- •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 1 Healthy Living
Section 1. Warming-up
1.1. What associations do you have when you hear the word “health”? Think of three things which are associated with each letter in this word.
H – Harmony, Happiness, Habit.
E –
A –
L –
T –
H –
1.2. Put down your own definition of health. Compare it with the most famous definition of health produced by the World Health Organization in 1946. This definition has not changed since then.
"Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity."
What aspects of health are mentioned in this definition?
1.3. Now try to find definitions for the notions which are closely related to health.
1.4. Which of the things mentioned below have a significant influence on our health? Back up your choice.
Section 2. Reading
2.1. According to the World Health Organisation the following things represent major health determiners. Study the information carefully and be ready to say if people can improve their health or their health is predeternimed by the factors that people can’t change. Don’t forget to do the vocabulary work given below.
Socioeconomic status - the higher a person's socioeconomic status is, the more likely he/she is to enjoy good health. The link is a clear one. Higher status results in better dwelling, food, medical care, working conditions. Socioeconomic status affects all members of the family, including newborn babies.
Education - people with lower levels of education generally have a higher risk of experiencing poorer health. Their level of stress is more significant, compared to people with higher academic qualifications. A person with a high level of education will probably have higher self-esteem.
Physical environment - if your water is clean and safe, the air you breathe is pure, your workplace is healthy, your house is comfortable and safe, you are more likely to enjoy good health compared to somebody whose water supply is not clean and safe, the air he/she breathes is contaminated, the workplace is unhealthy, etc.
Job prospects and employment conditions - if you have a job, statistics show you are more likely to enjoy better health than people who are unemployed. If you have some control over your working conditions your health will benefit too.
Support from people around you - if you have family support, as well as support from friends and your community your chances of enjoying good health are far greater than somebody who has none of these things.
Culture - the traditions and customs of a society and how a family responds to them play an important role in people's health. The impact can be either good or bad for health.
Genetic inheritance - people's longevity, general health and propensity to certain diseases are partly determined by their genetic makeup.
Lifestyle - what we eat, our physical activity, whether or not we smoke or drink or take drugs, and how we cope with stress play an important role on our physical and mental well-being.
Access and use of health services - a society that has access and uses good quality health services is more likely to enjoy better health than one that doesn't.
Gender - men and women are susceptible to some different diseases, conditions and physical experiences, which play a role in our general health.