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Unit 10: Health

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Vocabulary

healthy

in shape

unhealthy

out of shape and overweight

sick

not well

food

exercise

getting some exercise

stress

stressed out

a cigarette (cigarettes)

a cigar (cigars)

alcoholic drinks

nonalcoholic drinks

a physical exam

an eye exam

a dental exam

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Important Health Words to Memorize

The Health Word:

The Words in Your Language

1 to exercise

2 nutrition

3 overweight

4 stress

5 to sleep

6 an exam, a checkup

7 a lifestyle

8 healthy

9 sick

10 to prevent

11 physical

12 dental

How to Be Healthy

A healthy person feels good and seldom gets sick.

A healthy person is careful to eat and drink good things.

A healthy person usually lives longer than an unhealthy person.

To be healthy, do this:

Eat good food. Don’t eat a lot of candy. Don’t drink a lot of

alcoholic drinks.

Get enough sleep. Be sure your children get enough sleep.

Get regular exercise.

Have fun. Take time to enjoy the people and things around you.

Don’t smoke. Don’t do drugs.

Learn how to handle stress.

Get regular physical, and dental checkups. Get your eyes checked, too.

Comprehension Check

1. What can you do to be healthy?

__________________________________________________________

2. ∇ Why can smoking hurt your health?

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3. ♦ What is stress? What kinds of things can cause stress?

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Pronunciation

Your teacher will model the words in each group. Please repeat them as directed.

weight

alcohol

stress

nutri -

weight

alcohol

stress ed

nutri tion

over weight alcohol ic

stress ful

nutri tious

under weight non alcohol ic

un stress ed

in nutri tious

alcohol ism

Clap the Stress

X x

X x x

x X x

stress

stress ful

al cohol

nu tri tion

stressed

han dle

ex ercise

nu tri tious

weight

den tal

phy sical

un health y

age

per son

reg ular

im port ant

height

peo ple

mem orize

a round you

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Conversations

Conversation 1

Person 1. What are you so happy about?

Person 2. I’m feeling so much better since I started walking

everyday .

Person 1. Good for you! You look great, too.

Person 2. Thanks.

∇ Conversation 2

Person 1. What’s the matter?

Person 2. I don’t feel good.

Person 1. In what way?

Person 2. I just yelled at the kids—for no reason.

Person 1. You sound stressed out . Let’s go for a little

walk . It might help you to relax .

♦ Conversation 3

Person 1. What’s the matter with him ?

Person 2. I don’t know. He’s been acting like that all day .

Person 1. What time did he go to bed last night?

Person 2. About 11. He watched a movie until then .

Person 1. That’s the problem! Kids his age need 8 to 10

hours of sleep at night .

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