Miratrix

24.07.2021 08:34 •  Английский язык

Задать 12 вопросов к тексту Are they crazy?
A) Would you pay for oxygen?
I was flicking through a health magazine recently when an article about oxygen bars caught my eye.
Some top athletes and rock stars are huge fans and use them to boost their energy, reduce stress and improve their concentration. It all sounded like 'hot air' to me, but then one day a friend persuaded me to try it out. Within minutes we were choosing from a selection of oxygenated fragrances: lemon, 'relax' or eucalyptus. I chose 'relax'. We had to connect ourselves to an oxygen tank by putting small tubes up our nostrils and then waited to feel the effects. After the recommended 15 minutes, we both felt relaxed and much more awake. Also, the slight headache I'd had before had gone away. Who knows? The oxygen might have helped!
B) A fin-tastic treatment.
When you go for a pedicure, there's usually just one pedicurist, but imagine having your toes worked on by 150 miniature fish! This is exactly what I experienced recently when I agreed to try a fish pedicure at a local beauty salon. The treatment involves you plunging your feet into a tank full of toothless 'doctor fish' so that they can nibble your dead skin away. As I sat nervously at the edge of the tank and saw the huge number of fish swimming around, I was a little concerned that they wouldn't know when to slop eating! But as I finally dipped my feet in the tank and the fish swarmed over, I couldn't believe how gentle they were. In fact, it really tickled and I couldn't help but laugh out loud. Afterwards I was astonished by how smooth my feet felt. I felt like I should have thanked the fish!
C) Feeling weightless.
I had always enjoyed yoga but after injuring my wrist, I couldn't put much weight on it. My personal trainer suggested that I should try aerial yoga - yoga in a long silk hammock suspended from the ceiling. You perform various poses sitting, lying or even spinning upside down in the hammock. It's supposed to tone your muscles and straighten your shoulders. It all sounded good to me, but when my first class started, I was so afraid of falling out of the hammock I hardly moved! I couldn't stop laughing either. To my surprise, aerial yoga was easy to pick up and I've almost successfully managed to do the 'cannonball'- hugging your knees while swinging upside down!
D) Barking mad.
After mentioning to my friend Brian that I wanted to lose a bit of weight, he said he had the perfect solution for me. He knows how much I adore my dog, Brady, so he suggested I tried CaniX racing. The idea behind it, he explained, is that instead of taking your dog for a walk, your dog takes you for a run while you're attached to it by a harness and an elastic rope! It sounded hilarious so the next weekend I gave it a try. Well, it was certainly no walk in the park! Brady took off at top speed and within a few minutes I had branches in my hair, mud splashed all over me and I was completely out of breath.
When we finished, about 25 minutes later, I felt like I had run up Mount Everest. As for Brady, he looked up at me full of energy as if to say 'That was cool! Let's do it again!'