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UNIT2 Health and Fitness

This document provides information about health, fitness, and stress. It includes vocabulary about free time activities, different types of sports, and ways people exercise. It discusses keeping fit and offers interview questions about health habits. Options are provided for healthy lifestyle advice and choosing a fitness activity for a retired mother. Stress levels, stressful situations, and coping with stress are addressed. Practice questions focus on developing topics about health, fitness, and stress for IELTS Speaking exams.

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UNIT2 Health and Fitness

This document provides information about health, fitness, and stress. It includes vocabulary about free time activities, different types of sports, and ways people exercise. It discusses keeping fit and offers interview questions about health habits. Options are provided for healthy lifestyle advice and choosing a fitness activity for a retired mother. Stress levels, stressful situations, and coping with stress are addressed. Practice questions focus on developing topics about health, fitness, and stress for IELTS Speaking exams.

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UNIT 2 HEALTH AND FITNESS

LEAD IN
VOCABULARY
A. Free time activities
1. Look at the activities below
hiking running gardening
cycling
tennis the piano yoga
football
karate surfing exercise
swimming
judo aerobics skateboarding
jogging
dancing weightlifting puzzles
poker

2. Complete the table with the activities. Then work with a partner, think of some
more activities for each verb
Do Go Play

3. Work in groups. Talk about your free time activities. Do you do the same thing?
What is the most popular free time activity in your group?
B. Sports and exercise
1. Different kinds of sports

Water sports
Extreme sports Contact sports

SPORTS

Team sports
Individual sports
Snow sports

Work in pairs. Think of at least two examples of the types of sports shown in the mind-
map.
Example: Snow sports: skiing, sledding
Which sports do you most enjoy watching or playing, and which do you least enjoy? Why?
2. How do you feel about exercise?
• Here are some different ways people exercise. Look at the pictures and discuss the
questions.

Bungee jumping Kayaking

Indoor rock climbing Aerobics


• Which of these words would you use to describe the activities?
difficult entertaining fun relaxing
tedious exhilarating exhausting exciting
strenuous inexpensive worthwhile dangerous
• Which of these activities are you familiar with?
• Which have you tried? Which would you like to try? Why?
FOCUS ON SPEAKING PART 1: INTERVIEW
Try talking about health and fitness as if you were doing Speaking Part 1. If you are working with a
partner, take it in turns to play the roles of examiner and candidate. Here are some typical questions:
• What do you do to keep fit?
• What sports do you play?
• When did you last play sport?
• Are you an active person in your free time? What sort of thing do you do?
• Do you prefer to exercise with other people or on your own? Why?
• Do you have any unhealthy habits?
• Do you eat what you like or what is good for health?
FOCUS ON SPEAKING PART 2: SOLUTION DISCUSSION
In the second part of the Speaking Module, you are given some background information of a
particular situation and one issue. Then, there are three options provided and you have to
discuss these with the examiner and select the best alternative.
HEALTHY LIFESTYLE
Pair work: What advice would you give someone on how to lead a healthy lifestyle?
Number these ideas in order of importance (1= most important, 8 = least important).
Try to explain why you think the advice is important / not important.
oTake vitamin supplements oAvoid eating red meat

oAvoid stress oSleep eight hours a night

oDo something fun every day oWalk as often as possible

oEat plenty of fruits and vegetable oSpend time with friends and family

………………………………………. ……………………………………….

………………………………………. ……………………………………….

Example: It’s really important to avoid stress. People who are relaxed live longer.
Think of some more advice to add to the list. Then work in groups to decide on the five
most important pieces of advice.
PRACTICE
Situation: Your mother has just retired. She is Going to the gym
considering taking up something as a way to
keep fit. What do you think is the best choice for
her – going to the gym, jogging or doing yoga?

Think about

- The cost
- The age of your mother
- How hard the activity is

Jogging Doing yoga

FOCUS ON SPEAKING PART 3: TOPIC DEVELOPMENT


TOPIC: STRESS
1. How stressed are you?
• Do you have stressful life? Interview your partner.
How stressed are you?
Yes No
Do you find it hard to make a decision? o o
Do you have difficulty relaxing? o o
Do you find it difficult to concentrate? o o
Do you often get annoyed or lose your temper? o o
Do you have difficulty falling asleep? o o

Do you often wake up during the night? o o

Do you spend too much time working or studying? o o

Do you eat too quickly? o o


o o
Do you worry about grades?
• Join another pair. Compare your answers. Who is under the most stress, the least
stress?
2. Stressful situations
Look at the photos. Then discuss the questions below.

Trafic jam Public speaking

Taking exam Getting lost


• Which would be the most stressful situation for you? Why?
• Which situation do you experience most often? How do you handle it?
• How would you handle the other situations?
• Are you generally active or passive in dealing with stressful situations?
3. Different degrees of stress
Look at some causes of stress. Work with a partner. Think of some other causes of stress.
Which do you think causes the highest degree of stress for the average person? Rank your
answer from 1 (most stressful) to … (least stressful).
…... having trouble with your boss …... starting or finishing school

…... having an illness or injury …... going on vacation

…... being fired from work …... having trouble with in-laws

…... getting married …... retiring from work


…... ------------------------------------- …... ---------------------------------------

…... ------------------------------------- …... ---------------------------------------

PRACTICE
In the third part of the Speaking Module, the candidate is given a topic with supporting
details in form of a mind-map. Each supporting detail is often given in form of a noun or
noun phrase. The candidate then has to develop the topic on the basis of provided ideas and
also add one more idea related to the topic.
Work with a partner. Take turns to talk about the following topic
Topic: How to cope with stress
Social engagement
Healthy lifestyle

Coping with stress

Positive thinking
Your own ideas

FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS
Also in part 3 of the Speaking Module, you will have a discussion with the examiner about
more abstract issues which are linked to the topic mentioned. Now, work with a partner to
discuss these questions.
1. Do you think that life would be dull without stress?
2. In what ways does stress affect our health and life?
3. Some people blame modern life for the increasing amount of stress we suffer. What is
your point of view?

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