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F E AT U R E S 1 Look at the two people in the photo. Why do you think they
are happy?
10 How well do you
2 1.1 Listen to someone talking about the people in the
sleep? photo. Answer the questions.
Take a quiz and find out 1 Who are they?
about how well you sleep 2 How often do they practise dancing?
3 Why do they think dancing is good for their physical
12 The secrets of long and mental health?
life
How can you live to be
3 Work in pairs. Look at these activities. Tell your partner
which activities you often do. Why do you do them?
one hundred?
cycle through the countryside do crosswords
14 Health and happiness go for a long walk work long hours read a book
Measure the level of play computer games run marathons watch TV
happiness where you live
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Quiz:
Which type of person are you? Do you need to change
your lifestyle?
Q: Do you often feel tired? A usually sleep the same amount as any other day.
B sometimes sleep for an hour or two extra.
A No, I dont often feel tired. C always sleep until midday! I never get up early.
B I sometimes feel tired after a long day at work.
C All the time! Im always ready for bed. Question: 1 2 3 4 5 6
6 Look at the grammar box. Then complete the 9 Complete this table with adverbs of frequency
article about sleep with the present simple form from the quiz in Exercise 2.
of the verbs.
100% always
usually
The
secrets
1
of sleep
2
not often
rarely
0% 3
10 Look at the position of the adverbs and expressions
of frequency in the example sentences in the
grammar box. Then choose the correct options to
complete the rules (12).
Why 8 (we / sleep) differently? 11 Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about
It 9 (depend) on the time of year these things. Use an adverb or expression of
and also our age. Teenagers always frequency in your answers.
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(need) more sleep than adults.
Lots of elderly people 11 (not / do exercise be late for work
take public transport read a novel in the bath
sleep) longer than four or five hours, but they
eat out in restaurants be in a bad mood
often 12 (take) naps during the day.
do gardening go on holiday
play board games be busy at weekends
check your emails be stressed at work
7 Pronunciation /s /, /z / or /z /
How often do you do exercise?
1.3 Listen to the ending of these verbs. Write
/s/, /z/ or /z/. Then listen again and repeat. Two or three times a week.
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The Secrets of
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Speaking
Grammar present simple and 11 Work in pairs. Take turns to ask and answer the
present continuous questions. Use the present simple and present
continuous tense in your answers.
8 Look at the five sentences from the interview in
Exercise 6. Which two sentences use the present 1 Whats your typical working day? Are you
simple tense? Why? working on anything new at the moment?
2 How do you spend your free time? Are you
1 Hes currently travelling to places and regions. getting much exercise?
2 Hes speaking to us right now on the phone. 3 Do you often read novels? Are you reading
2 Men live the same amount of time as women. anything interesting at the moment?
4 Every Sunday the whole family meets and they 4 Where do you normally go on holiday? Are
eat a huge meal together. you planning your holidays for this year?
5 Young people are moving to the city so they are 5 Do you speak any other languages? Are you
doing less exercise because of their lifestyle. learning any new languages?
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HEALTH
AND
HAPPINESS
The small country of Bhutan in the Himalayan mountains So does happiness equal money and good health? Not
is over one thousand years old. In the past it was a poor according to the artist Erik Krikortz. He feels that there
country and not many people visited it. But nowadays, it is are other ways of measuring happiness. Krikortz has a
becoming more and more popular with tourists. Medicine website and visitors click on different happy or sad faces
and health is improving and its economy is growing. King to comment on how well they sleep, their family and
Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the king of Bhutan until 2006, friends, their level of stress, their inspiration and their
talked about his countrys Gross National Happiness. In physical activity. When you finish, his website adds the
other words, he thought happiness is the way to measure results for each area and it gives you a final result for
the countrys development. your happiness.
But how do you measure happiness? Perhaps health is In his home city of Stockholm, Krikortz also shows the
the best way because a famous doctor once said, Happy results of his survey as different coloured lights on the
people generally dont get sick. Its also easy to measure side of a large building in the city. For example, red means
how many people feel ill or unhealthy in a country. For the people of Stockholm are very happy, green is OK and
example, one survey says Iceland is the healthiest country purple means many people are sad. A lot of people look
in the world because men and women live a long time at the building every day and see how we are, Krikortz
there, the air is very clean and there are more doctors says. The coloured lights are also useful if you feel like
available per person than anywhere else in the world. visiting the city. For example, if the lights are red, you
know the locals are feeling happy!
However, there was another survey of the happiest
countries in the world and Iceland was not near the top.
The questions on this survey included: How much do
you earn? How healthy are you? How safe do you
feel? After visiting 155 different countries, the
researchers decided that Denmark feels happier
than other countries.
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1d At the doctors
Vocabulary medical problems 3 What do you do when you have the medical
problems in Exercise 1? Categorise them into the
1 Look at the pictures. Match the people (18) with three groups. Then compare with your partner.
the medical problems (ah).
1 I go to bed.
2 I take medicine or pills.
1 3 I go to the pharmacy or see my doctor.
3
a Many English words have the same vowel sounds Giving advice
Try drinking hot water with lemon.
but different spellings. Match the words with the
You need to take one of these.
same vowel sounds.
Drink lots of water.
1 head wake
2 sore saw
3 throat off
6 Work in pairs. Practise this conversation. Then
change roles and repeat the conversation.
4 cough note
5 ache here Student A: You have a medical problem. (Choose
6 ear bed one from Exercise 1.)
b 1.5 Listen and check your answers. Then listen Student B: You are a pharmacist. Ask how
again and repeat. Student A feels and give advice.
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3 Watch the video and check your ideas from Work in pairs.
Exercise 2. Student A: You are Salvatore Toscano. Read the
4 Watch the video again. Are these sentences true (T) questions below and make notes about yourself.
or false (F)? Then ask your customer about his life.
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Real life
6 Choose the correct words to complete the
conversation between two friends.
A: How do / Do you feel?
1
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