Task 3. Your Key to Healthy Living. Fill in the table with the italicized words.

Exercise regularly/keep fit, spend a lot of time in front of the television, go to bed and get up late, maintain a healthy weight, snack something sweet when you are hungry, have a well-balanced diet, cut down on (sugar, fats, etc.), play computer games as much as you want, have regular check-ups, lower your intake of (salt), avoid physical activity, avoid fruits and vegetables, limit the consumption of fatty foods, consume calories that are necessary for staying in a good shape.

Should Do	Shouldn’t Do

    Task 4. Compare two most popular styles of spending free time by finishing the sentences.

Working out	Watching TV
Keep fit, take regular exercise, can be out in the fresh air or in the gym, tone the muscles, exercise good for the heart, people becoming more aware of the importance of the exercise and diet.	Couch potato, TV addict, lack of exercise, overweight, bad eating habits, low in nutrition value, risk of heart attack, obesity connected to various kinds of health problems, lack of awareness about the need to stay healthy.

Most people in my country prefer … to…

It’s not difficult to compare them because…

Unlike … (watching TV) … helps to…

Working out became popular because…

Contrary to watching TV working out…

The positive side of … while…

Task 5. Read the text. For questions (1–12) choose the correct answer.

World Vegetarian Day is (1) _________ every year on October the 1st. It was started in the USA by the North American Vegetarian Society (NAVS). Many countries have (2) _________ celebrations held on different days. They all celebrate the benefits of eating a plant- (3) _________ diet. In 1977, the NAVS said it wanted to ‘promote the joy, compassion and life-enhancing possibilities of vegetarianism.’ It hoped to (4) _________ awareness of the ethical, environmental, health and humanitarian benefits of a vegetarian lifestyle. The number of people (5) _________ to vegetarianism is increasing every year. There are about one million new vegetarians in the United States every year. October 1st (6) _________ many of them celebrate their food and eat lots of it.

Vegetarianism is when you (7) _________ a diet that excludes meat, fish, shellfish, and other animal products. There are several different (8) _________ of vegetarian. A vegan will not eat meat, poultry, fish, dairy products, eggs, honey or (9) _________ else from or made by animals. Most vegetarians eat and drink dairy products and eat eggs. These are called lacto-ovo vegetarians. ‘Lacto’ is the Latin word (10) _________ milk and ‘ovo’ means egg. Other people say they are vegetarian but they eat fish. Many people are vegetarian for ethical, health, and/or religious (11) _________. Scientists say we must all be vegetarian to help save the Earth. There is not enough (12) _________ for us all to be carnivores, or meat-eaters.

1 A hold              B holding        C held            D holds

2 A similar           B similarity     C difference   D differed

3 A bases             B base             C basic           D based

4 A rise                B up                C raise            D high

5 A turning          B spinning      C twisting      D dizzying

6 A looks             B sees             C views          D gazes

7 A following      B followed     C follower      D follow

8 A typical           B typed           C types           D typist

9 A thing             B anything      C nothing       D anyhow

10 A for                 B of                C from            D by

11 A reasoned       B reasons        C reason         D raisins

12 A lands             B landed         C landing       D land

Recreation and Sports

Task 1. Vocabulary Revision.

a) How to Talk about Different Kinds of Sports?

To Play