Active Vocabulary. to suffer from – страдать от disease – болезнь Intemperance - невоздержанность harmful - вредный to complain of – жаловаться

4. Find the English equivalents to the following words:

Здоровье, здоровый; страдать от расстройства, быть не в состоянии что-либо делать, избежать болезней, в помещении, определенное количество упражнений, силы, которыми мы обладаем, укреплять и ослаблять, физическая и умственная деятельность, чередовать, наиболее существенно, ободрять и очищать тело, вредно для здоровья, истощать нервную систему, быть умеренным, переедать, воздерживать от всего, что отравляет; отдых и развлечение, закладывать основы для здоровья и долгой жизни, установить диагноз, назначить лечение.

5. Paraphrase the following word combination using your active vocabulary:

The state of being well in the body and mind, to be in disorder, to care of a body, to become stronger/weaker, the best thing, to follow each other, to give energy, to make the body pure, to do a lot of harm, to tire out, important, in proportion with, to keep within sensible limits, to go to a doctor, to keep away from, to be a base for.

6. Complete the sentences using your active vocabulary:

1. There are many things which can be bought in life but …

2. If a man doesn’t keep the laws of health he …

3. Our mental and bodily powers are …

4. It’s harmful for a man’s health to sit long hours because …

5. Overeating leads to extra-weight that’s why it’s essential …

6. Some people are “larks” by nature and some people are “owls”, so …

7. Everybody wants to have good health and long life, so he should …

7. Answer the following questions:

1. What happens if something is wrong with body?

2. What is the simplest law of health?

3. What role does sport play in people’s life?

4. When do students usually do homework? Is it harmful or useful for health?

5. Do you have meals regularly?

6. Do you consult doctors regularly?

8. Explain the meaning of the following sentences:

1. “If our body suffers from any disorder, our mind suffers with it”.

2. “All the powers we possess are strengthened by use and weakened by disuse”.

3. “…to rise with the lark and go to bed with the lark”.

4. “The best way of getting exercises is to do some work that is useful and at the same time interesting to the mind”

5. “We should abstain from everything that intoxicates’’.

6. “Prevention is better than cure’’.

7. “An apple a day keeps a doctor away’’.

9. But there are still some problems with health. Here are the names of some diseases and word combinations connected with the topic.

to complain of - жаловаться на…

to prescribe – прописать

to recover – выздороветь

to cure – лечить

to take medicine – принимать лекарство

Tonsilitis – ангина

Appendicitis – аппендицит

Pneumonia – воспаление легких

Headache – головная боль

The AIDS – СПИД

Drug addiction – наркомания

A cough – кашель

Indigestion – несварение

10. Here are some extracts from medical certificates. Symptoms of what diseases are described in them?

1. Patient’s complaints of a headache, high temperature. A bad sleep, a cough. Nose is clogged up. (заложен).

2. After-effects (осложнения) after eating. High temperature, feeling sick (тошнота).

11. Let’s learn about treatment on health farms. What diseases are cured there?