{"id":24562,"date":"2023-01-27T10:28:18","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T09:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=24562"},"modified":"2023-01-27T10:28:20","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T09:28:20","slug":"woman-runs-record-150-marathons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2023\/01\/woman-runs-record-150-marathons\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman Runs Record 150 Marathons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

B1 – Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A marathon is a 42-kilometer run. Running a marathon is quite very physically challenging. So not everyone can do it. You have to train intensively for many months in order to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, for Australian runner Erchana Murray-Bartlett, running a marathon is like a walk in the park. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the article about a woman who ran a marathon daily for 150 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/breakingnewsenglish.com\/2301\/230119-record-marathon-runner-2.html<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vocabulary Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. What does the phrase \u201cin shape<\/span>\u201d mean, \u201cThey would need to train for months to be in shape<\/em><\/span> for the 42-km run.\u201d? Use this expression in your own sentence.<\/li>
  2. What does \u201csmash<\/span>\u201d mean here, \u201cShe smashed<\/em><\/span> the previous record of 106.\u201d? Give a synonym and use this word in your own sentence.\u00a0<\/li>
  3. What does the expression \u201cto string together<\/span>\u201d mean, \u201cIf you keep stringing together<\/em><\/span> little tiny goals, you can make it.\u201d? Use this expression in your own sentence.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. What do you think of\u00a0 Erchana Murray-Bartlett\u2019s achievement?<\/li>
    2. What do you think about marathons\/long-distance running?<\/li>
    3. What are the benefits from running marathons? What are the hard things about it?<\/li>
    4. What is your opinion on Ms. Murray-Barlett’s mantra, \u201cIf you keep stringing together little tiny goals, you can make it.\u201d<\/li>
    5. What do you do to help yourself continue when you are doing something that is very difficult?<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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