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CONVERSATIONAL TOPIC

«Health Saving Concept»

Pre-reading task. Can you answer these questions?

1. What is health saving concept?

2. What do you do to behealth?

Biorhythms

Vocabulary

century medical scientists made a discovery

fleshblood internal "body clock"

regulaterise fall

body energy dominate cycle

tiredfall asleep awake

provesinterrupt experience

unpleasantidentify biorhythmic

physicalemotional intellectual

approximatelybe divided into low energy period

resistantillness high energy period

criticalweakest time change-over

vice versa accident experience.

At the beginning of the 20-th century medical scientists made a surprising discovery: people are built not just of flesh and blood but also of time. They were able to demonstrate that we all have an internal "body clock" which regulates the rise and fall of our body energies, making us different from one day to the next. Lives of most living things are dominated by the 24-hour night-and-day cycle. The fact that we feel tired and fall asleep at night and become awake during the day proves it. If the right 24-hour cycle is interrupted, people experience unpleasant side effects.

Scientists have identified three biorhythmic cycles: physical, emotional and intellectual. Each cycle lasts approximately 28 days and each is divided into a high energy period and a low energy period of equal length. During the low energy period we are less resistant to illness and tire more easily. The low periods puts energy into our "batteries" for the next high period. During the high energy period of a physical biorhythm we are more resistant to illness, better coordinated and more energetic.

"Critical" or weakest time is the time of change-over from the high energy period to the low energy period, or vice versa. This "critical" time usually lasts a day. On the critical day of the physical biorhythm, there is a greater chance of accident and illness.

Human bodies are individual and so we each have our own biorhythmic experience.

Task 1.Answer the questions.

1) What are Biorhythms?

2) What problems can people have if their 24-hour rhythm is interrupted?

3) What three biorhythmic cycles have scientists identified?

4) Which is the weakest part of a cycle?

5) How long does each cycle last?

Task 2. Give Russian equivalents:

flesh, blood, century, medical scientists, made a discovery, vice versa, internal "body clock", regulate, rise, fall, body energy, accident, dominate, cycle, feel, tired, fall asleep, awake, prove, interrupt, experience, unpleasant, identify, biorhythmic, physical, emotional, intellectual, approximately, be divided into, low energy period, resistant, illness, tire, high energy period, critical, weakest time, change-over, experience.

Task 3.Complete the sentences with words from task 2.

Task 4. False or true?Correct, if it is necessary.

1) At the beginning of the 20-th century medical scientists were able to demonstrate that people have an internal "body clock".

2) Internal "body clock" regulates the rise and fall of our body energies.

3) Lives of most living things are dominated by the 24-hour night-and-day cycle.

4) Scientists have identified five biorhythmic cycles.

5) Each biorhythmic cycle lasts approximately 20 days.

6)Each biorhythmic cycle is divided into a high energy period and a low energy period of equal length.

7) During the low energy period we are less resistant to illness and tire more easily.

8) During the high energy period of a physical biorhythm we are more resistant to illness, better coordinated and more energetic.

9) "Critical" or weakest time usually lasts a day.

10) Human bodies aren`t individual and so we each have our own biorhythmic experience.

Task 5. Complete the sentences.

1) Medical scientists made a surprising ...

2) Medical scientists were able to demonstrate that people have an internal "...".

3) Lives of most living things are ... by the 24-hour night-and-day cycle.

4) Scientists have identified three ... cycles: physical, emotional and intellectual.

5) Each cycle lasts ... 28 days.

6)Each cycle is divided into a high energy period and a ... period of equal length.

7) During the low energy period people are less ... to illness and tire more easily.

8) During the high energy period of a physical biorhythm people are more resistant to ..., better coordinated and more energetic.

9) "Critical" or ... time usually lasts a day.

10) Human bodies are individual and so we each have our own ... experience.

Task 6. Ask your friend about biorhythms. Use Task 1.

Energyfor Healthy Live

Vocabulary

eating habits affect feel

happenring of truth well-known saying

foodfuel resist

diseaseteethbones

freshfruit vegetable

healthsailorvoyage

ashoresufferscurvy

be caused by lack of vitamin Cmuscle

meat egg raw fish

poultryskin body

milk cheesecarrot

eyewithout any cooking raw fish

chew dig healthy diet

fast food snacks junk food

Do you think our eating habits affect how we feel during the day? What happens if you have no breakfast, or poor breakfast?

There is a ring of truth in a well-known saying: “A man is what he eats". Food is our fuel. Food gives us energy, helps us to grow, resist disease and form strong teeth and bones.

Fresh fruit and vegetables are very important for our health. In the past, sailors (who went on long voyages) stayed on their ships for many months without going ashore. They did not get fresh food and so often suffered from a disease called scurvy. Scurvy is caused by a lack of vitamin C, which is found in fruit and vegetables.

But no single food can take care of all our body's need. Different foods do different things for the body. Some foods are better than others in helping make strong muscles. Among them are meats, eggs, fish, and poultry. Some foods are better than others in helping keep bones, teeth, skin, and body healthy. Among these foods are fruit, vegetables, milk, and cheese. Carrots are good for eyes.

Almost all food can be eaten without any cooking at all. Most people eat raw fruit and raw vegetables in salads.

The Japanese particularly like raw fish. However, some foods are much softer and easier to chew and digest if they have been cooked.

But nowadays it may be difficult to follow a healthy diet because there are so many kinds offood from which to choose - fast food, snacks, junk food.