Unit 6
A篇
Why Is It Important to Maintain a Healthy Body?
The importance of maintaining good health can’t be stressed enough. A healthy body sets the stage for your day-to-day well-being and determines how well you’ll age. It also allows you to live an active and more full life, which means you’ll have a better quality of life as you age.
When you’re young, it’s easy to take your body and your health for granted. However, as you age, the importance of maintaining good health becomes more apparent. When you keep your body working well, you enjoy greater energy and fewer aches and pains.
To understand the importance of maintaining good health, it’s helpful to appreciate the various things that contribute to a healthy lifestyle. These include nutrition, physical activity, sleep and stress management. When these parts of your lifestyle are out of balance, your he
alth often pays the price.
A healthy diet includes adequate vitamins, minerals, protein, carbs and healthy fats allow your body to work well. Regular exercise strengthens your bones, muscles, lungs and cardiovascular system.
Seven to eight hours of quality sleep each night allows your body to repair cells and perform other maintenance activities. Stress management is another key part of the importance of a healthy lifestyle.
When you work to maintain a healthy body, you can spend more time doing things you love and less time in bed feeling under the weather. You can definitely have a much better life. (245 words)
New words
healthy: adj. 健康的，健全的
maintain: v. 保持，维持
stress: v. 强调 n. 精神压力
determine: v. 决定，下决心
apparent: adj. 明显的，显而易见的
energy: n. 精力，力气
lifestyle: n. 生活方式
nutrition: n. 营养
diet: n. 日常饮食
minerals: n. 矿物质，矿物
protein: n. 蛋白质
regular: adj. 有规律的，固定的
cardiovascular: adj. 心血管的
maintenance: 维护，维持
Activity 1
Choose the best answer to each question according to the passage.
1.A healthy body set the stage for _____.
A.your full life
B.your job or career
C.your later years
D.day to day well-being
2.When _____, the importance of maintaining good health becomes more apparent.
healthylifestyleA.you are old
B.you are young
C.you are middle-aged
D.you are a child
3.The things that contribute to a healthy lifestyle include _____.
A.fruitful study
B.physical activity
C.sleep time
D.stressful life
4._____ strengthens your bones, muscles, lungs and cardiovascular system.
A.Vitamins
B.Regular exercises
C.Minerals
D.Protein
5.When you work to maintain a healthy body, you will definitely _____.
A.live longer
B.be very successful
C.have a better life
D.meet a good couple
Activity 2
Take turns to ask and answer the following questions.
1. Generally, what can a healthy body allow you to do?
2. What do you enjoy when you keep your body working well?
3. What price does your health often pay when some parts of your lifestyle are out of balance?
4. How many hours of quality sleep allows your body to repair cells and perform other maintenance activities?
5. What is another key part of the importance of a healthy lifestyle?
Activity 3
Read the passage carefully and fill in the blanks with the proper words or phrases. Then try to recite it. (No more than three words)
To understand the 1)_____ of maintaining good health, it’s helpful to 2) _____ the various things that contribute to a 3) _____ lifestyle. These include nutrition, 4) _____, sleep and stress management. When these parts of your lifestyle are 5) _____, your health often pays the price.
Answers
Activity 1:
1. D 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. C
Activity 2:
1.It allows you to live an active and more full life.
2.You enjoy greater energy and few aches and pains.
3.The price.
4.Seven to eight hours.
5.Stress management.
Activity 3:
1)importance
2)appreciate
3)healthy
4)physical activity
5)out of balance
B篇
Four Ways to Maintain A Healthy Lifestyle
There was a time when physical fitness alone was considered important in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Listening to your body and mind equally is important and the basis of having a healthy lifestyle. Here are four ways which can help you maintain a healthy one:
Maintain a healthy diet
A healthy diet is a key to good health, a balanced healthy diet protects you against many diseases. Excessive and unhealthy food becomes the main cause of heart disease, diabet
es, and cancer.
版权声明：本站内容均来自互联网，仅供演示用，请勿用于商业和其他非法用途。如果侵犯了您的权益请与我们联系QQ:729038198，我们将在24小时内删除。
发表评论