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KEEPING FIT

  1. Look at the box and say what is good and bad for your health. Give your reasons.
working too hard in an office, jogging, smoking, drinking too much alcohol, swimming, sunbathing, fruit, eating meat, living alone, keeping a pet, yoga, tea, salt, crisps, flying, running, sugar, coffee, stress, watching TV, vitamin pills, being vegetarian

 

  1. Use the list of words to complete the vocabulary chart. You may add your own words:

well, healthy, looking good, keeping fit, ill, under the weather, out of sorts, lousy, heart attack,, bronchitis, asthma, flu, cold, cancer, virus, fever, temperature, vitamins, exercise, diet, fruit, vegetables, rash, relaxation, yoga, chocolate, sweets, fat, lack of exercise, alcohol, cigarettes, medicine, aspirin, fish, operation, ointment, chips, dairy products, sun, overweight, fizzy drinks, wholemeal bread, salt.

 

feeling good feeling bad things meant to be good for you things meant to be bad for you health problems treatment

 

  1. Look at the list below, then complete the table that follows with the advantages and disadvantages of doing the following:

relaxing, sunburn, sunstroke, risk of skin cancer, wrinkles, pleasant, cheap to buy, helps you keep slim, addictive, relieves stress, makes your breath smell, risk of cancer, offensive to others, dangerous to others, boring, get a suntan, tasty, light and fresh, hangover, fattening, easy to prepare

  advantages disadvantages
sunbathing    
eating junk food    
eating salad    
smoking    
drinking alcohol    

 

Use your notes and expressions from the exercise to talk about pros and cons about sunbathing, eating junk food, eating salads, smoking and dinking.

4. Read the two letters and answer the questions:

Which writer a) follows the doctor’s advice?

b) thinks the doctor could give better advice?

 

Dear doctor I read your newspaper column every week and frankly, I think you’ve got it wrong. It’s not being healthy that makes us happy, it’s the other way round. If someone is happy and enjoying themselves and taking pleasure out of life, then they are going to be healthy. Recent research shows that people who feel little or no guilt about their lifestyle have less heart trouble, go to the doctor less often, and get ill less often. In other words, it’s not so much what we do as how we feel about it. As a result, I think you should stop telling people what is bad for them, what they shouldn’t eat and where they’re going wrong with their lives. You should be encouraging people to feel good about themselves, be positive, worry less and do what they want. Andrew C, Newcastle. Dear doctor I always find your column very interesting. Over the years you have given me very useful advice about how to live a healthy life. However, sometimes I wonder how many people follow your advice. There must be a lot of people who smoke and drink too much, who eat too much sugar and salt and fat, and who generally have a very unhealthy lifestyle. Surely the government can do something about these people. They are costing our health service huge amounts of money. If they looked after themselves properly, they wouldn’t need medical treatment so often. Angela M, Brighton

State if the sentences are true or false. Give the reasons.



Andrew thinks health and happiness are not connected.

He has done some research into the effect of happiness on health.

He thinks the doctor should try to make people happier rather than healthier.

Angela thinks a lot of people ignore the doctor’s advice.

She thinks the health service spends a lot of money on these people.

She thinks the government should let them look after themselves rather than provide a health service for them.

Discuss the questions:

Who do you agree with most: Andrew or Angela? Both of them? Neither of them?

What are the most important points that they make?

To what extent do you “look after yourself properly”?

Do you eat the right food? Smoke? Drink? Take regular exercise?

Do you consider yourself to be healthy?

Do you consider yourself to be happy?

Do you agree with Andrew that there is a connection between health and happiness?

 

5. Scan through the following short texts and state the sentence or sentences which give: information about people, a reason, a definition, information about places, examples of things that affect health, suggestions for improving health, information about a period of time.

 

Exercise and health Middle age is when most of us tend to lead more sedentary lives, but physical activity is important if we want to keep healthy. It improves circulation and burns calories, which helps us lose weight. So get some exercise at least three times a week. You can go walking if you live in an area where there are parks, or join a gym where there are aerobics classes for the middle-aged. Do consult a doctor who can advise you about what kind of exercise is best for you if you are over the age of forty and haven’t exercised for a long time.   Diet and Health Diet is one of the factors which plays a role in keeping us healthy, and this is why we should pay more attention to what we eat. Those who are overweight are prone to high blood pressure and cholesterol levels, which can cause heart disease, so it is important to eat wisely. Remember, a healthy diet that is low in saturated fats and sugar can be just as enjoyable as one that is based on junk food. Statistics also show that nations whose diet includes large amounts of vegetables and fruit tend to live longer.  

 

6. Read the following text and in English explain the words given in italics. Then agree or disagree with the underlined parts of the text.

 


Date: 2015-01-12; view: 1891


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