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How healthy are your leisure activities?
For some time, the World Health Organisation and UNICEF
have been 1 an eye on the low level of physical
exercise among young people, and this is something which
affects Ukraine too. UNICEF has said that only 35% of tenyear-old children get exercise on a daily basis.This figure
drops to 18% among Ukrainians aged 17.
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Television is not the only problem. If we include computers
and gadgets like mobile phones, the total screen time goes
up considerably. Among 16-17-year-olds, for example,
more than 33% of them are on their gadgets for over four
hours a day. If we add the various home-based hobbies and
pastimes that people are 5 , it is easy to see how
physical exercise could get forgotten.
From one point of view, anything you can do to relax, 2
fun and take your mind off the stress of schoolwork
is healthy. After all, stress is one of the biggest health
problems we all face. But the worry is that too much time is
3 doing passive free-time activities, like watching
television. Apparently, 37% of all 14-17-year-olds in Ukraine
watch between three and six hours of television a day,
and this figure is even higher at weekends. It looks as if
television 4 nearly all their leisure time.
But the news is not all bad. According to various surveys,
a significant number of Ukrainian teens are 6
attention to health advice. They get exercise, take part in
sports or visit the countryside regularly. Around half of
teenagers walk regularly - either to get places, or simply
for pleasure, like 7 a stroll in the park. When we
add activities like cycling and skateboarding, most experts
8 that there are plenty of teens who are doing
enough to stay healthy.
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2. They told their parents that they had decided to get married
3. She asked me how many times I had been to the United States
4. He told me he wouldn`t be able to leave unit seven o`clock
5. She said she couldn`t swin very well
6. They told me they had taken a taxi to the station
7. They said their luggage had been damaged
8. He asked me if I was going to school the foolowing day
9. They said they might stay unit the weekend
10. They asked where I had been living
2) You mustn't tell the boss what happened, or he'll fire you.
3) I don't have to wear a tie; I do it because i like wearing ties.
4)You mustn't smoke in here; smoking is not allowed.
5) I mustn't be late. It's the most important meeting of the year.
6)You don't have to go now; you can stay a bit longer.
7) Visitors to the zoo mustn't feed the animals.
8) You don't have to drive so fast; we have a lot of time.
9) We don't have to cook more; there's enough food.
10) You mustn't put salt in her food; the doctor said she can't eat salt.