Answer the following questions. 1 Are you the healthy-eating, clean-living, sporty-type?
1 Are you the healthy-eating, clean-living, sporty-type? Why? Why not?
2 Do you do any sport?
3 What are the advantages of being fit?
4 Do you prefer individual or team sport? Why?
5 What do you think makes people compete in dangerous sports?
4. What’s the English for the following.
Фитнес бум, регулярные физические упражнения, сбалансированное питание, общественные центры досуга, водные горки, огромные крытые аквапарки, делать упражнения, бег трусцой, силовые тренировки в тренажерном зале, здоровое тело, умеренная физическая активность, защищает от болезней сердца и инсультов, улучшить общее состояние здоровья, использовать лестницу вместо лифта, часть повседневной жизни, широкое распространение, отсутствия средств, избыточный вес.
5. Where can you practice sport? What is special about the following places where you do a sport? Make up sentences using these words.
Field, pitch, court, leisure centre, gym, swimming pool, stadium, ground, track, ring, rink, arena.
Read the proverbs. Find their analogues in Russian and discuss them.
1. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
2. A sound mind in a sound body.
3. Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
4. A merry heart is good medicine.
5. One hour’s sleep before midnight is worth two after.
Work in pairs.
Make a list of five different items of food. Read out your list. The other student must say:
- if they are good for us or not
- why
- how much we should or shouldn’t eat
Example: Fruit is very good for us. It contains vitamins. We should eat a lot.
Biscuits aren’t very good for us. They are made with sugar. We shouldn’t eat too much.
Complete these statements with gerunds. Use the following verbs.
Increase eat do walk
Smoke swim run go
1. Smoking is bad for your heart and lungs.
2. ________ too much fat and sugar is also unhealthy.
3. Doctors suggest __________ the number of fruits and vegetables in your diet.
4. Avoid _________ too many high-impact sports such as jogging and jumping rope. Instead, consider __________ in a pool every day. It’s an excellent low-impact sport.
5. Many healthy experts think that _________ is better than __________ because there is less stress on your body when your feet come into contact with the ground.
6. Many people postpone _________ to the doctor or dentist, but regular checkups are important.
9. Read these conversations. Write a summary sentence for each conversation. Choose the appropriate verb and use the gerund form of the verb in parentheses.
Admit avoid consider deny enjoy
go mind quit
1. Ann: Do you want to go jogging with me before work?
Tom: No, thanks. I really don’t like that kind of exercise.
Summary: Tom doesn’t enjoy jogging(jog).
2. Ralph: Would you like a cigarette?
Marta: Oh, no, thanks. I don’t smoke anymore.
Summary: Marta _________________________(smoke).
3. Chen: What are you doing after work?
An-ling: I’m going to that new swimming pool. Would you like to go with me?
Summary: An-ling is going to ______________________(swim).
4. Jim: I smell smoke in here. You had a cigarette, didn’t you?
Ellen: No, I didn’t.
Summary: Ellen ___________________(smoke).
5. Irene: You are lazy. You really need to exercise more.
Mike: You are right, I’m lazy.
Summary: Mike _____________________lazy(be).
6. Monica: Would you like a piece of chocolate cake?
Phil: No, thanks. I try to stay away from sweets.
Summary: Phil ___________________ sweets(eat).
7.Craig: I know exercise is important, but I hate it. What about you?
Vilma: Well, I don’t love it, but it’s OK.
Summary: Vilma doesn’t __________________(exercise).
8. Alice: We’ve been working too hard. Maybe we need a vacation.
Eric: A vacation? Hmm That’s an interesting idea. Do you think we can afford it?
Summary: Eric and Alice _________________ a vacation(take).
Discuss in groups.
You are doing a survey for the university newspaper. You are asking students what they think about sports at the university. In groups discuss what you can say on the topic.
LESSON 7
- Read and translate the text.
YOUTH PROBLEMS
Youth is the time when a person is trying to find his place in the world. And during this search he or she comes across different problems which are as important as those of the adults. The youth of the 21st century face almost the same problems which were acute to their parents when they were young. One of them is a generation gap.
Every generation is unique in its experience. It has its own ideals and a system of values concerning every aspect of human life. Adults always complain that the young people do not blindly accept the ideals of their parents. And this is inevitable as different generations take different directions. Grown-ups always teach the young how to live. But the latter want to live their own life. And it generates the conflict of the generations.
Another problem of the youth is the problem of love. Young people fall in love when they reach the age of Romeo and Juliet. Romanticism and idealism very often accompany the love of the young. It is regrettable, but the young are not always ready to have stable relations. For a happy family life two people must understand and respect each other.
It should be said, that the young have other problems as well. They are concerned with education (which is rather expensive), money, employment, hobby, spending, their free time, communication and the like. And of course, one of the most urgent problems is the accommodations problem. Not many young people in our country have their own apartments. In the main, they share the apartments with their parents even after getting married. As far as I know, many young Americans do not live with their families. They prefer to live in apartment blocks or residential areas where everyone is more or less of the same age.
One more problem should be stressed. It’s the problem of the youth unemployment. The number of young people looking for job is constantly increasing. They are looking for job not only for the sake of earning money, but because they want to be independent from their parents. Job gives the young people a chance to adjust themselves to the real life of adults and stir their ambitions. School-leavers can be part-time workers, seasonal workers and so on. In general, their job is not welcomed. Very often preference is given to adult people. I think that our government should work out some social employment programmers. Our young people can be considered only a part of our society.
So just the same problems our society is facing nowadays, are typical of the young people. They are drug-taking, alcohol, smoking, prostitution, hijacking, murders, stealing, kid-napping, robberies and the like. Young people are more violent then ever. Many people say that their lives have been made miserable by young people out on the street late at night. All those groups or subcultures are awful, because all of their members are violent. They only think about rebellion against society, its laws, they reject everything, they protest against their parents and school. As for the American youth, their problems are connected with their beliefs and values.
Hard work is part of the American Dream. To be a success is important in America. Society doesn’t like those who have achieved nothing. That’s why all young Americans want to work hard and be a success. The first step to it is a high diploma. Without it, it’s almost impossible to be successful. In order to get it you should compete. And of course, communication can be one of the most important problems not only of the young Americans, but of all young people of today. If you don’t like noisy clubs and other places of entertainment, you cam make friends without leaving your apartment. The Internet gives such an opportunity. But the problem is that people can sit at the displays for 24 hours without eating, sleeping, having a rest, working or learning properly. I am sure, that it’s a great problem of the present and future.
- Vocabulary.
adults взрослые
to face the problems сталкиваться с проблемами
acute problems острые проблемы
to complain жаловаться
grown-ups взрослые
the conflict of the generations конфликт поколений
urgent problems актуальные проблемы
stable relations прочные отношения
to accompany the love сопровождать любовь
unemployment безработица
hi-jacking нападение, налет, захват
places of entertainment места развлечений
kid-napping похищение детей
robbery ограбление
rebellion against society бунт против общества