Vocabulary

1. space exploration – исследование космоса

2. problems to be solved – проблемы, которые нужно решить

3. contribute to – вносить вклад в

4. standard of living – жизненный уровень

5. take into account – брать в расчёт, учитывать

6. in the first instance – в первую очередь

7. disaster – бедствие

8. starvation – голод

9. urgently – срочно

10. ensure – обеспечить

11. earth dweller – житель земли

12. get overcrowded – переполняться (перенаселяться)

13. either … or – или … или

14. All in all – в общем

9. Food, dangerous food

From the childhood we should pay great attention to¹ what we eat since bad eating habits are often the most important causes² of such fatal diseases as heart attack³, stroke⁴ and many other illnesses when we are older.

Modern eating habits are very destructive⁵. Especially today’s children are in more danger of different diseases than their parents and grandparents. Great deals of children do not eat anything in the morning and come to school tired, empty and irritable⁶. They take pizza and chips instead of salad and fish at school canteens⁷. But for the reason of staying healthy organic food should be chosen in the first line.

To keep our health⁸ we should eat normally and do a lot of physical exercises. It is very useful to keep to a diet⁹ and to exercise in the morning and not to eat snacks¹⁰, especially at night! If you eat meat, chicken and fish are much better than red meats. They’re good for your body and mind, too. We should remember that fizzy¹¹ drinks, tea and coffee are all ‘diuretics’, which means that they take water away from the body. Fizzy drinks also reduce¹² the amount of healthy substances which the body can take from food.

Try putting away all those drinks and having lots of water to make your skin clearer and your eyes shine – so a healthy lifestyle means prettier looks, too.

Vocabulary

1. pay attention to – обратить внимание

2. cause – причина

3. heart attack – инфаркт

4. stroke – инсульт

5. destructive – разрушительный

6. empty and irritable – голодный и раздражительный

7. canteen – столовая

8. to keep health – сохранять здоровье

9. to keep to a diet – придерживаться диеты

10. snack – закуска

11. fizzy – газированный

12. reduce - сокращать

10. Coping with1 stress

Nowadays there are a lot of reasons² for having stress. But we should know stress can have a very bad effect on our mind and body. It can cause sleeplessness³, worry, sudden⁴ changes of mood, depression and illness.

There are many ways of not causing stress or coping with it. First we should try to plan our life since⁵ much stress is caused by doing things when there isn’t enough time. If we feel prepared, stress will have less chance.

Keeping our body healthy reduces stress as well. We should stop drinking too much coffee and eating so many sweet things. Getting enough sleep and vitamin C, exercising in the morning and going for longer walks at least once a week also help us cope with stress.

Deep breathing⁶ is the next thing to be done to cope with stress. It works⁷ because getting more oxygen into our body relaxes us. We can either take up⁸ yoga or simply try breathing in deeply through our nose then letting the air out⁹ through our mouth, and then repeat it ten times.

Thinking positively, telling people about our problems and taking actions instead of putting things off¹⁰ are also good ways of being safe from stress.