Research shows that getting plenty of exercise makes the heart beat faster and lung work harder, thus strengthening the heart and reducing the chance of heart attack, and helping to lower blood pressure.

研究表明，充分的体育锻炼可以加速心脏跳动、增强肺活量，从而有助于降低血压，增强心脏活力、减少心脏病发病机会。

In the past few years, there has been an increasing awareness of the importance of health.

在过去的几年间，人们已经越来越意识到了健康的重要性。

For those who work with their brains most of the day, the practice of sports is especially useful.

对于那些主要从事脑力劳动的人来说，从事体育运动特别有用。

Physical exercises can increase the circulation of the blood.

体育锻炼能够加速血液循环。

Sports can enrich our life and maintain our psychological health.

运动不仅能够丰富我们的生活，而且还能使我们保持心理健康。

But sports can do some harm to those people who can not plan their activities properly.

然而，如果不能合理地安排体育活动会对身体造成伤害。

More and more people come to realize the importance of regular physical exercise.

越来越多的人开始认识到有规律的体育锻炼的重要性。

In physical training, perseverance is a primary necessity.

体育锻炼中，持之以恒的毅力是最为必要的。

We must struggle against our own laziness and stay with our training, rain or shine.

我们必须跟自己的懒惰做斗争，坚持锻炼，风雨无阻。

It is also important to select personally suitable exercises and then to do them in an orderly way, step by step.

选择适合自己的运动并能够循序渐进，这一点也很重要。

Physical exercise develops will.

体育锻炼可以培养坚强的意志。

Physical exercise develops judgment.

体育锻炼可以训练人们的判断力。

Physical exercise develops self-confidence.

体育锻炼可以增强人的自信心。

Physical exercise increases the circulation of the blood.

体充锻炼可以加速血液循环。

Physical exercise increases the appetite and favors digestion.

体育锻炼可以增强人们的食欲，促进消化。

Maintaining our health is very important. No one should trifle with one’s health.

保持健康非常重要。人们不诮忽视自己的健康。

Good health is above wealth.

健康胜于财富。

Health is of great importance to everyone.

健康对于每个人来说都非常重要。

Nowadays more and more people are concerned about their health.

如今，越来越多的人们开始关注自己的健康状况。

Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. ——Benjamin Franklin, American president.

早睡早起使人健康、富有和聪明。——­本杰明·富兰克林，曾任美国总统。

A light heart lives long. ——William Shakespeare, British dramatist

豁达者长寿。——威廉·莎士比亚，英国剧作家。

Good health is a corollary of having good habits.

健康的身体是良好生活习惯的结果。

Cheerfulness is the promoter of health.

心情愉快是健康的增进剂。

Diseases of the soul are more dangerous than those of the body.

心灵上的疾病比身体上的疾病更加危险。

As we are taking special care of our physical health, we should also pay enough attention to our mental health.

当我们极其关注身体健康的同时，更要关注心理健康。

Health is the foundation of one’s success.

健康的身体是事业成功的基础。

But uncontrolled indulgence in physical recreation may lead us to the point of being strong in body but weak in brain.

但过分沉溺于身体锻炼可能会让人四肢发达，头脑简单。

2.indoor activities：

Intellectual activities such as reading books or listening to music can revitalize our mental processes. This revitalization can be either a stimulant to mental readiness and innovation or a tranquilizer or temporary escape from the pressures of daily life.

智力的活动例如看书否听音乐可以修复我们的心理状态。 这种修复可能是对我们心智激励或是对于现实生活压力的一种改革或是一种镇定剂或是一种逃避。

Indoor activities are somewhat challenging as well. There are chess and book reading which can also develop our mind.

户内运动在某种程度上也是具有挑战性的。下棋和读书也能够促进我们的思维。

By contrast, intellectual development can be beneficial to us in this respect.

相反，智力活动在这方面则为我们带来很多益处。

Activities such as reading a novel at midnight, listening to a favorite record between classes are looked upon as a kind of private pleasure because they are necessary nourishment for growth of psychological well-being.

像读小说、课间欣赏一张自己最喜欢的唱片之类的活动都被视作一种个人乐趣，因为它们对心理健康都是必须的营养品。

Besides indoor games such as playing chess or cards, other hobbies like stamp-collecting can help us escape from the pressure of daily studies.

除此之外，一些室内游戏，如下棋、打扑克，还有像集邮之类的爱好，皆可以帮助我们减轻每天学习的压力。

Yet, there is again a disadvantage: we are literally deprived of the chance to get physical fitness if we are sitting all day long.

然而，如果整天坐着不动，我们就等于被剥夺了获得身体健康的机会。

3.Relation:

I prefer a balance of these activities to provide both the physical condition and mental stimulation I need to face in the daily grind. In my opinion, physical recreation is necessary for good health but intellectual pursuits provide more pleasure.

我趋向于取得这些活动的一种平衡，既可锻炼身体又可激励心智，都是我每天要面对的。在我看来，体育消遣对好的健康是必需的但是智力的追求提供更多的快乐.

Personally, I prefer a balance of both activities so as to provide me with physical training and mental stimulation. The most important is to make proper arrangements of physical recreation and intellectual activities.