and there when riding to work each day. He became worried about the dirty environment and decided not to go to work by bike any more.

Then he began to run to work and pick up the rubbish.①To his joy, more and more people followed him and soon the new way to exercise became popular.

Many people choose plogging instead of just jogging because they think plogging is a good way to help clean up the earth. Sometimes rubbish is difficult to collect because it may scatter(散落) all around. But if the runners pick up the rubbish on the way, it is quite different. After all, many hands make light work.

Another reason is that plogging burns more calories(卡路里). According to a research,plogging for 10 minutes burns 48 calories, while usual jogging for 10 minutes burns about 39 calories.

Everyone on the earth should play a part in cleaning it up!②是我们一起采取行动的时候了。So ready? Let's plog tomorrow!

1.What does "plogging”mean?

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2.After Erik saw much rubbish, did he continue riding a bike to work?

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3.Why do people choose plogging?

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4.将划线句子①翻译为汉语。

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5.将划线句子②翻译为英语。

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Answer

1.It means “to pick up” and “to run slowly".

2.No, he didn’t.

3.Because they think plogging is a good way to help clean up the earth and it burns more calories.

4.令他高兴的是，越来越多的人跟随他，并且这种运动的新方式很快变得流行起来。

5.It’s time for us to take actions together.

【解析】

本文介绍了一种新型的健身运动方式-Plogging（拾荒慢跑），这项运动起源于瑞典，是一个叫埃里克的瑞典人发起了这场运动。让大家在锻炼身体的同时，也清洁了我们周围的生活环境。活动通过体育健身、绿色环保与社会公益有机融合的方式，让参与者在健身的同时关注环境健康、履行社会责任。

1.根据第二段“The name“plogging" comes from two words -the Swedish(瑞典的) word "plocka", which means“to pick up”, and the word "jogging", which means“to run slowly".”可知plogging具有"plocka"与"jogging"两个词的意义，故答案为It means “to pick up” and “to run slowly”。

2.根据第三段 “He saw rubbish here and there when riding to …decided not to go to work by bike any more.”可知，Erik看到到处都是垃圾后，很担心环境问题并且决定不再骑自行车去上班。故答案为No, he didn’t。

3.根据第五段“Many people choose plogging instead of just jogging because they think plogging is a good way to help clean up the earth.”和第六段 “Another reason is that plogging burns more calories.”可知，跑步捡垃圾可以帮助清洁地球并燃烧更多的卡路里。故答案为Because they think plogging is a good way to help clean up the earth and it burns more calories.

4.To his joy,令他高兴的是；more and more people 越来越多的人；followed him 跟随他；and soon 很快；the new way to exercise这种运动的新方式；became popular. 变得流行。故答案为：令他高兴的是，越来越多的人跟随他，并且这种运动的新方式很快变得流行起来。

5.it’s time for sb to do sth对某人来说是做某事的时候了。take actions together一起采取行动。故答案为It’s time for us to take actions together.