©markéta Čeřovská, lenka lexová health and illnesses

©Markéta Čeřovská, Lenka Lexová

Health and illnesses


Human body


Head: face, eye, nose, lips,

forehead, ear, eyebrow, eyelashes, wrinkles, hair, birthmark, scar, chin, neck, earring, neck, glasses

Hand: wrist, palm, fingers, thumb, forefinger, middle finger, ring finger, little finger, back of the hand, ring, watch


Human organs


Illnesses

a cold, the flu cough eye infection fever headache stomachache sore throat toothache sunburn


Other illnesses measles AIDS cancer dry skin insomnia malaria mumps depression diabetes

hypertension STD (Sexually

Transmitted disease) anorexia anemia dehydration obesity asthma bird flu cardiovascular disease


Injuries and accidents black eye blister broken arm bruise burn cut broken leg twisted ankle/sprain scratch sun burn swelling car accident fall down the stairs electric shock drown


What do you do when you are ill?

stay in bed get plenty of rest go on a diet put on a bandage go to the doctor take some aspirin take some cough drops take some medicine go to the dentist go to the chemist‘s


Keeping fit and healthy

1) good2) diet3) lifestyle4) stay5) bad6) food and drinks7) cholesterol8) protect my9) important for my10) keeping fit is

• HEALTH• HEALTHY• UNHEALTHY

Match together to make new phrases:


A questionnaire:

How many hours do you usually sleep?a) less than 7 b) 7 - 8 hours c) more than 8

How often do you eat sweets?a) every day b) 3 – 4 times a week c) less than 3 times a week

How many energetic drinks do you drink?a) at least 1 every day b) 2-3 every week c) none

Do you have breakfast every morning?a) never b) 3 – 4 times a week c) always

Do you have a meala) after 6 - 7 hours b) after 5 – 6 hours c) after 3 – 4 hours

Do you exercise (do sports / go to fitness / walk...)?a) never b) sometimes c) 4 – 5x a week

How often do you drink alcohol?a) every weekend b) 1x a month c) never

Do you smoke?a) yes, every day b) sometimes c) never


Results: more "a": your lifestyle is very unhealthy, you're at the risk of being

overweight, you're ill more often; if you smoke, you're at the risk of getting cancer, if you drink alcohol more than 1x a month, you're becoming an alcoholic, if you drink energetic drinks often, you're damaging your brain and heart seriously and you're at the risk of dying young

more "b": your lifestyle is rather unhealthy, change your eating habits, start exercising and sleep well or one day you can have serious health problems, become overweight or be ill very often

more "c": you really care about your lifestyle and you want to be healthy, you're rather fit, you're ill only rarely and you have good physical strength, you're also emotionally ok

BE AT THE RISK= riskovat OVERWEIGHT= mít nadváhu CANCER= rakovina HABIT= zvyk

DAMAGE = poškodit PHYSICAL STRENGTH= fyzická síla


Talk about:

How important is staying healthy for you?– I think that health is...

(one of the most important things in life / extremely important / more valuable than money/ ...)

Do you think your lifestyle is healthy?– I think my lifestyle is healthy because…– I feel my lifestyle is unhealthy because...


What do you do to keep healthy?

– I try to protect my health by … (doing sport / eating well ...)

– I eat (fresh fruit and vegetables / regularly / yogurts /...)

– I don't eat (junk food / greasy food / late at night / …)

– I (exercise / go running / do sports / sleep enough / …)

– I drink lots of water (fresh / sometimes mineral) or tea

– I don't drink (coca cola / coffee / alcohol / energy drinks...)

– I don't (smoke / take drugs / ...)


What do you think about going to sun tan studios?– I think it´s healthy because...– I think it´s unhealthy because...

What is unhealthy in our modern lifestyle?– people are lazy / watch too much TV / spend

too much time on PC – do less exercise / smoke too much / drink too

much alcohol– drink energy drinks / take drugs / take "disco

drugs" – eat junk food / sleep too little / work too much


Give advice how to have a healthy lifestyle.– You should…– You shouldn't …


Too thin?Did you know that: Anorexia is a mental illness Over 6% of the population suffer from

anorexia or bulimia, that's over 8 million people

It's mainly a girls´ problem, but many boys or men suffer from anorexia as well

Women with anorexia become infertile Most often teens between 12 – 18 suffer

from anorexia Anorexia causes many health problems

with: heart, skin, stomach, kidneys, liver, brain etc.

People with anorexia can die within 50 – 70 days if they stop eating well

20 % never recover and become chronically ill

10 % die of heart / kidney / liver failure More people are starting to see it as a

lifestyle and there are many web sites that support anorexia and bulimia

MENTAL ILLNESS = psychická porucha SUFFER FROM = trpět

INFERTILE = neplodná RECOVER = zotavit se, uzdravit se

FAILURE = selhání SUPPORT = podporovat

Source: www.google.com, en.wikipedia.org, E. and A. Peck:

Let's Talk, Fraus, 1999

www.google.com

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