Describe a sport or form of exercise you enjoy.
楽しんでいる運動(活動・スキル)— Part2のキューカードです。2分間の回答を組み立てる練習に使えます。
キューカード(話すべきこと)
- what it is
- when and how you started
- how often you do it
- and explain why you enjoy it
使えるコロケーション
| 表現 | 日本語訳 |
|---|---|
| get hooked on ~ | 〜にすっかりハマる |
| work up a sweat | いい汗をかく |
| clear my mind | 頭を空っぽにする |
| push my limits | 限界に挑む |
| stay in shape | 体を鍛えて保つ |
| a great stress reliever | 最高のストレス解消法 |
| part of my routine | 生活の一部 |
| beginner-friendly | 初心者に優しい |
モデル回答 — まず自分で話してから開く
The exercise I want to talk about is bouldering — indoor rock climbing on low walls without ropes — which has become a genuine obsession of mine over the past two years.
I started in the least athletic way imaginable: a colleague dragged me along after work because his usual partner had cancelled. I expected to embarrass myself, and I did — my forearms gave out in twenty minutes. But something about it got its hooks into me immediately, and I've been going twice a week ever since, to a gym near my office.
What makes bouldering special is that it's a puzzle disguised as a sport. Each route is a physical riddle: which hand goes where, when to shift your weight, whether to lunge or balance. You fail a problem twenty times, adjust one foot placement, and suddenly you flow straight up the wall. That moment is addictive.
It's also the only activity that fully clears my mind — when you're three metres up deciding your next move, it is physically impossible to think about work emails. I leave the gym with tired arms and a completely reset brain. I've made friends there, my posture has improved, and honestly it doesn't feel like exercise at all. That's the trick: I got fit by accident, while playing.
Part3につながる質問(4問)
- Why do some people dislike exercise?
- Should physical education be compulsory at school?
- Do professional athletes deserve their high salaries?
- How can governments encourage people to exercise more?
モデル回答 — まず自分で話してから開く
質問
Why do some people dislike exercise?
モデル回答
Very often because of how they were introduced to it. School PE ranks children publicly — the slowest runner, the last one picked — so millions of people file exercise under humiliation before they turn fifteen. My own case fits: I hated all sport until I found bouldering at thirty. There's also a framing problem: gyms sell exercise as duty and punishment for eating, which makes it psychologically costly. When movement is packaged as play instead, most 'exercise haters' turn out to enjoy it. The dislike is learned — which means it can be unlearned.
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