C1 20-21/2/17

Homework: reading p. 70

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p.72

Run beyond the marathon distance or several marathons on consecutive days.

I registered for the ultra trail…

Take it to another level

Not worries about regular running injuries but about failure.

Carry on doing exercise with injuries.

Right preparation and listen to your body.

worried about doing yourself real damage.

Put intense strain on your body

put on some kind of support

discourage us from doing exercise

ex‧haus‧tion /ɪɡˈzɔːstʃən $ -ˈzɒːs-/ ●○○ noun [uncountable] 

1 extreme tiredness

with exhaustion

He collapsed with exhaustion.

Sheer exhaustion forced him to give up.

Many runners were suffering from heat exhaustion (=when you become tired and ill because you are too hot).

nau‧se‧ous /ˈnɔːziəs, -siəs $ -ˈnɒːziəs, -ʃəs/ adjective 

1 especially American English feeling that you are going to vomit syn sick I felt slightly nauseous.

The taste made me nauseous.

2 formal making you feel that you are going to vomit a nauseous smell

Strain   injury [countable, uncountable] an injury to a muscle or part of your body that is caused by using it too much

Long hours working at a computer can cause eye strain.

The goalkeeper is still out of action with a knee strain.

twinge /twɪndʒ/ noun [countable] 

1 a sudden feeling of slight pain I felt a twinge of pain in my back.

se‧vere /səˈvɪə $ -ˈvɪr/

Runner’s Knee

It’s not just for runners. Anyone who spends time doing things that make you bend your knees a lot, like walking, biking, and jumping, can get runner’s knee, an aching pain around the kneecap. It’s also called patellofemoral pain syndrome.

be in a bad way

informal to be very ill, unhappy, or injured, or not in a good condition

She was in a bad way after the funeral.

come off (something) British English to fall off something

Dyson came off his bike as he rounded the last corner, but wasn’t badly hurt.

shak‧en /ˈʃeɪkən/ (also shaken up) adjective [not usually before noun] 

upset, shocked, or frightened by something that has happened to you

‘How’s Jacob?’ ‘Pretty shaken up, but he’ll be all right.’

He was badly shaken after the attack.

dam•sel /ˈdæmzəl/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]

1. a maiden, originally one of noble birth:

rescuing a damsel in distress.

pass out phrasal verb

1 to become unconscious I nearly passed out when I saw all the blood.

be on the mend

to be getting better after an illness or after a difficult period syn be recovering

He’s had flu, but he’s on the mend.

signs that the economy is on the mend

off colour

a) [not before noun] British English someone who is off colour is feeling slightly ill

b) [usually before noun] especially American English off-colour jokes, stories etc are rude and often about sex -> blue jokes

under the weather informal

slightly ill 

You look a bit under the weather.

ˌrun-ˈdown adjective

 1 a building or area that is run-down is in very bad condition a run-down inner-city area

2 [not before noun] someone who is run-down is tired and not healthy

You look a bit run-down.

bronchitis /brɒŋˈkaɪtɪs/

on the beach getting a tan.

Nathan:

Cauliflower ear

/ˈklɔːriːn/

/ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒ/

Get / be  used to  + ing

I’m getting used to eating fish

Look forward to  + ing

I look forward to hearing from you

Let’s call it a day!