Seven Deadly Health Sins from the “Daily Mail”

When the Bible set down the Seven Deadly Sins they were not meant to be taken literally. Few of us will die of pride (гордость), envy or anger. There are, however, modern health sins which are in fact more deadly.

Two of them — obesity and physical inactivity are known from ancient times. They are joined by the modern bad lm bits: smoking and drinking too much alcohol, and the surprising “danger” of sleeping too much or too little, eating between meals and skipping breakfast. In combination, those poor health habits could double the chance of dying or lead to different diseases for those who survive.

Of course sleeping too much or too little, snacking и ml skipping breakfast are not quite as deadly as smoking, obesity and drinking. But they are indicative of dangerously chaotic lifestyles.

Regularity in life promotes your health. Sleeping seven or eight hours, getting up early, eating breakfast, a healthy diet and regular meals is really a good way to live.

1. Read the title of the text. What sins do you think the text is devoted to?

2. Read the text and say:

Which seven sins are mentioned in the Bible?

Which seven deadly health sins are discussed in the article?

• Which of the seven deadly health sins are deadly indeed and why?

9. Составьте предтекстовые задания, направляющие внимание учащихся 10 класса на извлечение основной ин­формации из текста “Seventeen-Year-OldPupilPushesPot” (Кузовлев В. П. идр.)- При разработке заданий необходи­мо учитывать жанр текста (художественный, научно-попу­лярный, публицистический).

10. Разработайте тест для проверки понимания текста для чтения “TheHistoryofEntertainment” (Афанасье­ва О. В., Михеева И. В.) в группе учащихся 8 класса со слабой языковой подготовкой.

11. Разработайте этап урока, посвященный развитию умений чтения в 9 классе (Кузовлев В. П. и др.), на основе текста “JohnLennon” (Unit2).