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Look through this vocabulary (см. табл. 24) and try to remember them.
Таблица 24
| English | Transcription | Russian |
| all over the world | по всему миру | |
| to be fond of | нравится | |
| healthy | здоровый, полезный | |
| to keep fit | сохранять форму | |
| disciplined | дисциплинированный | |
| to unite | объединять | |
| to do sports | заниматься спортом | |
| on one’s personal initiative | по своей личной инициативе | |
| to ski | ходить на лыжах | |
| to skate | кататься на коньках | |
| necessary | необходимый, необходимо | |
| a facility | возможность | |
| a ground | площадка | |
| a rink | каток | |
| a field | поле | |
| to be paid attention to | уделяется внимание чему-либо | |
| an education | образование | |
| daily | ежедневный | |
| a kindergarten | детский сад | |
| Physical Training | урок физической культуры | |
| compulsory | обязательный | |
| a subject | предмет | |
| a society | общество | |
| a competition | состязание, конкурс, соревнование | |
| a kind | вид, сорт | |
| martial arts | боевые искусства | |
| As for me… | Что касается меня.. | |
| liveliness | быстрота, подвижность | |
| more | больше, более | |
| to take part in | принимать участие в | |
| certainly | конечно | |
| distance | расстояние | |
| a manner | манера, способ | |
| with pleasure | с удовольствием | |
| as well as | также как |
2. Text “Healthy Way of Life”
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Some people spend too much time in front of TV or computer. It’s often a waste of time. Secondly, it can affect out health negatively. Lack of movement also leads to serious diseases. We should be very cautious about it.
Read and translate this text
Scientists say that in the future people will live longer. With healthier lifestyles and better medical care the average person will live to 90 or 100 instead of 70 and 75 like today. When the human genome is decoded, we'll probably live up to 150. Incurable diseases will be cured and "bad" genes replaced.
Nevertheless, that is tomorrow. And today, we continue to stuff ourselves with fast food - chips and pizzas, hamburgers and hot dogs. We are always in a hurry. We have no time to enjoy a home-cooked dinner with family and friends. We want to eat now and we want to eat fast. What is tasty is not always healthy. Doctors say that chips and pizzas are fattening, cola spoils our teeth and coffee shortens our lives.
If we eat too much, we will become obese, and obesity leads to heart disease, diabetes and other serious illnesses. However, the world today is getting fatter and fatter. America is the world's leader in obesity, but Europe is quickly catching up.
Lack of exercise is another serious problem. We spend hours in front of our computers and TV-sets. Few of us do morning exercises. We walk less, because we prefer to use cars or public transport. Research shows, however, that young people who do not take enough exercise often suffer from heart attacks.
It is common knowledge that smoking and drinking can shorten our lives dramatically. Cigarette smoking, for example, kills about 3 million people every year. Many of them die from lung cancer. Some are not even smokers. They are people who live or work with heavy smokers. Yet many young people smoke and drink. Why? One answer is that tobacco and drinks companies invest enormous sums of money in advertising their products. For them cigarettes and alcoholic drinks mean money. For us they mean disease and even death.
We all know that the healthier we are, the better we feel. The better we feel, the longer we live. So why do not take care of ourselves?
