11. Read the following text. How to take care of health?

I am sure that health is a very important thing for all people. If you have good health you are in a good mood. I think it is necessary to take care of health.

I know a very useful proverb: "Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise."

First of all one must get up early, doing morning exercises. Usually I wash myself in the morning and in the evening with cold or warm water. I clean my teeth twice a day.

Everyone has one's rules about how to be in good health. To spend a lot of time in the open air is a very important fact for everybody. It is useful to go for a walk before going to bed. I think that we have to keep our flats clean. Every day I sweep up the room.

It is necessary to take care of our food eating high fiber food. We must eat fruit and vegetables. A good way to live well is dieting.

I believe that we have to eat low fat food and visit a swimming-pool in the evening.

Paying attention to health we have to go in for sports. It means that we must run and jump, play football and volleyball. In short we must be in some movement.

There are some facts which have influence on our health. First of all it is obesity and physical inactivity. We must not eat a lot, we can't eat much sugar and plenty of sweets.

Drinking much alcohol is not useful for our health. It is a terrible fact when we eat at night, don't follow a diet, use high-calorie foods and don't move a lot.

Smoking is not useful for our health too. If a person smokes a lot he (she) will be ill. To smoke is to live at the risk of one's life.

I suppose that it is necessary to go to bed till 11 o'clock and get up at 7 o'clock.

I am sure that our health is connected with our attack of nerves. I think that we must not be nervous.

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Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise – Кто рано ложится и рано встает – здоровье, богатство и ум наживет

12. Practice the following dialogues. A visit to a doctor

– Well, what’s the matter with you, Mr. Walker?

– You’d better ask me what is not the matter with me, doctor. I seem to be suffering from all the illnesses imaginable: insomnia, headaches, backache, indigestion, constipation and pains in the stomach. To make things still worse, I’ve caught a cold, I’ve got a sore throat and I’m constantly sneezing and coughing. To crown it all, I had an accident the other day, hurt my right shoulder, leg and knee, and nearly broke my neck. If I take a long walk, I get short of breath. In fact, feel more dead than alive.

– I’m sorry to hear that. Anyhow, I hope things aren’t as bad as you imagine. Let me examine you. Your heart, chest and lungs seem to be all right. Now open your mouth and show me your tongue. Now breathe in deeply, through the nose… There doesn’t seem to be anything radically wrong with you, but it’s quite clear that you’re run down, and if you don’t take care of yourself, you may have a nervous breakdown and have to go to hospital. I advise you, first of all, to stop worrying. Take a long rest, have regular meals, keep to a diet of salads and fruit, and very little meat. Keep off alcohol. If possible, give up smoking, at least for a time. Have this tonic made up and take two table spoonfuls three times a day before meals. If you do this, I can promise you full recovery within two or three months.

– And if I don’t, doctor?

– Than you’d better make your will, if you haven’t yet done so.

– I see. Well, thank you, doctor. I shall have to think it over and decide which the lesser evil is: to follow your advice or prepare for a better world.