Watch Act 1 again and complete the gaps with the adjective you hear:


Marilyn: I am 1)_____________. My new exercise class is so 2)________.

Richard: Your new exercise class?

Marilyn: Yeah. My 3)________ advanced exercise class.

Richard: Why advanced?

Marilyn: My instructor thought that the beginner's class was too 4)_______ for me.

Richard: Too 5)________ for you?

Marilyn: Don't laugh. In the beginner's class, they give you a chance to rest between exercises.

Richard: So?

Marilyn: The advanced class is 6)________.

Richard: I lift weights every morning for sixty minutes without stopping. No problem.

Marilyn: Listen, Richard, doing aerobics for an hour is a lot 7)_________ than lifting weights.

Richard: Yeah. Quite a bit 8)_______. I think aerobics is easy. I could work out in your class with no problem.

Marilyn: You think so?

Richard: Oh, without a doubt. When's the next class?

Marilyn: Tomorrow morning at ten o'clock. Try it.

Richard: Tomorrow morning after lifting weights, I'll try aerobics. It's a snap. Tomorrow morning at ten o'clock.

(The following morning...)

Marilyn: Aren't you going to the aerobics class this morning?

Richard: Of course. Easy. No sweat.

Marilyn: You are not going to be able to move after this and the aerobics class.

Richard: Are you kidding me? It's going to be a piece of cake. Ha ha ha. You want to bet.

Marilyn: Yeah. What's the bet?

Richard: I bet I can go one hour in your class this morning and not feel a thing!

Marilyn: The bet is - I win, and you cook dinner for the 9)______ family. Or you win, and I cook dinner for the entire family.

Richard: It's a bet.

Marilyn: OK. Call my instructor, Jack Davis, right now. His number is 555-8842. The 10)_________ class starts at ten o'clock.

Richard: Well, it's eight-twenty now.

Marilyn: It only takes eight minutes by bicycle to the aerobics class. Give him a call.

Jack: Davis Aerobics Center for 11)_____ Health.

Richard: Jack Davis, please.

Jack: This is Jack Davis.

Richard: Hello. This is Richard Stewart. My wife, Marilyn Stewart, is a member of your program. I'd like to come to the ten o'clock advanced class this morning.

Jack: Oh, fine, fine. Be here a few minutes early. You need to complete some forms before the class.

Richard: Thanks. I'm on my way over.

Jack: Good-bye.

Richard: Bye-bye... It's all set. I'm going.

Marilyn: Bye.

Richard: See you later.

Marilyn: 12)______ luck.

Richard: Don't forget about the bet. Dinner for the entire family. And that includes Susan.

Marilyn: Don't you forget.



Answer the following questions:


1) Why is Marilyn exhausted?


2) Why is she going to an advanced class?


3) Why does Richard laugh?


4) What does Richard usually do every morning?


5) When is the next aerobics class?


6) What expressions mean "It's easy"?


7) Who is Marilyn's instructor?


8) How long does it take to get to the aerobics class by bicycle?


9) What does Richard need to do before the class?


10) What's the bet?


History of Aerobics

Both the term and the specific exercise method were developed by Dr. Kenneth Cooper, M.D., an exercise physiologist, and Col. Pauline Potts, a physical therapist, both of the United States Air Force. Dr. Cooper, an avowed exercise enthusiast, was personally and professionally puzzled about why some people with excellent muscular strength were still prone to poor performance at tasks such as long-distance running, swimming, and bicycling. He began measuring systematic human performance using a bicycle ergometer, and began measuring sustained performance in terms of a person's ability to use oxygen. His groundbreaking book, Aerobics, was published in 1968, and included scientific exercise programs using running, walking, swimming and bicycling. The book came at a fortuitous historical moment, when increasing weakness and inactivity in the general population was causing a perceived need for increased exercise.

Aerobics gained world-wide popularity after the release of Jane Fonda's exercise videos in 1982.