Healthy Lifestyles - English Activity

If you are an intermediate/advanced english student, you can´t miss the activity Teacher Yanina Ávalos prepared for you! It contains a video, questions to practise your oral skills and an amazing reading! All of them related to “Healthy Lifestyles” You can record the answers using vocaroo.com and send them to us for revision! Enjoy it!

¡Si es un estudiante de inglés intermedio/avanzado, no puede perderse la actividad que la profesora Yanina Ávalos preparó para usted! ¡Contiene un video, preguntas para practicar sus habilidades orales y un texto increíble! Todos ellos relacionados con "Healthy Lifestyles". Puede grabar las respuestas utilizando vocaroo.com y enviárnoslas para su revisión. ¡Que las disfrutes!

Se você é um estudante de inglês intermediário/avançado, não pode perder a atividade que a Professora Yanina Ávalos preparou para você! Ela contém um vídeo, perguntas para praticar suas habilidades orais e uma leitura incrível! Todos eles relacionados com “Healthy Lifestyles” Você pode gravar as respostas usando o vocaroo.com e enviá-las para revisão! Aproveite!

Healthy Lifestyle

Let’s watch the following short video.

It’s a story of a day in a mom’s life of raising her young child. While the child tests the mother’s patience, there is a final moment of relief after the mom reveals her secret oasis within the confines of the home!Then we’ll discuss about it.

1. What do you think about the mum’s attitude towards her child? Do you agree with her? Why/not?
2. Do you think that parents need to teach thru their actions? Why/not?

A- Read the following quotes. Do you agree with them? Why/not?

--“If you have health, you probably will be happy, and if you have health and happiness, you have the wealth you need, even if it is not all you want.” – Elbert Hubbard
--“A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor’s book.” – Irish Proverb
--“To keep the body in good health is a duty, otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.” – Buddha
--“Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it.” – Plato

B- Now, let’s watch the following short video. Then we’ll discuss about healthy habits.

• Do you think you have a healthy lifestyle?
• Is it possible to have a healthy lifestyle in modern world?
• Why do many people try to have a healthy lifestyle?
• What is the main purpose of it?
• What is healthy food?
• Do you pay much attention to what you eat?
• Do you think it is more important for you to eat healthy or tasty food?
• Do you try to eat your breakfast, lunch and dinner at a certain time every day?
• Do you have a snack every time you are hungry or do you wait for the lunch or dinner?
• Do you agree with the saying: "Eat your breakfast, share your lunch with a friend and give your dinner to your enemy"? Why do people say so?
• Is obesity a great problem in Argentina?
• Why are there so many obese people? What are the most efficient ways to lose weight?
• Do you think diets are useful or not?
• Have you ever tried to go on a diet?
• What kind of diet was it?
• Did it work?
• Is physical activity (jogging, going to a gym, swimming pool) an important part of a healthy lifestyle?
• What is your attitude to smoking?
• What is the influence of smoking on health? What about passive smoking?
• Is it hard to give up smoking?
• Do you know someone who gave up smoking? What is the best way to give up smoking?
• What is a healthy dose of alcohol?
• How much beer, wine or vodka you can drink daily without any damage to your health? What is the damage of alcohol abuse to health?
• How many hours of sleep do you need daily?
• If you don't sleep enough, how do you feel and look?
• Do you try to go to bed and get up at certain hours every day?
• What is good about it?
• Do you often find yourself under stress?
• What are the areas of your life where stress situations take place more often?
• Work?
• Family?
• Relationships with friends?
• While commuting to work?
• How do you usually cope with stress?
• Is there any connection between the person's style of life and the duration of his life?

 

C- READING

• Read the text and answer the questions:

• How does your lifestyle compare to British teenagers?
• Are they more active than you?

A GENERATION OF COUCH POTATOES

Lots of teenagers have posters of their sports hero on their bedroom wall. But do they follow the healthy examples set by these athletes? British parents are worried that young people are not as fit and healthy as in the past. Why is this? According to the British Heart Foundation, 13 to 15 year olds are spending too much time doing sedentary activities such as watching TV or playing computer games. A special report describes a generation of couch potatoes, young people sitting around at home, growing up in their bedrooms, travelling by car and in serious danger of heart disease as they get older. Is this their fault? Are young people lazy? Many parents don’t allow their children to play outside or walk to school by themselves. “I ring my Dad on my mobile and he picks me up from the station. It’s 10 minutes’ walk from home but he thinks it is dangerous,” says 14 year old Carrie. Some teenagers blame their overprotective parents for making them unfit. It is certainly becoming more difficult to encourage young people to have an active life and protect their hearts. In recent years schools have spent less time on sports. “My Mum did lots of hockey and netball at school but we didn’t have time for that this year because we had so many exams to prepare,” says Ben, 16.