Listening
Task 1. Listen to the conversation and fill in the gaps. 0- to worry
I never used 0. to worry about my health until recently. When I was a kid, I did loads of 1. Even in my twenties and thirties I was very fit and never ill. I have been lucky all my life – always in the best of 2. I rarely get even 3. I suppose time catches up with you. Now I seem to be getting lots of little 4. I should go to the doctor for a health check, but I’m too busy. The older you get, the more you worry about your health. One good thing is that I’m eating more 5now than ever before. I no longer have fast food and 6. I also sleep a lot more. I’ve read that getting seven or eight hours sleep every night is one of the best things you can do for your health
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Reading.
Task 1. How much physical activity do you think a young person needs to stay healthy? Read and check your answers.
What are the activity intensity levels? When you take part in a low-intensity activity, you do not sweat and your breathing is not affected greatly. Moderate-intensity activities should make you sweat and your heart beat faster. You cannot sing, but you can continue talking. As for high-intensity activities, you start to sweat sooner and cannot talk without getting out of breath.
Physical activity is any activity where you move your body and burn energy. There are many benefits of being physically active. Firstly, exercise stops you from becoming overweight, and this is important because keeping a healthy weight lowers your risk of developing certain illnesses in the future. What is more, when you work out, play a sport or even just go for a walk, the muscles and bones in your body become stronger. Because your heart is a muscle too, physical activity can keep it strong and healthy. You definitely want it to be strong enough to send blood and oxygen around your body!
We should all take part in physical activity regularly. According to the World Health Organization, young people aged between 5 and 17 should do about 60 minutes of moderate to high-intensity physical activity daily to keep their heart healthy and to stay fit. This does not have to be done all at once but can be done throughout the day.
Task. Read again and answer the questions.
1. How does a person feel during a high-intensity activity? – You start to sweat sooner and cannot talk without getting out of breath.
2. What could an unhealthy weight lead to?
3. How does physical activity benefit our muscles and bones?
4. What does our heart do?
5. How are low-intensity and moderate-intensity activities different?
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Total [10 points]
If you go to school or university, you are faced with a number of exams. Basically, these exams are supposed to test your knowledge and skills. Also, they may motivate you to study harder.
In my opinion, it is really the case that exams motivate students to study harder. Firstly, exams are often a pass to a higher level of education. If you get good marks in examinations, you are admitted to further education. If you fail, you do not get the admittion. So, you make every effort to keep the right to study further. Secondly, exams are a good way to assess your learning efficiency and detect possible gaps in your knowledge. Bad marks mean that your knowledge is flawed and you need to be more disciplined and work harder to do away with the flaws.
But there are people who believe that examinations do not give real motivation to a student. They say that being a good student with excellent marks does not guarantee future prosperity.
Nevertheless, I cannot assent to the foregoing opinion, because being a good student is the beginning of being a good employee or worker who can earn a good living. Highly qualified professionals are always in great demand in any business sector.
In conclusion, exams play an important part in our life, although any exam is a kind of pain. But the saying is: no pain, no gain!
1. It's been months since is last rained so the crops are failing.
2. Bolts of lightning lit up the sky throughout the night.
3. Strong circling winds travelled over the land destroying everything in their path.
4. Temperatures reached over 40 degrees for days on end.
5. As the snow fell strong winds blew it around the town.
6. Strong winds blew loose sand and dirt across the area.
7. The river overflowed and water covered the town`s streets.
8. After winds formed over the sea, they hit regions along the coast.