Healthy lifestyle and healthy eating

You hear a lot about living a healthy lifestyle, but what does that mean? In general, a healthy person doesn't smoke, is at a healthy weight, eats healthy and exercises. Sounds simple, doesn't it? The trick to healthy living is making small changes...walking, adding fruit to your daily menu, having an extra glass of water...these are just a few ways you can start living healthy without drastic changes.

First of all, you can regulate your diet and exercise. Doing sports on a regular basis has a number of positive effects. It can reduce the risk of heart disease, improve mood and reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression. Exercising you lose weight, burn off calories and tone up your muscles.

The next important part of a healthy lifestyle is a balanced diet. People today are probably more concerned about food than ever before. Dieting (or being on a diet) doesn’t mean that you should cut all your favourite foods containing fat or carbohydrates. It just means eating sensibly. You need to get all types of substances including fat, protein and carbohydrates and try to avoid too much junk food.

To be healthy, people should get rid of their bad habits. It's necessary to stop smoking and drinking much. Everyone should remember that cigarettes, alcohol and drugs destroy both body and brain. Besides according to statistics most of crimes are committed by people under the influence of drugs and alcohol.

It’s also important to consult doctors regularly, practice good hygiene and develop positive attitude to life. Keeping active way of life you can cope with stress!

On the whole, we must remember that moderation in eating and drinking, reasonable hours of studying, regularity in exercise, recreation and rest and many other essentials lay the foundations for good health and long life.

 

STUDENT CARD

Give a 2-2.5 minute talk on the topic “Healthy lifestyle”.

Remember to say:

• To be healthy means to have a happy life
• Sport is a very important part of our life
• If healthy eating is necessary

 

Answer the question: What do you personally do to be healthy?

WORD FORMATION

1. Fill in the spaces in the following text using a suitable form of the words given in brackets. Pay attention to the use of negative prefixes such as dis-, un-, im-, ir - etc.

The British government has decided to take the _______________ (popular) decision to ban smoking in a lot of public places. Though a lot of people find smoking _______________ (please) and though experts all agree it is _____________ (health) and itcosts the state a lot to treat victims of smoking, it is also __________________ (deny) that many people get pleasure from the habit and find smoking _________________ (resist) when they are in company.

However, it is now ________________ (possible) to deny the antisocial nature of the habit. As advertising has proved _________________ (effect) with many smokers, the government has now made smoking __________________ (legal) in most public places. Smokers who are _____________ (ability) to stop smoking may feel the new measures are unjust, but for the passive smokers from whom a room full of smoke is ________________ (bear) they will come as a breath of fresh air.

Fill in the spaces in the following text using a suitable form of the words given in brackets

In the past, any mother would be_____________ (pride) if her children were round and slightly fat. Those days are gone. ______________ (research) have now reached the _________________ (conclude) that too much fat and sugar in children’s diets are a major factor in the _____________________ (develop) of heart diseases and other _______________ (ill) when they are older. However, growing children need to eat a wide range of foods, and their health could be _________________ (danger) by cutting out particular ones. Psychologists say that the ________________ (solve) is not to change eating habits too fast, but to do it __________ (care), so that children do not lose muscle in addition to fat. Parents should present food a little

_____________________ (different), spread butter thinly and avoid putting sugar on the table. Children should also be _________________ (courage) to take part in sports: this way they will be using calories that they have eaten.

WRITING

С1

Personal Letter

This is a part of a letter from Andy, your English pen friend.

 

… I’m starting to feel really unfit! Do you do much exercise? How often do you exercise? What should I do to get fit? I’m thinking of joining a gym. Is that a good idea? What else can you recommend? Write back soon. Best wishes, Andy

 

• Write back to Andy answering his questions.
• Ask 3 questions about his summer holiday.

 

Write 100-140 words.

Remember the rules of letter writing.

С2

Argumentative composition

More and more people believe that a vegetarian diet is a healthy way of eating.

What is your opinion on a vegetarian diet?

 

Write 200-250 words.

§ make an introduction. (state the problem)

§ express your personal opinion and give 2-3 reasons for your opinion

§ express an opposing opinion and give 1-2 reasons for this opposing opinion

§ express why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

§ make a conclusion restating your opinion