- •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
Unit 4 No Smoking
Section 1. Warming-up
1.1. Are there many smokers among your friends and aсquaintances? Are they heavy smokers? How many cigarettes a day do they smoke? Have they ever tried to quit smoking? Did they succeed? Do they smoke in public places and make other people passive smokers? Has any of them ever offerred you a cigarrete to smoke?
1.2. Read the statistics on smoking in Russia. The figures look daunting, don’t they? What facts impressed you most of all?
По заявлению Роспотребнадзора, за последние 20 лет число курильщиков в России увеличилось на 450 тысяч человек. Так, в возрасте 15-19 лет курят 7% девушек и 40% юношей. В среднем в день они выкуривают 7 и 12 сигарет соответственно.
В абсолютных числах эта статистика курения выглядит так - в России курят более 3 миллионов подростков: 0,5 миллиона девушек и 2,5 миллиона юношей.
В России заметна чёткая тенденция по увеличению количества потребления сигарет ежегодно. Так, в 1985 году было выкурено 200 миллиардов сигарет. В 2008 году этот показатель составил уже 414 миллиардов штук.
В настоящее время в России курят 30% женщин и 65% мужчин. И это является самой распространённой вредной привычкой. По статистике по причине курения в России преждевременная смерть ждет 25% курильщиков. В среднем они потеряют 10-15 лет жизни. Хотя могли бы пожить еще....
Section 2. Reading
2.1. Can you suppose at what age most people start smoking and what motivates them to take up this harmful habit? Write down your ideas and compare them with specialists’ data which is presented in the text below.
While reading don’t forget to do the vocabulary work given below.
Why do People Start to Smoke?
There are not many smokers about who started smoking after the age of eighteen. In fact, the majority of smokers took up the habit in their early or mid teens. At such a young age, you don't really think about the health risks of smoking and you certainly do not realise how addictive smoking can be. As a teenager you probably think that you can try smoking a few times and then take it or leave it. However, the reality is that it doesn't take long to become addicted to nicotine and smoking.
Within a short period of time, children can experience the same cravings and withdrawal symptoms as an adult, as well as smoke as many cigarettes or more. There are several reasons why children or teenagers start smoking. Peer pressure plays an important part. Many children start smoking because their friends have tried it or smoke themselves.Those children may have started as they have grown up in an environment where their parents, grandparents and older siblings smoke, and so they smoke in order to look and act like them. Other children start smoking as an act of rebellion or defiance against their parents or people of authority.
Some children may also begin to smoke if they have low self-esteem. Smoking may get them in with the "in crowd" and help them to make friends. If they smoke, then they will be accepted by their peers. Some children have said that they smoke to appear older and more grown up, especially if they are surrounded by young adults who smoke.
A number of children are only experimenting with smoking and just want to try it so see what all the fuss is about. As it is prohibited to smoke until the age of sixteen or even eighteen in some countries, children who smoke and get away with it without being caught, can get a thrill or a feeling of excitement out of breaking the law and doing what grown up adults do all the time. Whatever the reason that a teenager has for starting to smoke, it is apparent that no matter how much you try to tell him or her that smoking is bad, a great number of them are going to try it anyway. At that age, a teenager is more likely to be influenced by what their friends are doing rather than doing what their parents would like them to do. Some teenagers may take up smoking because their favourite film star or pop star smokes. They may think that if they smoke just like their favourite idol does, then they will appear more glamorous, attractive or sexy, like them.
The manner in which some tobacco companies advertise their cigarette brands also has a major influence on young people. Some adverts give the impression that smoking is sociable. You can make new friends by smoking or you can attract your ideal partner by looking sexy, sultry and smoky! Cigarette advertising is being banned in some countries and tobacco companies are becoming limited in where they are allowed to advertise. In some countries they are not permitted to advertise on billboards, television, radio, in magazines or newspapers or on buses or trains.