Vocabulary. Text 7. Sport and Healthy Living Guide

Text 7. Sport and Healthy Living Guide

Vocabulary

Text 6. Healthy Living Guide

wise — мудрый

daily activity — повседневная деятельность

to be in good shape — быть в хорошей форме

obesity — ожирение

to skip — пропускать

to ride bike — кататься на велосипеде

to give up — отказаться

flexible — гибкий

There is nothing more important than health. "Health is above wealth", wise people say, because you can't be good at your studies or work well if you don't take care of your health. Sport helps people to keep in good health and to become strong, to develop physically and it makes then more organized and bet­ter disciplined in their daily activities.

We all need to exercise. Even if we don't plan to make a career in sport we still have to practice. Regular exercises give people more energy. Sport builds character, it makes us strong. It makes men out of boys. It helps to meet people and to become good friends. Sport teaches us to win and to lose. And, of course, those people who go in for different kinds of sports are in a good shape.

Sport is very important, but you shouldn't forget about healthy food and good sleep for seven or eight hours. Obesity and physical inactivity are known from ancient times. They are joined by the modern bad habits: smoking and drinking too much alcohol, sleeping too much or too little, eating between meals and skipping breakfast. In combination these bad habits can lead to different diseases and sometimes even worse than that.

As for me I try to take care of my health, though sometimes it's very difficult. In the morning I usual­ly do my morning exercises. In summer I ride bike a lot, play badminton, go hiking. In winter I ski in the forest, which is near by.

But I have some problems with the food. I like cakes and chocolate very much. And it's difficult for me to give up the sweets. Sometimes I'm too lazy to do morning exercises. But I can be proud of myself as this year I started to go to the swimming pool twice a week and never missed it. I enjoy it and think that any sports activity makes my body more flexible, helps me to feel better and to relax.

irrespective of —- независимо от

social classes — (зд.) сословие

to get skills and habits — приобрести навыки и привычки

track and field athletics — легкая атлетика

high-fat food — пища с большим содержанием жира

to gain the weight — набирать вес

to take drugs — принимать наркотики

All over the world people of different ages and nationalities are fond of sports and games. Sport makes people healthy, keeps them in good shape, teaches them to be more organized and better disci­plined. Sport builds character, it teaches people to win and to lose. It makes them strong and helps to work off extra energy. And of course sport unites people and makes them friends irrespective of their nationalities, social classes, religious.

Sport is very popular in Russia. More than 30 mil­lion people go to sport centres, among them there are teenagers. All schoolchildren have at least two PT lessons a week. Most schools have well-equipped gyms, swimming pools and tennis courts where stu­dents can develop physically and get all the necessary skills and habits.

Teenagers as well as adults participate in a great number of sport events. They include indoor and out­door sports such as football, ice hockey, volleyball, basketball, track and field athletics, etc,

One of the most popular kinds of sport is football. According to official figures, nearly 5 million people go in for it. Ice hockey is one of the most popular win­ter sports. Russian players have been taking part in world championships since 1954 and have won the world title on many occasions. In 1988 it was the hundredth anniversary of athletics. Track and field athletics are participated by more than seven million people now. Russian sportsmen are the European, World and Olympic records holders in different dis­ciplines. Other popular team games are basketball and volleyball. More than six million people play volleyball in physical culture teams and sporting clubs. The men's and women's teams won Olympic, European and World Champions titles for many times. A little less people play basketball. Since 1952 our volleyball -teams have been among the Olympic prize winners for several times.

So sport is a very important part of our life. It helps people to be in good health. But some people don't think about their health very much. They eat a lot of high-fat food, such as bread, sweets and so on and gain the weight. They are not active physically. They sleep too much or too little. The worst habits some people have are smoking, drinking alcohol and taking drugs. All these things destroy their health. They don't look, attractive-at all and their future isn't clear. So if people want to feel and look great it's very important for them, to go in for sports,.to have good healthy food, to sleep seven or eight hours, give up smoking and alcohol.

There is nothing more important than health, because you can't be good at your studies or work well, it's difficult to be happy in your private life if you don't take care of you health.

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