I. Basic vocabulary: keeping fit

EXERCISE 2. А) MATCH NOUNS WITH VERBS. SOME VERBS CAN BE USED TWICE

WATCHING YOUR WEIGHT

1. join a. weight

2. lose b. a gym

3. put on c. a diet

4. go on d. a few kilos

5. resist e. chocolates

6. cut out f. a health club

7. a crash diet

7. anything sweet

(Answers on page 138)

B) USE FOUR OF THE VERBS ABOVE TO FILL THE GAPS IN THE FOLLOWING DIALOGUE

1. I don't know what to do. I seem to ......... weight so easily. Every time I weigh myself, I'm a kilo heavier!

2. Well, you do eat a lot of fatty food – perhaps you should ......... it ………of your diet.

1. Oh, I don't know. I find it very difficult to stick to a diet. I just can't …….... chocolates.

2. At least you should try to cut down on all those burgers you eat. Perhaps you could ……... a gym or a health club.

EXERCISE 3. PUT THE PHRASES INTO THE CORRECT COLUMN BELOW

My Mum's in really good shape. She goes to the gym twice a week and plays tennis on Sunday. My Dad, on the other hand, is really unfit. He spends all day in front of the TV – he gets out of breath if he has to get up to answer the phone! My sister's a swimming instructor. As you can imagine, she's as fit as a fiddle, but my brother, who used to play rugby every weekend, has let himself get really out of condition – he must have put on twenty kilos in the last two years. Finally, there's my grand-dad. He's nearly eighty but he's got loads of energy. He plays golf three times a week and jogs round the park on the other days!

Fit and healthy Not fit

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EXERCISE 4. MATCH THESE LIFESTYLE PROBLEMS WITH THE PIECES OF ADVICE BELOW

THE PROBLEMS:

My hair always looks lifeless and oily. If I wash it in the morning, I need to wash it again when I come home from work. And I can't seem to get rid of the spots on my face. If I buy a new pair of trousers, they don't fit me after a couple of months. So now I buy all my trousers one size too big. That way they last twice as long. I get really breathless if I have to go upstairs nowadays. I used to be able to run upstairs. Now I have to stop halfway up and have a rest. 4. When I come home from work, the first thing I do every evening is pour myself a large gin and tonic. It's the only way I can relax.

THE ADVICE:

1. You'd be far better playing squash or tennis after work. That would help you relaх far better. You need less stress in your life.

2. You're smoking too much. At the moment you are breathless. What will you do if the doctor tells you it's cancer?

3. Look carefully at your diet. Are you eating too many oily foods, like chips or potato crisps?

4. You are simply eating too much. If you are putting on weight so quickly, you must simply eat less and eat more healthily. Try cutting out all sugar and butter immediately, then start cutting out other things, like cream. Change to semi-skimmed milk.

EXERCISE 5.

A) STUDY HEIGHT AND WEIGHT CHART AND REMEMBER

in. – inch 1 in. = 2,52 centimetres ft. – foot 1 ft. = 30,5 centimetres

			HEIGHT AND WEIGHT CHART
	MEN						WOMEN
Height ft. in.	Small Frame	Medium frame		Large Frame	Height ft. in.		Small Frame		Medium frame	Large Frame
5'4"	132-138	135-145		142-156	5'	0"	104-115		113-126	122-137
5'S"	134-140	137-148		144-160	5'	1"	106-118		115-129	125-140
5'6"	136-142	139-151		146-164	5'	2"	108-121		118-132	128-143
5'7"	138-145	142-154		149-168	5'	3"	111-124		121-135	131-147
5'8"	140-148	145-157		152-172	5'	4"	114-127		124-138	134-151
5'9"	142-151	148-160		155-176	5' S"		117-130		127-141	137-155
5'10"	144-154	151-163		158-180	5'	6"	120-133		130-144	140-159
5'11"	146-157	154-166		161-184	5'	7"	123-136		133-147	143-163
6'0"	149-160	157-170		164-188	5'	8"	126-139		136-150	146-167
6'1"	152-164	160-174		168-192	5'	9"	129-142		139-153	149-170

B) LOOK AT THE HEIGHTS, WEIGHTS AND FRAME OF THESE PEOPLE. CONVERT FOOT AND INCHES INTO CENTIMETRES. WHO IS HEAVY, WHO ISN’T TOO HEAVY? WHO SHOULD GO ON DIET? WHO DOESN’T HAVE TO LOSE WEIGHT?

EXAMPLE:

Sylvia / 5'6" (1.67 m) / large / 135 lb (61 kg)

Sylvia is five feet, six inches tall. She has a large frame, and she weighs 135 pounds.

She isn't too heavy. She doesn't have to lose weight.

1. Steven / 5'8" / medium / 172 lb

2. Juan / 5'6" / large / 157 lb

3. Alexa / 5'2" / small / 134 lb

4. Helen / 5'7" / medium / 148 lb

5. Torn / 6'1" / medium / 172 lb

6. Maria / 5'3" / large / 141 lb

7. Joe / 5'9" / medium / 150 lb

8. Sue / 5'8" / small / 147 lb

9. Diana / 5'4" / medium / 137 lb

10. Erik / 5'11"/ small / 157 lb

EXERCISE 6. TRANSLATE

1. Чи пробували ви колись будь-яку дієту? 2. Набрати вагу легко, а скинути важко. 3. Паління приводить до раку. 4. Чи потрібно прислуховуватись до лікарів, коли ви на дієті? 5. Кожна людина має стежити за своєю вагою. 6. Існує велика кількість оздоровчих клубів, де люди можуть стежити за своєю вагою. 7. Шоколад, цукерки та булочки сприяють швидкому набиранню ваги. 8. Можливо, тобі потрібно сісти на дієту: ти важиш дуже багато. 9. Коли людина їсть багато жирного та солодкого, вона швидко набирає вагу. 10. Вам слід їсти менше солодкого та ходити до спортивної зали, щоб схуднути. 11. Моя сусідка, дійсно, в гарній формі: вона ходить до гімнастичної зали тричі на тиждень. 12. Вона почала задихатися: мабуть, це алергія. 13. Якщо хочеш бути худим, ніколи не їж після шостої вечора. 14. Дуже шкідливі масляні, солодкі та жирні продукти. 15. Якщо багато палиш, починаєш задихатися. 16. Ви їсте дуже багато, тому не можете схуднути. 17. Дієта – гарна річ, але не кожна людина може її витримати. 18. Хоч він і чоловік похилого віку, але в нього багато енергії. 19. Тобі потрібно скинути лише кілька кілограмів, і ти будеш у нормі. 20. Деяким чоловікам подобаються надто худі жінки. 21. Якщо ви збираєтесь схуднути, обов’язково порадьтесь із лікарем. 22. Це неймовірно, але вона цілком здорова. 23. Цей хлопець у гарній формі, а його дівчина – в поганій.