Health quiz.
- What do bad habits make?
- What disease do bad habits cause?
- Name please popular ways to lose weight?
- Name please the 7 worst health habits.
- What beauty products help people look great?
- How do you take care of your health?
- What kind of food is useful for health?
- Name several factors which have an influence on our health
- How do you understand this proverb?"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise."
- How to be in good health?
- Why must we eat vegetables and fruits?
- What measures does our state take against bad habits?
- What is calorie? Key 4.
Ordinary aspirin is consider to be one of the most popular all-purpose medicines.
What is its history and uses?
1.Aspirin is one of the safest and most affective drugs ever invented. Many people take aspirin when they have a headache. It is effective in relieving other pains, too. Aspirin, in short, is truly the 20th among children. It has side effects that although relatively mild, are largely unrecognized among users.
2.Although aspirin was first sold by a German company in 1899, it has been around much than that. Hippocrates, in Ancient Greece, understood the medical value of the leaves and tree bark which today are know to contain salicylates , the chemical in aspirin. During the 19th century, there was a lot of experimentation in Europe with this chemical and it led to the development of aspirin. By 1915, aspirin tables were available in the United States.
3.A small quantity of aspirin can relieve minor pain. It also reduces fever by interfering with some of the body’s reactions. Basically, aspirin seems to slow down the formation of chemicals that cause pain and the complex chemical reactions that cause fever.
4.Aspirin is very irritating to the stomach and many aspirin takers complain about upset stomachs. The is a right way and a wrong way to take aspirin. The best way is to chew the tablets before swallowing whet with water, but few people can stand the better taste. Some people suggest crushing the tablets in milk the orange juice and drinking that.
1.Why is aspirin called the 20th century wonder drug, according to paragraph 1?
–Only aspirin can help when a headache.
–Aspirin helps in many when you don’t feel well.
–Aspirin cam help to cure children of drug poisoning.
2.What does paragraph 2 say about the history of aspirin?
–People didn’t know about the medical value of aspirin until the 19th century.
–The medical qualities of the chemical in aspirin were known in ancient times.
–Aspirin was first produced and used by famous Hippocrates.
3.How does aspirin work, according to paragraph 3?
–It works against chemical processes that cause pain and fever.
–It helps to drop the body’s temperature if taken in a small quantity.
–It slows down all processes in a human organism which is ill.
4.What is bad about aspirin, according to paragraph 4?
–It is very hard and difficult to chew.
–It must always be taken with milk.
–It can make your stomach hurt.
Key 5.
ARE YOU A SPORT’S FANATIC?
(Анкета).
1. It’s a cold, wet Sunday afternoon. Do you:
a) go out and play a game?
b) watch sport on TV?
c) read a book?
2. The World Cup Final is on TV. Do you:
a. watch the match?
b. study and listen match on the radio?
c. go to your bedroom and play on your computer?
3. The Olympics are taking place on the other side of the world. Do you:
a. stay up all night to watch everything?
b. read the results in the moaning newspaper?
c. yawn when friends talk about it?
4. Your new boyfriend/girlfriend wants to play tennis on Saturday; Do you:
a. agree immediately and practise every day?
b. go, but say you're not very good?
c. say you're not interested and suggest going to the cinema?
5. The sports teacher is talking to the class about organising a sports day. Do you:
a. volunteer for every event?
b. choose one event you'd like to be in?
c. hide behind a big student?
6. Your sports teacher chooses you to run in the 1500 metres race. Do you:
a. practise running for a week before the race?
b. just do your best and not worry about winning?
c. phone the school on the day and say you are ill?
Результат:
Письмо.
Your English friend has recently put a lot of weight.He asks for your advice.
- What would you do if you were in his shoes?
- Tell him how you keep fit.