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1. Who puts up posters and notices like those?
2. Why do they put them up?
3. Where can you see them?
4. Can you think of another message like those?
a) Match the halves and read some English proverbs about health.
1. A sound mind a. after supper walk a mile.
2. After dinner sit a while, b. but eat to live.
3. An apple a day c. have desperate cures.
4. Desperate diseases must d. in a sound body.
5. Early to bed and early to rise e. is above wealth.
6. Good health f. is the best medicine.
7. Laughter g. keeps the doctor away.
8. Live not to eat h. makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
b) Match the English proverbs you've got with their Ukrainian equivalents.
A. У здоровому тілі здоровий дух.
B. Хто рано встає, тому Бог подає.
C. Здоров'я дорожче за багатство.
D. Після обіду посидь, а після вечері пройдись.
E. З'їдай в день по яблуку, і лікар тобі не знадобиться.
F. Клин клином виганяють.
G. Сміх — найкращі ліки.
H. Живи не для того, щоб їсти, а їж для того, щоб жити.
Some people believe that regular visits to the doctor are the best way not to get ill. Do you agree with it? What are other ways not to get ill? Discuss these questions in small groups.
Listen to the interview and say if the statements below are true or false.
I. Germs are so small that can't be seen in the microscope.
2. Sneezing is one way of getting virus disease.
3. You can get ill if viruses get into your mouth, nose and eyes.
4. When you sneeze, drops from your nose travel at about 120 miles an hour.
5. Cleanliness controls germs.
6. Regular cold showers help you keep fit.
7. People should wash hands very often with soap and warm water to get rid of any germs.
8. You should always have a tissue with you.
9. You should regularly go to a physician and dentist for checkups. Read the story and discuss it.
Healthy Henry
Henry works in an office in town. He wants to live to be a hundred, so health is very important to him. He gets up at five o'clock in the morning and does exercises for 30 minutes. For breakfast, he eats salad and a raw egg with garlic and chilly pepper. It tastes disgusting but he thinks it's good for him. Then he runs for an hour in the park even if the weather is bad. He never goes to work by bus or by train and he thinks that cars are very dangerous. At the office, he washes his hands 10 times a day. His lunch is 15
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