Vocabulary.

Amount – количество cause – причинять completely – полностью derive – получать disturb – мешать destroy – разрушать damage – повреждать, ущерб deficiency – недостаток essential – существенный excess – избыток found in – найдены в fat-soluble – растворимый в воде folic acid – фолиевая кислота water – soluble – растворимый в воде yeast – дрожжи

fortify – укреплять, усиливать fish liver – печень рыбы gum –десна grill – жарка get rid of – избавляться от чего либо manufacture – производить nutrient – питательный rosehip – шиповник resistance – сопротивляемость survive – выживать steam – пар supplement – добавка swollen – опухший usage – употребление use for – использовать для

Exercises.

Ex.1. Answer the questions. // Ответьте на вопросы.

1. What are vitamins?

2. What kind of vitamins do you know?

3. Where do vitamin supplements come from?

4. What problems can vitamins cause?

5. Are vitamins and minerals the same thing?

6. Name 10 most important minerals.

Ex.2. Translate into English. // Переведите на английский.

1. Витамины играют очень важную роль.

2. Передозировка некоторых витаминов может быть вредна.

3. Люди должны принимать нормальную дозу витаминов.

4. Зима – время вирусных инфекций, простуды и гриппа.

5. Ваша сопротивляемость (resistance) особенно низка.

6. Принимайте витамины А, Д, С каждый день.

7. Их часто называют зимними витаминами.

Ex.3. Look at the table and answer the questions.

1. Where do vitamins A, B12, C, and D find in?

2. What are they used for?

3. Can you tell about their usage?

4. What diseases can the deficiency of the vitamins A, B12, C be caused?

Found in		Usage
A.	carrots, milk, butter, eggs, oil, green vegetables		Over dosage harmful
B12	yeast, whole meal bread nuts, peas, beans, meat		Normal dose
C.	oranges, lemons, tomatoes, black, currents, green vegetables		Take vitamin A, D, C every day in food
D.	liver, butter, cheese		Winter vitamins.
Used for		Deficiencies
A.	keeping skin and vision healthy		B12	anemia, smooth tongue, fatigue, nerve damage, sensitive skin
B12	help the body to release energy from food growth		D.	osteoporosis, rickets
C.	keeping blood, gums and teeth healthy, protect against cold		C.	loose teeth, bleeding, swollen gum, night blindness
D.	keeping bones and teeth strong and healthy, important in childhood		A.	dry skin, poor growth, problems with reproduction

Ex.4. Ask questions. // Задайте вопросы.

1. We all need vitamins to live a long and healthy life (What?)

2. Vitamins may also be synthetically manufactured. (How?)

3. You must never take supplements on an empty stomach(общий вопрос).

4. Over dosage of some vitamins may be harmful (общий вопрос).

5. Frozen vegetables are a good option (What?)

Ex.5. Make a word with letters V, I, T, A, M, I, N, S.

Ex.6. Write out the sentences in Passive Voice. //Выпишите из текста предложения в страдательном залоге группы Indefinite.

Ex.7. Make the interrogative forms for the verbs in Passive Voice. //The previous exercise.

Составьте вопросительные предложения, используя предыдущее упражнение.

Ex.8. Complete the sentences with the word below. // Дополните предложения.

1. Vitamin A comes from…

2. Vitamin B comes from…

3. Vitamin C is often extracted from…

4. Vitamin E is extracted from …

Yeast or liver = rose hips = fish liver oil = soy beans or maize.

Ex.9. Make up the sentences // составьте предложение.

1. Vitamins, a, long, and, healthy, life, need ,we, to live.

2. Naturally, plenty, of, foods, vitamins, contain.

3. In fatty foods, to be found, vitamin A, butter, cheese, whole milk, yoghurt, like.

4. Wholegrain, bread, cereals, like, and, vitamin B, to be, found.

5. Especially, to be, found, vitamin C, in, oranges, grapefruit, and, in, fruit.

6. The body, helps, vitamin D, absorb, calcium, to.

7. Milk, cheese, and, yoghurt, to be, found, calcium, in.

8. Red, in, meats, to be, found, iron, liver, especially.

9. Shellfish, to be, found, nuts, in, zinc.

10.After, vitamins, a, meal,be,advised, it, take, to.