- •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. Match the words and their definitions.
1) addictive
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a) an intense desire or longing |
2) nicotine
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b) low opinion of oneself |
3) craving
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c) able to cause dependence |
4) withdrawal symptoms
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d) a person who is revered, admired, or highly loved |
5) low self-esteem
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e) beautiful and smart, esp. in a showy way |
6) defiance
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f) to do (something wrong, illegal, etc.) without being discovered or punished |
7) glamorous
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g) the principal harmful element in tobacco |
8) idol
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h) a large board used for displaying advertising posters, as by a road |
9) to get away with
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i) the painful or unpleasant effects which are the results of breaking or stopping a habit |
10) billboard
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j) open or bold resistance to or disregard for authority, opposition, or power |
2. Insert correct prepositions into the following word combinations.
… such a young age, to become addicted … nicotine, an act of rebellion or defiance … their parents, get … …. the "in crowd", to be accepted … peers, to experiment … smoking, to get away … smth, to have influence … smbd, to make new friends … smoking, to advertise … billboards
3. Give antonyms for the words below.
Majority, to take up (smoking), health risks, addictive, to make friends, to accept, to prohibit, sociable, adults, attractive
2.2. Look through the text again and make up a list of reasons why teenagers start smoking and analyze them. Are they correlated with psychological peculiarities of adolescents? What convincing arguments can you put forward to prevent teenagers from smoking? Use your ideas to complete the table.
Reasons for smoking |
Psychological peculiarities |
Arguments |
peer pressure |
communication with peers is a leading activity at this age
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a self-confident strong-willed mature person can always say “no” |
Section 3. Listening
3.1. Listen to the tape and be ready to restore the missing parts of the conversation.
Todd: So Al, I must___________, I hear you no longer smoke. Al: That's true, I'm now, six months ago ____________. Todd: Good man. So how did you do it? Al: I just, I went out and I had the best New Year's Eve I've ever had in my life, where I went to a music party, a club, and ____________________. I finally left at 9 in the morning on New Year's Day, my lungs dry and and then decided I'm never going to do this and stopped.
Todd: Wow, I mean, you must have had, you know, addictions, you must have wanted ___________________. Al: You know, I've __________________ and had very bad cravings before, and this time it was, a couple of times I felt like I might like one, but no, I didn't have any _______________. I was ready this time I think. Todd: So you just think where your body reaches a point where you can take no more. Al: Yeah definitely, and your mind reaches a point where _____________________.
Todd: Right, so what do you think about smoking now? Al: I hate it. I'm completely, I'm ______________, and I used to be very liberal about people's rights to smoke and now I think it should be completely. It should ________________. Todd: Wow, they should just make it illegal. Al: Make it illegal. It_______________.
Todd: So what is your message to smoker? If someone out there is smoking today, they're a smoker; they want to quit, what's your message to them? Al: I read a really good, I'm reading __________________and in one of these stories in this book one guy says, imagine you have a pet dog, and you love this pet dog, and the pet dog is you body, now would you give poisoned, say you went to the pet store and you saw these cans of dog food with a poison mark on them, poisoned flavored dog food containing poison, would you buy that poison dog food and feed it to your dog? No, you wouldn't. That's exactly what _________________ . You're ________________.
Todd: Well, good message and so for all of you people out there who are smoking, STOP!