Mr. Clever: Read the verse and explain the meaning of the saying «to be in somebody»s skin»

I want you to think

What does it mean

To be in somebody's skin?

It is easy to blame

Than offer a help.

It’s easy to shout

Than stop and be quiet.

When friend is in trouble

Don’t idle around.

If a child is crying

Smile and be charming.

Before judging someone

Stop …’cos it’s no fun.

Don’t hide, it’s time to think

What does it mean

To be in somebody’s skin?

Read the text

The Skin as an Excretory Organ

Various harmful and unnecessary substances are formed in the human body. These substances enter the blood and then they are eliminated from the body by the excretory organs, namely the kidneys, the skin and the lungs, the latter pass out carbon dioxide and water vapour. Most of the body wastes, as you know, are eliminated in the urine by the urinary organs.

An excretory function is also performed by the skin. The skin is the cover of the body, it protects it from harmful external influence and serves at the same time as an excretory organ passing the sweat out.

Sweat is formed in tiny perspiration glands found in the skin. It consists of water in which substances similar to those in the urine are formed but in smaller quantities. The Evaporating of perspiration is known to cool the body and protect it from overheating.

Find English equivalents for these words

1. вредные вещества

2. образовываться в теле

3. поступать в кровь

4. продукты тела

5. выделительная функция

6. защищать от вредного воздействия

7. пот

8. крошечные потовые железы

9. испарения пота

10. охлаждать тело

11. перегрев

12. выделительные органы

13. удалять из организма

Fill in the blanks with the given verbs

enter pass performs covers protects serve cools eliminate

1. The skin … the body.
2. The evaporating of perspiration … the body.
3. The lungs … out the carbon dioxide and water vapour.
4. Harmful substances are formed in the body and … the blood.
5. The skin … an excretory function.
6. The excretory organs … body wastes from the body.
7. The kidneys … as excretory organs.
8. The skin … the body from harmful external influence.

Make up the sentences using these words.

1. enter, various, the blood, substances, harmful.
2. wastes, the excretory, eliminate, organs, the body, from.
3. are, the kidneys, the lungs, excretory, the skin, organs.
4. the skin, excretory, protects, external, the body, from, influence, harmful.
5. out, passes, the sweat, the skin.
6. perspiration, are, there, glands, in the skin.
7. protects, overheating, the body, from, evaporating, of, perspiration.