Chapter 4

Health Care

Part 1 Reading Skills and StrategiesHealth News for Body and Mind3- Previewing Vocabulary

Nouns Antioxidants Beverages Blood pressure Body Brain Calcium Cocoa Couch potato Diseases DNA Junk food Sleep Stress University wrinkles

Previewing VocabularyVerbs

Age Damage Exercise Sleep Smoke Solves

Adjectives Bilingual Chronic Difficult Healthy Mental Physical Sleep-deprived Surprising

Adverb Often

Finding Meaning After Which or Who

Sometimes the meaning of a new word comes after a comma and the word which or who

Examples: Too much stress, which is worry about

problems in life, is not good for health.

A dentist, who takes care of people’s teeth, has an interesting profession.

4- Finding Meaning After Which or Who

Chronic,which means that it lasts a long time-

Sleep-deprived,which means they don’t get enough sleep.

Bilingual people,who speak two languages very well,

6- Understanding the Main Ideas

1. G2. B 3. G4. G

7- Identifying Vocabulary

1. couch Potato2. junk food3. calcium4. diseases5. stress6. chronic7. age8. sleep-deprived9. bilingual

9- Understanding Pronouns1. Many people don’t know about cocoa. It

has more antioxidant than tea.2. They have antioxidants; these fight

diseases.3. Some stress is chronic, which means it

lasts a long time.4. A scientist at the University of California

studies stress. She can now identify how stress makes people age.

5. Green tea and black tea are good for the health. They have antioxidants.

10- Understanding Italics

Italics are slanted letters, like these. Its used for words that are important.

11- Changing Nouns to Adjectives

1- If a person is very smart. (has a good brain)

She is brainy.2- If you have a lot of luck,

you are lucky.3- If something has a lot of dirt,

it’s dirty.4- If you need sleep,

you are sleepy.5- A drink is cold because it has ice in it. It is

an icy drink.

Part 2 Reading Skills and Strategies Are You Healthy?2- Previewing Vocabulary

Nouns Breakfast Cigarettes Pounds

Adjectives Overweight

Adverbs Never Seldom Sometimes Usually

4- Giving Advice

Should + the simple form of the

verb

Shouldn’t Examples: You shouldn’t worry so much. You should try to relax.

5- Using a Dictionary-Guide words

The guide words arewaiting game and walk.The first word in thispage is waiting game.The last word is walk.The words are inalphabetical order betweenthese two guide words.

6- Understanding Guide Words

1- no2- yes3- yes4- no5- yes6- no7- yes8- no

Part 3Practical English Going to the Doctor1- Identifying Body Parts1. Eyes2. Chin3. Shoulder4. Chest5. Wrist6. Hip7. Knee8. Toes9. Ankle10. Foot11. Fingers12. Elbow13. Neck14. Nose15. Ears16. head

2- Identifying Body Parts: Inside1. Brain2. Throat3. Stomach4. Kidneys5. Small intestine6. Large intestine7. Heart8. lungs

4- Matching Meaning

1. c2. a3. b4. h5. f6. g7. e8. d

Part 4Vocabulary Practice

1- Building Vocabulary1. blood2. healthy3. foot4. usually5. chronic6. eat7. daily8. sleep9. physical

2- Identifying Opposites1. large2. sick3. old4. underweight5. relaxation6. always7. dinner8. kindergarten9. physical10. easy11. wake

4- Building Vocabulary Across4- stress6- damage9- wrinkles11- beverages12- chest16- junk food18- chronic19- solve

4- Building Vocabulary Down1- diseases2- never3- healthy5- sick7- age8- intestine10- cocoa13- stomach14- kidneys15- mental17- chin