- •Unit 1 Healthy Living
- •Vocabulary work
- •Find in the text the English equivalents for the following Russian words and word combinations .
- •Match words to get pairs of synonyms or synonymous expressions.
- •3.6. Answer and discuss the questions below:
- •Unit 2 Sleep
- •1.2. Divide the expressions below into two columns. Column a should contain expressions which can be used to characterize good sleep, column b – bad sleep.
- •2.1. Study the lexical units from the recording.
- •2.3. Listen to the second recording and mark the sentences as true or false.
- •2.4. Restore the missing information after listening to the text again.
- •2.5. Now listen to another recording in which people tell about the time they usually get up. Be ready to fix this time in the table.
- •3.1. Translate the following text into English. Enlarge upon each paragraph of the text to get a scientific report entitled “Benefits of Sleep”.
- •Unit 3 Sleep Disorders
- •1.1. Read the poem and say what situation it describes? Have you ever had a night of the kind? What did you do to induce youself to sleep? Did you finally manage to beat insomnia?
- •1.2. To learn more about sleep disorders match their names and their descriptions.
- •Some Things to Consider for a Good Night's Rest
- •Unit 4 No Smoking
- •1.2. Read the statistics on smoking in Russia. The figures look daunting, don’t they? What facts impressed you most of all?
- •Why do People Start to Smoke?
- •Vocabulary work
- •1. Match the words and their definitions.
- •3.1. Answer the following questions.
- •4.2. Interview a person who has managed to give up smoking, and on its basis write a true story similar to the one you’ve just read.
- •Unit 5 Eating Habits
- •1.2. Can you enlarge upon the lists of habits you’ve made?
- •2.1. Before reading the text answer these questions then read the text and compare your ideas with the specialists’ opinion. Don’t forget to do the vocabulary work suggested below the text.
- •Healthy Eating
- •3.3. Listen to the recording once again and complete the table below.
- •3.4. Now listen to four more people who will describe their eating habits. Use the information from the recording to complete the table.
- •3.6. What sort of health problems can we solve by changing our eating habits?
- •4.2. Now describe you eating habits in a detailed way. Is it necessary to introduce any changes into them?
- •3.4. Choose one of the famous sayings and dwell upon it.
- •Unit 6 Drinking Alcohol
- •1.1. Can you understand when people are under the influece of alcohol? What changes can you notice in their behavouir and physical state?
- •1.2. Now study the following facts and say how alcohol influences people.
- •3.1. Study the lexical units you are going to hear in the recording.
- •3.2. After listening to the dialogue for the first time choose the correct alternative.
- •3.3. Listen to the recording once again and complete Tom’s ideas. While reporting them in class transform them into indirect speech.
- •4.1. Luckily Tom has managed to quit drinking quite easily, many people can’t do that. What helped him to get rid of this harmful habit? Is drinking a habit or a real disease?
- •2.1. Study the words which may cause difficulties in understanding.
- •2.2. Listen to the first part of the recording and clarify the difference between “substance abuse” and “addiction”. Be ready to answer the questions.
- •2.3. Now listen to the second part of the recording and fill in the gaps with the words or expressions you hear in the text.
- •3.1. Read the text, do the vocabulary work given below and answer the following questions:
- •Teenagers and Drugs
- •Vocabulary work
- •1. Provide English equivalents for the following Russian words.
- •2. Paraphrase the italicized part in the sentences.
- •3. Match the words and expressions which have a similar meaning.
- •4.1. Do you own research work and find information about drug-addiction among Russian schoolchildren.
- •Unit 8 aids
- •1.1. Read the poem written by an anonymous writer. What problem does it touch upon? What ideas does each part of the poem render?What do you know about aids?
- •1.2. Look at the diagram and analyze the infection rate in various regions of the world. What are the hardest-hit areas? What can be accounted for such dismal statistics?
- •2.1. Read the text informing the readers about the situation with aids in Russia. Do the vocabulary work and answer the questions below.
- •Russia Wakes Up to aids Epidemic
- •Vocabulary work
- •1. Translate the following words and word-combinations into Russian.
- •2. Paraphrase the italicized part in the sentences.
- •3. Insert appropriate prepositions into the gaps.
- •3.1. Listen to the text and resrore the missing information.
- •Unit 9 sports
- •2.1. Now read what English scientists write about the role of physical activities for a healthy living. Do the vocabulary work given below and answer these questions.
- •About the Benefits of Exercise
- •Physical activity targets
- •Achieve your goals
- •Unit 10 stress
- •2.1. Read the first text given below and find sentences in it which support the following statements.
- •Stress in our Life
- •Common misconceptions about stress
- •Unit 11 Life Expectancy
- •Life Expectancy
- •Seven Surprising Things that Help you Live Longer
- •Vocabulary work
- •1. Find in the text English equivalents for the following Russian words and word combinations.
- •2. Explain the meaning of the underlined part of the sentence.
- •Are You Going To Live To 100?
- •3.4. Make up a list of resolutions which will help you live longer and healthier. Put them into practice today and remember “Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today”!
- •Scripts unit 1 Healthy Lifestyle
- •Unit 2 Sleep
- •Unit 3 Sleep Disorders
- •Unit 4 No Smoking
- •Unit 5 Eating Habits
- •Unit 6 Drinking Alcohol
- •Unit 7 Taking Drugs
- •What Are Substance Abuse and Addiction?
- •Unit 8 aids
- •Unit 9 Sports
- •Unit 10 Exam Stress
- •Unit 11 Life Expectancy
- •Список использованной литературы
- •Список использованных интернет-сайтов
Vocabulary work
1. Find in the text English equivalents for the following Russian words and word combinations.
Иметь тенденцию жить дольше, гарантировать долгую жизнь, иметь широкий круг общения, добавить два года к продолжительности жизни, завоевать признание, иметь высокое мнение о ком-либо, экономический спад, снижение уровня смертности, бросить вредные привычки, требующие больших денежных затрат, производственные травмы, заболевания, связанные с обменом веществ, поглощать, предотвращать старческие заболевания.
2. Explain the meaning of the underlined part of the sentence.
People with poor social networks (with few friends) are 50 percent more likely to die sooner than those with "robust social ties."
Having a large social circle can make as much difference to your life expectancy as a life without smoking cigarettes.
Active lifestyle and healthy Mediterranean diets helped the Greek island maintain the highest percentage of nonagenarians on the planet.
Women with large rear ends are less likely to suffer heart and metabolic diseases than non-curvy ladies.
But just the act of learning something new is like "running different software through the brain."
3. Work with a good dictionary and a) clarify the meaning of the terms “life-span”, “life expectancy”, “longevity”; b) find words (euphemisms) used to denote old people.
Section 3. Listening
3.1.The tiny European principality of Andorra seems to have discovered the secret of longevity. Life expectancy there, according to the World Health Organisation, is top of the global league. Listen to the correspondent of BBC reporting from Andorra. But first study the list of unknown words.
pristine – чистый
lean meat – постное мясо
to put smth partly down to history – зд. объяснятьчто-либо историческими событиями
peace of mind – душевное спокойствие
world-beating longevity – зд. первенство в мире по долгожительству
3.2. Listen to the report for the fist time and choose the correct alternative.
There are lots of people here in their late nineties / eighties / seventies.
Perhaps the secret ingredient is excellent medical service / low stress levels / fresh mountainous air.
The people in Andorra live in a country that hasn't had a conflict for eight / seven / ten centuries.
3.3. Listen to the report for the second time and make up a list of factors influencing people’s longevity there.
Section 4. Follow up activity
4.1. Do your own research and find information about life-expectancy in Russia and major factors determining it.
4.2. Would you like to live to 100, why yes / no?
4.3. Do the quiz given below to find out what you should do to prolong your life.
Are You Going To Live To 100?
How often do you eat fruit and vegetables?
a) every day
b) never
c) 2 or 3 times a week
2. Look at this list of food and drink. How many of the thins mentioned below do you eat a day?
-ice-cream; fizzy drinks; extra salt on your food; extra sugar on your food or in a drink; fast food
a) more than two
b) one or two
c) none
3. When you have a problem do you
a) forget about it?
b) talk to a parent, teacher or a friend about it?
c) wait and then talk to a friend later?
4. Do you play sport or go to a dancing class?
a) once a week or more
b) two or three times a month
c) once a month
5. When you have free time you
a) watch TV?
b) go to a swimming pool with your friends?
c) take serious exercises?
6. Do you live
a) in town b) in the country?
7. Do you sleep
a) more than 10 hours a night? b) less than 10 hours a night?
8. Your friends live on the third floor of a block of flats. Do you
a) walk up the stairs when you visit them?
b) take the lift when you visit them?
9. When you are in a hurry do you
a) still remember to eat good meals?
b) miss a meal but eat a packet of crisps or chocolate?
10. Are you going to start smoking?
a) yes b) no
Now Add up Your Points
1. a.3 b.0 c.1
2. a.0 b.1 c.3
3. a.1 b.3 c.2
4. a.3 b.2 c.1
5. a.0 b.2 c.3
6. a.1 b.3
7. a.1 b.3
8. a.3 b.1
9. a.3 b.0
10. a.0 b.3
Answers: 5-12 points: You are not going to live to 100 without good food or exercise. You must eat more fruit and vegetables. You must take more exercise too. It’s fun to be fit.
13-24 points: Not bad…do the same things but more often. Try to eat more fruit and swim once a week.
25-30 points: You do all the right things. You are going to live to 100.