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Dao IELTS _ 0865850526 Group: DAILY IELTS

Track 3.3
• conference (n) = meeting • get the best out of sb/ sth (v) tận dụng tối đa
• take into account smt (v) cân nhắc cái gì ai/ cái gì
• questionnaire (n) bảng câu hỏi điều tra • informative (adj) nhiều thông tin
• relevant (adj) liên quan • entertaining (adj) mang tính giải trí
• get much attention (v) nhận được nhiều sự • on the theory (phrase) về mặt lý thuyết = in
chú ý theory
• fit into (v) khớp vào • on the practical side (phrase) về mặt thực
• none of their business (phrase) không phải hành = in practice
việc của họ • promote (v) encourage
• come to realize smt (v) nhận ra rằng • initiative (n) sáng kiến
• psychological (adj) thuộc về tâm lý • work for sb (v) hiệu quả với ai
• maintain a good level of health and fitness • sign up for (v) = register for
(v) duy trì sức khỏe và sự sung sức

Hello and welcome to the conference. As you know, it’s called Health & Fitness in the Workplace, and
the name speaks for itself. We’re here to discuss issues that can affect employees and of course
therefore, the companies and organisations they work for. In planning the programme for this
conference, we've taken into account the answers that you gave us in our questionnaires. Of course,
some of the issues we cover will be more relevant to some of you than to others, but we think we’ve
included all the main ones that you indicated are important to you.
Now, the whole subject of health and fitness in the workplace is something that didn’t get much attention
not that many years ago. Companies and organisations focused purely on the jobs that people were
doing, and any assessment of them concerned how well they were doing their jobs, and how their work
fitted into the overall operations of the organisation. Anything that might be regarded as a personal issue
wasn’t part of the company's relationship with its people - it was ‘none of their business’. Well, of course,
that's all changed and companies and organisations have come to realise that its people’s health and
fitness are very much their business. And that’s not just in the obvious ways, such as the number of
days off sick that employees have. There are also psychological factors, and there is considerable
evidence that a fit and healthy person does their job better than someone who doesn't maintain a good
level of health and fitness. If you're emphasising these things at your workplace, you're creating an
atmosphere that enables you to get the very best out of your people.
We're very much hoping that our programme here at the conference will be both informative and
entertaining. The emphasis here is going to be not so much on the theory but on the practical side What
can you do in your roles to promote health and fitness in your workplace? Now, some of you may think
you’re already doing as much as you can, but I promise you that you’re all going to learn something

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new. We've got speakers here who are going to tell you things you've never heard before and you should
leave here at the end of the conference with all kinds of ideas for things you can introduce at your
workplace
But we’re not going to be just talking to you and telling you things. One of the great things about an
event like this is that it's a great opportunity to share information, so in every session there will be a slot
for people to talk about their own practices and experiences. What initiatives have worked for you and
which ones haven't been so successful? We can all learn from each other, and that's one of the aims of
this conference.
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OK. now let's move on to some details about the conference and what will be happening where. Let me
just briefly take you through the map that you’ve all got in your welcome pack. Right, here on the map.
we’ve marked all the sessions that are taking place this morning, and you’ve already indicated which
ones you’ll each be attending. For those of you going to the session on Setting Up a Fitness Centre at
work, you go out of the Main Hall here through those doors, turn right at reception and go along the
corridor to the Taylor Room, which is on your left. You’ll get lots of good advice there on the possibilities
and costs of a workplace fitness centre.
The talk on Healthy Eating Schemes is in the Martin Suite. For that, you need to go out of this hall the
other way. through the doors at that end. and that takes you straight through to the Martin Suite. If you're
keen to introduce healthy eating schemes in your canteens and restaurants, or to improve ones you've
already got, you’ll get lots of really good ideas from that session.
Now, those of you attending the session on Transport Initiatives, you’re in the Fender Room. To get
there, you need to go out of those doors that bring you out opposite reception, turn left and left again
into a corridor. The Fender Room is the third door on your right. The session will cover everything from
how to encourage people to walk or cycle to work to car-sharing schemes.
For those of you who have signed up for the workshop on Running Sports Teams, that will take place
in the Gibson Suite. The whole issue of organising company teams, recruiting people for them,
encouraging people to take part in them whatever their sporting ability, taking part in competitions - all
that will get covered in the workshop. You’ll find that if you go out of here, turn right at reception and
then right again. The first door you come to on the left is the Gibson Suite.
Finally, if you need any more information or have any queries while the conference is going on, you'll
find me in the Conference Coordinators’ Office. From here, that's to the left of Reception and along the
corridor past the Entrance Hall. If you keep going along the corridor, you'll find my door at the end on
your right. Please come and see me if there’s anything you want to ask or find out
OK, let’s get started. I hope that you all enjoy.

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