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It is better to be rich and healthy than poor and SICK
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1. LEAD-IN__________________________________________________________
1.1. Look at the pictures. How are they related to modern lifestyle and health issues?
Which of the modern lifestyle and health trends, fads and problems are in the pictures?
1.2. Which of these trends are popular / unpopular / unknown in Ukraine? What other trends are popular in Ukraine? In Europe? In the USA? Worldwide? | 1.3. Which of these and other modern trends do you like, dislike, feel indifferent? Discuss in pairs.
1.4. What does the term “life expectancy” mean? What is the life expectancy for men and women in Ukraine? Does the “couch potato” lifestyle promote longevity? What should and should not people do to lead healthier and longer lives?
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| 1.5. Who are septuagenarians? octogenarians? nonagenarians? centenarians? supercentenarians? Do / Did you have relatives who belong(ed) to these age groups? What is the best lifespan? Should a person do his/her best to live long or should a person always remain young? 1.6. Listen toIan Sample who discusses new research on how to live longer. 1. If you make it to 70 and take care of yourself you may have pretty good chances _____________________________________. 2. What lifestyle does not promote longevity? ____________________, stress and high blood pressure, diabetes, ____________________, smoking etc. 3. The life expectancy for British men is ____________ and for women is _____________________________. 4. One in ____________________________ live to 100 or older and about _____________________________ are women. 5. About 25-30% of one’s lifespan is identified by one’s _________________________________________. 6. But you are entirely to blame ____________________________. 7. Bad habits and poor health ______________________________. | 1.7. Paraphrase the quotations below. Do you agree or disagree? Why (not)? What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? (Vincent van Gogh) Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. (John Lennon) Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about. (Oscar Wilde) The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive. (Robert Heinlein) Life is a ticket to the greatest show on earth. (Martin H.Fisher) | ||||||
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