Ex.6 Complete the sentences from the text

a) Five magic minutes' worth can ease the tense and aching muscles... soothing away...

b) You instinctively rub...

c) A gentle pummeling of the small of the back helps...

d) Gentle kneading with... to loosen the scalp eases...

e) Facial massage can... at bay.

f) Staying mobile helps... over.

g) It's our inflexible, sedentary way of life... that... too soon.

Ex.7 Paraphrase the following using the text

1. Are your muscles tense? 2. I am under constant influence of stress. 3. The' massage will enable you to accept the routine world that is around you. 4. The massage is very popular among the employees of the City of London. 5. Anybody can learn to make a massage. 6. You may massage yourself. 7. If you keep exercising, it'll make you feel always young. 8. Our way of life which involves much sitting and little movement makes us grow old. 9. Facial massage can reduce the lines on the face.

Ex.8 Answer the following questions:

1. Who has developed a streamlined massage?

2. Why is it so much in demand?

3. How can a person heal himself?

4. How can you organize yourself to de-stress one another?

5. How can one massage oneself?

6. What keeps you young all over?

Ex.9 Choose a synonym out the row of words:

to pummel - entrench, intone, gulp, beat;

to knead - make dough, grunt, impress, indite;

to rub - distort, move on the surface, box, brush;

to heal - massage, bulge, cure, treat;

to relax -de - stress, end, impale, pump;

to cramp - tighten, pull, sit, thicken, versify;

sedentary - bent, sitting, economical.

Ex.10 Make up a dialogue based on the text discussing the advantage of the five minute massage.

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Текст. Are: you ready? Remember to take care of your back now! History of chocolate.

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Ex.1 Read the theoretical material and fulfill some exercises..