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.
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