Here you have a list about 10 simple acts that improve your health:

 Eat breakfast.

Breakfast gives you energy for the morning.

     Wear a seat belt.

 Every year seat belts save thousand of lives.

Go for a walk.

Walking is good exercise, and exercise is necessary for

good health.

      Do something to challenge your brain.

 For example, do a crossword puzzle or read a new book.

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 Floss your teeth.

Don’t just brush them. Flossing keeps your gums healthy.

           Moisturize your skin and use sunscreen.

 Drink eight cups of water every day.

 Water helps your body in many ways.

  Get enough calcium.

 Your bones need it. Yogurt and milk have calcium. Or drink orange juice with calcium added

      Stretch for five minutes.                          

     Take a “time-out” – a break of about twenty minutes.

  Do something different. For example, get up,  and walk. Or sit down and listen to music. Or dance.

 Source: Cooking Life Magazine

 Work: - List which these things you do regularly.

                    - What else do you do for your health?

Reading about   DISEASES

Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is a disease caused by the bacteria “Mycobaterium tuberculosis”. A major cause of death among infectious diseases, tuberculosis is found throughout the world. Although the disease has a long history (early medical documents described it a phthisis, or consumption), modern medical Knowledge of the disorder was not acquired until the 19^th century. It was then that lung tuberculosis, skin tuberculosis, and tuberculosis of the lymph glands of the neck were established as different manifestations of the same disease, the tubercle bacillus was isolated, and tuberculosis of birds and cattle was recognized.

  Vocabulary:

Major – maior / Phthisis – tísica  ou tuberculose pulmonar / Consumption – consunção / Disorder – doença

Lymph glands – glândulas linfáticas / Among – entre / World – mundo / Early – cedo, antigo

Knowledge – conhecimento / Until – até / Then – então / Skin – pele

As – como / Same – mesmo / Birds – aves

  Tests:

1. Tuberculosis is:

a. (  ) only a disease of lungs.

b. (  ) the major cause of death throughout the world.

c. (  ) caused by unknown bacteria.

d. (  ) an infectious disease.

e. (  ) caused either by bacteria or by a bacillus.

      2. Some documents show that tuberculosis is:

a.(  ) a modern disease.

b.(  ) a disease too difficult to heal.

c.(  ) a long disease.

d.(  ) an ancient disease.

e.(  ) an isolated disease.

3. Until the 19^th century:

a.(  ) little was known about tuberculosis.

b.(  ) much was known about tuberculosis.

c.(  )tuberculosis was unknown.

d.(  ) infectious diseases were unknown.

e.(  ) physicians didn’t realize the causes of tuberculosis.

4. Tuberculosis:

a. (  ) is more dangerous when lungs are affected.

b. (  ) is never found in animals.

c. (  ) is found in animals, too.

d. (  ) has uncountable manifestations

           e. (  ) is not found throughout the world.

(Fonte: Hollaender, Arnon – Varela Filho, Vidal. English texts and vocabularies, p. 44,45,50. Ed. Saraiva S.A. – S.Paulo – 1979)