- •Анисимова н.И., Вербицкая с.В., Румянцева м.Е. Steps up 5
- •Introduction 4
- •Introduction 6
- •Introduction 50
- •Introduction 72
- •Introduction 92
- •Introduction
- •Unit 1. Health
- •Introduction Fighting Fit
- •Health and Fitness
- •Time Matters
- •Heart disease and changing attitudes
- •Heart disease: treat or prevent?
- •Health and illness
- •Diagnosis and Remedies
- •A Nurse's lament
- •Alternative therapy
- •Acupuncture
- •Alternative therapy and migraine
- •Bad habits
- •Linking words and phrases
- •Stress-related hair loss
- •Smile Power
- •Stressbusters
- •Aids – not someone else's problem
- •Ethical questions in health care
- •Medicine and genetic research
- •Synonyms and Paraphrases
- •Take care in the sun
- •Plastic surgery
- •Homeopathy
- •Better health for everyone
- •1. One Earth – Two Worlds of Health
- •2. Increasing Costs and Ethical Choices: Health Care in the Industrial World
- •Vocabulary in Context
- •3. A Question of Priorities: Health Care in the Third World
- •Vocabulary in Context
- •4. Prevention – Often Better Than Cure
- •Health scares
- •Slim chance
- •The place where you work
- •At the mercy of the cure
- •Check yourself
- •Unit 2. Psychology.
- •Introduction You And Your Image
- •Behaviour in crowds
- •Practical psyhology
- •From head to toe. Body language.
- •Idiomatic Expressions
- •Mutual impressions
- •Character and personality
- •Character
- •Social Types
- •Friends
- •Character reference
- •Personal equation cards
- •Unit 3. Men vs. Women
- •Introduction
- •Recognizing Stereotypes
- •Big boys don’t cry
- •Short Views
- •Women and power: perspectives from anthropology
- •Why I want a wife
- •Exploring fatherhood
- •Attitudes and beliefs
- •A 1980s Couple
- •I must admit, I'm afraid I'm tempted to agree.
- •Definite Attitudes
- •Gender on Screen
- •Afraid of giving
- •Male and female conversational styles
- •Check yourself
- •Unit 4. Shall we believe it?
- •Introduction Your Superstitious Beliefs
- •Strange but true
- •Believe it or not
- •Mystics and prophets
- •Reading your palm
- •The ‘night’ side of life
- •Dreamland
- •Lunatics
- •The russians
- •Unit 5. Diversity of cultures
- •Culture shock
- •1. United States of America
- •2. South Africa
- •3. Thailand
- •4. Malaysia
- •5. China
- •6. Britain
- •7. France
- •What Makes An American?
- •Culture defined
- •Comparing and contrasting cultures
- •Global culture
- •Chinese space, american space
- •Japanese and american workers: two states of mind
- •Let's play fifty questions
- •The importance of manners
- •Violence sneaks into punk scene
- •These children are taught to survive
- •Unusual homes
- •Unusual occupations
- •Career expectations
- •Check yourself
- •Sources
Smile Power
The expression on your face can actually dramatically (0) ………B……… your feelings and perceptions, and it has been proved that (1) ……………… smiling or frowning can create corresponding emotional responses. The idea was first (2) ……………… by a French physiologist, Israel Waynbaum, in 1906. He believed that different facial (3) ……………… affected the flow of blood to the brain, and that this could create positive or negative feelings. A happy smile or irrepressible (4) ……………… increased the blood flow and contributed to joyful feelings. But sad, angry expressions decreased the flow of oxygen-carrying blood, and created a vicious (5) ……………… of gloom and depression by effectively (6) ……………… the brain of essential fuel.
Psychologist Robert Zajonc rediscovered this early (7) ……………… , and (8) ……………… that the temperature of the brain could affect the production and synthesis of neurotransmitters – which definitely influence our moods and energy levels. He argues that an impaired blood flow could not (9) ……………… deprive the brain of oxygen, but create further chemical imbalance (10) ……………… inhibiting these vital hormonal messages. Zajonc goes on to propose that our brains remember that smiling is associated with being happy, and that by deliberately smiling through your tears you can (11) ……………… your brain to release uplifting neurotransmitters – replacing a depressed condition (12) ……………… a happier one. People suffering from psychosomatic (13) ………………, depression and anxiety states could (14) ……………… from simply exercising their zygomatic (15) ……………… – which pull the corners of the mouth up and back to form a smile – several times an hour.
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B alter B determinedly B put down B looks B sadness B spiral B starving B subject B wants B only B without B persuade B by B illness B improve B nerves |
C arrange C deliberately C put by C expressions C humour C circle C removing C research C demands C ever C when C allow C after C infection C benefit C veins |
D reduce D decidedly D put forward D appearances D depression D vortex D eliminating D experiment D suggests D always D from D decide D with D ailment D progress D bones |
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