PART 1
Let’s talk about health and being healthy
What do you do to keep in good health?
Did you have any unhealthy habits when you were a child? Do you have any unhealthy habits now?
Are there any healthy habits that you would like to develop?
Let’s move on to discuss rest and relaxation
Do you find it easy to relax?
What do you do to relax?
When do you usually have time to relax?
Do you feel you have enough time to relax?
Now let’s talk about walking
How often do you go for a walk?
Did you walk a lot when you were a child?
Are there a lot of good places to go walking where you live? Would you like to walk more in the future?
DESCRIBE A TIME YOU WERE SICK OR INJURED WHEN YOU WERE A CHILD.
You should say:
-what illness or injury you had
-how you got it
-how you recovered from it and explain how it made you feel_
Follow up questions:
Were you often sick as a child? How often are you sick now?
PART 2
Now I’m going to give you a topic and I’d like you to talk about it for one or two minutes. Before you talk, you will have one minute to think about what you will say. You can make some notes. Here is a paper and pencil for you to make some notes if you wish, and here is your topic.
1. Describe something you own which is very important to you.
You should say:
where you got it from
how long you have had it
what you use it for; and
explain why it is important to you.
2. Describe a teacher who has influenced you.
You should say:
where you met him/he
what subjects he/she taught,
why she/he was special
and how they influenced you.
3. Describe a story, book, or movie that had a big impact on you.
You should say:
what it was about
when you heard/read/watched it
why you read/watch it or who told you the story.
and explain why it was so powerful.
4. Describe a time in your life when you helped someone else with a problem.
You should say:
what was the problem?
how did you help this person?
what did you learn from this experience?
and what advice would you give others? Would you help in the same way?
PART 3
Let’s talk about healthy lifestyles…
What are some of the things people can do to be healthier?
Do you think people were healthier in the past?
Why do you think people do unhealthy things such as smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol?
Now let’s talk about healthy food.
What kinds of food are considered healthy in your country?
What kinds of food are considered unhealthy in your country?
What are some ways to reduce the consumption of fast food in your country?
Describe a time you were sick or injured when you were a child.
You should say:
what illness or injury you had describe the illness or injury describe how it made you feel and explain how you recovered from it_
I’d like to talk about a time I got the Chickenpox when I was about 6 years old. This is a dreadful virus that affected about half my class. I remember waking up one day feeling under the weather with a fever, headache, and sore throat. Also, I had a red, itchy skin rash on my abdomen, back and face, which quickly spread all over my body. I wondered what had happened to me and even wondered if I was going to die. My mother is a nurse and I went straight to her to get her diagnosis.
My mother said I had the chicken pox and I had to stay home and not go to school for at least a week. Cool! The idea of not going to school, at first, made me feel over the moon.. .I thought it was going to be like a holiday. But, in reality, I felt terrible for days, I can remember feeling hot and cold and sweating profusely. I spent almost all day sleeping, and not watching TV like I had imagined I would in the beginning.
Since chicken pox is a virus there is no real treatment. I just had to sweat it out for a few days. Finally, my fever broke and I started to feel like I was back on my feet again. I went back to school and found many of my classmates were still off sick with the chickenpox.
NOUNS
abdomen: stomach
chickenpox: is a very contagious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). It causes a blisterlike rash, itching, tiredness, and fever. The rash appears first on the stomach, back and face and then spreads over the entire body causing between 250 and 500 itchy blisters
diagnosis: an opinion of a patient’s health condition or illness
fever: high body temperature
skin rash: a group of red spots on the skin that is caused by an illness or a reaction to something.
virus: the cause of an infectious disease
treatment: a way of curing an illness or medical condition
ADJECTIVES
dreadful: something we fear or hate VERBS
Broke [fever]: finished. The fever finished.
ADVERBS
profusely: abundantly, a large amount IDIOMS
back on my feet: recovered from an illness or injury
over the moon: very happy
under the weather: not feeling well
PART 3: Ideas
What are some of the things people can do to be healthier?
– improve diet
– stop harmful habits such as smoking
– start good habits such as exercising
Do you think people were healthier in the past?
– YES, because they spent more time outdoors and less time on activities of sedentary lifestyles like watching TV and surfing the internet
– NO, because healthcare is better today due to advances in medical knowledge and cures Why do you think people do unhealthy things such as smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol?
– because peer pressure forces them to do them
– to relieve stress
What kinds of food are considered healthy in your country?
– Fruit and vegetables because they are rich in vitamins and minerals
– Seafood due to the omega 3 which is good for the brain
What kinds of food are considered unhealthy in your country?
– deep-fried food because it is full of unsaturated fats
– fast food because it has lots of harmful additives that are linked to cancer What are some ways to reduce the consumption of fast food in your country?
– education so that people know the harmful effects
– a fast food tax would make it more expensive and decrease the demand for it