Text 4 Tips on healthy food.

1. Base your meals on starchy food. Starchy foods such as bread, cereals, rice, pasta and potatoes are a really important part of a healthy diet. They are a good source of energy and the main source of a range of nutrients in our diet.

2. Eat lots of fruit and vegetables. Most people know we should be eating more fruit and vegetables. Try to eat at least 5 portions of a variety of fruit and vegetables every day. You can choose from fresh, frozen, tinned, dried or juiced, but remember potatoes count as a starchy food, not as portions of fruit and vegetables.

3. Eat more fish. Most of us should be eating more fish - including a portion of oily fish each week (Salmon, mackerel, trout, herring, fresh tuna, sardines, pilchards, eel). It’s an excellent source of protein and contains many vitamins and minerals. 4. Cut down on saturated fat and sugar. To stay healthy we need some fat in our diets. What is important is the kind of fat we are eating. Try to cut down on food that is high in saturated fat and have foods that are rich in unsaturated fat instead, such as vegetable oils (including sunflower and olive oil), oily fish, nuts and seeds.

Most people eat too much sugar. We should all be trying to eat fewer foods containing added sugar, such as sweets, cakes and biscuits, and drinking fewer sugary soft and fizzy drinks. Having sugary foods and drinks too often can cause tooth decay, especially if you have them between meals. Many foods that contain added sugar can also be high in calories so cutting down could help you control your weight.

5. Try to eat less salt. Three-quarters (75%) of the salt we eat is already in the food we buy, such as breakfast cereals, soups, sauces and ready meals. So you could easily be eating too much salt without realising it. Eating too much salt can raise your blood pressure. And people with high blood pressure may develop heart disease.

6. Drink plenty of water. We should be drinking about 6 to 8 glasses (1.2 litres) of water, or other fluids, every day to stop us getting dehydrated. When the weather is warm or when we get active, our bodies need more than this. But avoid drinking soft and fizzy drinks that are high in added sugar.

7. Don't skip breakfast. Breakfast can help give us the energy we need to face the day, as well as some of the vitamins and minerals we need for good health. Some people skip breakfast because they think it will help them lose weight. But missing meals doesn't help us lose weight and it isn't good for us, because we can miss out on essential nutrients.

Вопрос IV. Text 1 People all over the world use banknotes, coins & credit cards to pay for smth e.g. while shopping. You can also use money to pay your electricity bills or pay a fine when you break a rule. People can get money from various sources. Children often get pocket money from their parents. Adults have to go to work to earn money. This money you get monthly is called “salary” . If you are lucky you can try winning in a lottery, but unfortunately that doesn’t always work. What you do with money depends on your needs & personality. Most people spend at least some of their money straight away, sensible ones either invest their money to make more (e.g. into their own business) or save up to buy smth or just save up for a rainy day. Those who waste money are out of it very soon & have to borrow some money either from a bank or from their friends & relatives. As soon as you borrow smth you are in debt. If you have some debts & can’t pay them back you are broke. Poor people have to live on the breadline & often can’t make ends meet. Beggars are the ones who beg for money in the streets. People who have more than enough money are well-off. Those who have a fortune are very rich or wealthy. We often call them millionaires. Generous people often give money away for charity, the organizations for helping people in need. Mean, on the opposite, never care about the others, never give away or share money. What kind of person are you? Text 2 Pocket Money. What is pocket money? Pocket money means just that. You have money in your pocket that you can spend. It may be that your parents give you money every now and again, or you may get a regular amount of money, for example every week or once a month. Some families don't give pocket money regularly, they just hand over money to their kids when they want it. Sometimes people in the family may give you money for birthdays or Christmas. Some of it may turn out to be pocket money - money that you can spend on what you want. But many families start saving accounts for kids and expect part of their pocket money should be saved.

There are lots of lessons to learn when you have pocket money.1.If you spend it all at once, then there is no money until your next 'pay day'. 2.If you make bad choices then that's tough! You'll be more sensible next time. 3.If you break something when it isn't an accident you may have to pay back the cost of it. 4.If you are saving for something and don't put that money away first, it takes a very long time to get what you want (because you have usually spent your money on something else). 5.If you borrow money, you have to pay it back. These are good lessons to learn when you are young. Money has to be worked for and it doesn't last long unless you are really careful and make good choices.

Text 6 Money. Money is certainly something which is often discussed in today's world. Hardly a day goes by without the subject of money being raised in most people’s lives. However, it is highly debatable whether it is more important than other considerations, such as health and happiness, which some people consider to be of greater significance. To begin with, it is often argued that having money enables people to exert influence over others. Wealthy businessmen, for example, are often the most highly respected members of society, and business tycoons are often consulted by world leaders, who then make policies which affect the whole population. As a consequence, money can be seen as the single most important factor of daily life. Secondly, from the point of view of the individual, money is vital for survival. Western society is structured in such a way that, without money, people are deprived of the means to obtain proper nutrition and health care. On the other hand, many people claim that one of the factors in life, which is undoubtedly of greater importance than money is health. As Izaak Walton said, health is 'a blessing that money cannot buy'. What is more, money is of little consolation to those who are suffering from health problems. Despite the fact that money can pay for the best medical care available, this is no guarantee of a longer life. In addition, most people would agree that personal happiness easily outweighs money in importance. Even if an individual is extremely rich, this does not necessarily lead to happiness. In some cases, the contrary is true and vast wealth brings with it a whole range of problems and insecurities. Genuine happiness cannot be bought and is usually independent of financial status. On the whole, although there are those who would rank money as the single most important thing in life, the vast majority would disagree. Money, they argue, has an important part to play but perhaps the world would be a more harmonious place to live in if this were kept in proportion and society put more emphasis on moral issues.