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| elbows at 90 degrees
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| feet flat on the floor
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| head and neck straight and relaxed
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| lower arm horizontal
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| shoulders down
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| upper arm vertical
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| use an adjustable chair
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* (“Engineering” Workshop by Lindsey White, OUP; Unit 13, pg.15, ex.4)
7. Answer the questions to the text above:
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| What does the term “RSI” stand for?
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| 2.
| Who are at the most risk of RSI?
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| 3.
| What are the symptoms of RSI?
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| 4.
| Is it easier to prevent RSI or cure the disease?
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| 5.
| What should people do to prevent RSI?
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| 6.
| What are the rules of using a computer in order to prevent RSI?
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| 7.
| What does the word “adjustable” mean?
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| 8.
| Why is an adjustable chair so important?
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8. Study the table “Parts of human’s body” below. Try to understand the meaning of each word in column 1 according to its definition in column 2. Don’t use English-Russian Dictionary! Write the translation in column 3. Compare it with your partner.
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| ankle
| the part of your body where your foot joins your leg
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| arm
| the long part at each side of your body connecting your shoulder to your hand
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| calf
| the back of your leg between your ankle and your knee
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| cheek
| either side of your face below eyes
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| chest
| the top part of the front of your body
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| chin
| the part of your face below your mouth
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| elbow
| the middle of your arm where bones of the arm join
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| eyebrow
| the line of hair above your eyes
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| eyelash
| one of the hairs that grow round your eyes
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| eyelid
| the piece of skin that can move and cover your eyes
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| finger
| one of the five parts at the end of each hand
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| foot
| the lowest part of the body at which a person stands
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| forearm
| the part of your arm between your elbow and your wrist
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| forehead
| the part of your face above your eyes and below hair
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| heel
| the back part of your foot below your ankle
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| hip
| the part of the side of your body above your legs and below your waist
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| jaw
| bones in your face that contain your teeth
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| knee
| the place where your leg bends (like elbow)
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| lip
| two soft parts of your mouth
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| nail
| the thin hard thing that covers your fingers and toes
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| neck
| the part of your body that joins your head to your shoulders
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| nostril
| one of the two openings at the edge of your nose that you breath through
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| palm
| the flat inner surface of your hand
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| shin
| the bone at the front part of your leg from your knee to your ankle
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| shoulder
| the part of your body between your neck and the top of your arm
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| sole
| the bottom of your foot that you stand on
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| stomach
| the front part of your body below your chest and above your legs
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| thigh
| the top part of your leg above your knee
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| throat
| the front part of your neck
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| thumb
| the short thick finger at the side of each hand
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| toe
| one of the small parts like fingers at the end of each foot
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| waist
| the narrowest part around the middle of your body
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| wrist
| the narrow part at the end of you arm where it joins your hand
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9. Now try to give your own explanations to the following words:
