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Is “plogging” the most 2018 fitness trend yet? They brought us hygge, lagom and fika, but now a new ...
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Is “plogging” the most 2018 fitness trend yet? They brought us hygge, lagom and fika, but now a new Scandinavian trend is coming, and it couldn’t be more 2018.
Hailing from Sw eden, “plogging ” is a fitness craze that sees participants pick up plastic litter w hile jogging—adding a virtuous, environmentally driven element to the sport.
Plogg ing appears to have started around 2016, but is now going global, due to increasing aw areness and fear over plastic levels in the ocean.
The appeal of plogging is its simplicity, and the feeling of getting fit w hile supporting a good cause. By adding regular squats and carrying w eight to jogging, w e can assume the health benefits are increased.
Running and good causes have alw ays gone hand in hand—just think of all the fundrais ing marathon runners do. But there couldn’t be a more on-trend w ay of keeping fit than plogging.
“Anyth ing that’s getting people out in nature and connecting positively w ith their env ironment is a good thing,” says Lizzie Carr, an environmentalist w ho helped set up Plastic Patrol, a nationw ide campaign to rid our in land w aterw ays of plastic pollut ion. “There’s been a real shift in the public mindset around plastics, helped by things like Blue Plan et high lighting how catastrophic the crisis is,” she says. “We need to keep momentum high and the pressure up, and empow er people through initiatives like plogging and Plastic Patrol.”
The Plastic Patrol app allow s users to map plastic anyw here in the w orld by collecting disc arded items, photographing them and up load ing to the app, giv ing us a better know ledge of w hat sorts of plastic and w hich brands are being throw n out. “I’d urge all ploggers to get involved,” adds Carr. As w e can see, plogging has become a new fashion in 2018. How ever, plogging isn’t the first fitness trend to combine running w ith a good cause.
1.What does the underlined w ord“discarded”mean?
A. Useless. B. Abandoned. C. Exposed. D. Distinct.
2.Carr helped set up Plastic Patrol, a nationw ide campaign, in order to .
A. raise public aw areness of pollution
B. shift the public mindset around plastics
C. connect positively w ith their environment
D. make our inland w aterw ays free of plastic pollution
3.What is the passage mainly about?
A. Plogging is the best w ay to keep fit.
B. 2018 sees an environmentally friendly w ay of fitness.
C. Running w ith good causes can make a great difference.
D. The Plastic Patrol app is an effective w ay to help you run.
4.What w ill the author continue to w rite?
A. other new fashions in 2018.
B. the first healthy trends in sports.
C. other fitness w ays of running w ith a good cause.
D. the first healthy running trend w ith a good cause.
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