W27 - Pre - Int

Week 27 – Pre – Intermediate – Lifestyle

 

I)            Reading :

1)   Read the article : how not to die before you get old

Chiako is active and healthy.  She gets up at  7.00 a.m.  every day  and goes for a  brisk walk. Three  times a week she plays gate-ball - a  popular national sport - with  her friends. There  is  nothing unusual about this, except that  Chiako is  102  years old.  She is  not alone - there are  hundreds of centenarians who lead  healthy lives like this in Okinawa.

Okinawa is a group of Japanese islands between Japan and Taiwan.  Near a  beach , there is a  large stone with the following proverb engraved  on  it: 'At  70 you  are still a child : at 80 youl  are just a youth ; and at  90,  if the ancestors invite you into heaven, ask them to wait until  you  are  100, and then  you  might consider it.’

Okinawans manage  to stay slim in old age by eating a low-calorie diet which consists

of three  quarters plant food and one quarter animal food.  They eat seven servings of fruit and vegetables every day and  they stop eating when they are 80 % full.  They also keep physically active the natural way by dancing, doing martial arts, walking and gardening. In  other words, they do  the things they enjoy.

Okinawans have developed a stress-resistant personality.  Nobody is in a  hurry, timetables are  non-existent , and there is  always tomorrow. Hundreds of people, both

young and old, go to the beach every day to  watch the spectacular sunsets. In  Okinawa

there is  always time to  watch the sunset.

As well as  large extended families, Okinawans have strong networks of friends.  When

someone is  ill  and doesn't come to work, a  neighbour will  always knock  on  their door  to find out how they are.

There's  no magic pill.  If you  keep fit , if you  have good  friends, a  healthy diet and a stress-free lifestyle, you  will live longer.  It's as simple as that!

2) Complete these collocations with words from the article.

a)  How often do you go for  a ___________ walk?

b)  Do you think you _________ a healthy life?

c)  Do you  know anybody who does martial ____________ ?

d)  Do you feel that you are  always in  a ___________  ?

e)  When was the last time you watched a spectacular _____________?

f)  Do you have a  large extended _________________ ?

g)  Do you have  a strong _______________  of friend s?

h)  What's your  favourite way to _________ fit?

 

II)         Listening :

1) Listen to a  woman phoning for iniormation about a  health spa called the New Life  Centre. 

Answer the questions.

a)      Why does she  want the information?

b)      Do you  think her husband will like  her idea?

Why?  /  Why not?

2)   Complete the questions and answers about the activities at the New Life Centre.

a)  ‘Will he take a  fitness test?'  'Yes,  he __________.'  'No, he ____________.'

b)   ‘___________ he do yoga?'  'Yes, he __________.'  'No, he ______________.'

c)  '___________ he  have a cigarette?'  'Yes,  he __ .'  'No, he _______________.’

d )  ' __________  he have a sauna and a jacuzzi?'  ‘Yes, __________.’  ‘No, ______________.’

e)  '___________ he go for a four-hour walk?' '  ‘Yes, __________.’  ‘No, ______________.’

f)  ‘____________ he have time to  relax  in  the afternoon?' '  ‘Yes, __________.’  ‘No, ______________.’

 

III)       Grammar : will 

1)   Will (Future) 

Affirmative	Negative	Question	Short answer Yes	Short answer NO
S+ ‘ll (will) work	S + won’t (will not) work	Will + S + work?	Yes, S + will	No, S + won’t

Will  is a modal verb. You  can use will to talk about the future when  there is no present plan, intention or arrangement.

Compare:

What are you  doing / going  to  do this weekend?  (=  I  think you have plans,  intentions or arrangements.)

What  will you do this  weekend?  ( = I don't think you know.)

2)   Future time clauses

When you are talking about the future, you use a future form  in  the main clause but you  use a  present tense in  the subordinate clauses after when, if,  as soon as, before,  after,  etc.

He's going to have a bath  when he gets home.

We'll  play at the weekend  if it  rains tomorrow.

Note that the subordinate clause could be before the main clause

When he gets home, he's going to have a bath.

If  it rains tomorrow,  we'll play at the weekend.

3)   Exercises

1       Underline the most appropriate future form.

a)  I’ve forgotten my dictionary.' 'Don't worry:  I'll lend / I won't lend you  mine.'

b)  If you don't hurry up,  you'll be / you won't be in time for your train.

e)  This is  a great present. Dom will love / Dom won't love it!

d)  I think Anna will get / Anna won't get the job.  She's the best person for  it.

e)  We've got a  problem with the car.  We'll arrive / We  won't arrive before 11.00 p.m.

f)  They'll play / They won't play outside if  the weather is  bad.

2       Write the correct form  for the verb in brackets.

a)  As soon as the lesson (finish) _____________,  Sue's going to buy a lottery ticket.

b)  Terry will get married  when he (meet) ______________  the  right woman.

e)  As soon as Rob (get home) _______________ this evening, he's going to do his homework.

d)  If it (rain) _______________ tomorrow, Jenny will probably come to class by car.

e)  If Dana (go) _____________ abroad this summer, she'll  probably go to  England.

f)  Tom will  probably get a well-paid job when he (leave) _________ university.

 

IV)        Homework :

Underline the correct verb forms.

a)  If there's nothing good on TV this evening, I go  / ‘ll go out.

b)  I' m going to go straight home as soon as  the lesson will finish  /  finishes.

c)  When you’ll go  /  go on holiday next summer,  I’ll  send all  my friends postcards.

d)  l' m going to  retire as soon as I'm / I 'll  be sixty.

e)  When I’ll have /  I have enough money, I'm going to  buy some new clothes.

f)  If I get up early tomorrow, I think I go /  I’ll  go for a run.

Rewrite the sentences so  that they are true for you.