1Talk about the different dimensions of wellness. Which do you look after well, and which do you neglect?
2In a photograph of a hospital theatre, a woman in a surgical cap and mask is holding a newborn baby. Who do you think the woman is?
3What is the woman in that photograph doing?
4Have you ever been to hospital for treatment? How did the hospital staff treat you?
5Match the words with their meanings. Words: nightmare, pediatric, intravenous, priority, medications, confidante, deprivation, vulnerable, dreadful. Meanings: treatment using drugs; a thing regarded as more important than others; a very unpleasant or frightening experience; relating to the medical care of children; into or connected to a vein; in need of special care, support or protection; very bad or unpleasant; the lack of something considered to be a necessity; a person with whom private matters and problems are discussed.
6True or false: The sender of the letter was happy with the service of the health workers.
7True or false: The staff of different departments in the hospital had harmonious relationships with each other.
8True or false: The hospital staff were concerned with the requirements of the sick child.
9True or false: The staff of the hospital shared their personal feelings with the writer.
10True or false: The chart was unclear about the patient's gender.
11True or false: The author took the mistakes of the health workers normally.
12True or false: The writer seems to be more sincere in her duty than the hospital staff.
13What was the nightmare for the author?
14What do you think the main purpose of this letter is?
15According to the author, what was the main weakness of the hospital staff?
16Did the nurses really say "your daughter is not a priority"? Why did the author think so?
17What do the patients and their families expect from the health workers?
18List the questions that the author was asked frequently in the hospital.
19Why did the health workers make a gender error about the author's daughter?
20According to the author, how do people perceive the career of health workers?
21If you become a health worker in the future, what would be your priority? How would you treat your patients and their families?
22Pronounce these words and sort them into those with short /ʊ/ as in book and those with long /uː/ as in food: food, book, cook, foot, moon, noon, roof, good, school, look, hook, stood, took, wood, too, zoo, zoom, wool, mood.
23Act out this conversation. A doctor says, "Aakash! Don't eat junk food. Take rest." One child asks, "What did the doctor tell him?" Another answers, "The doctor forbade him to eat junk food." A third adds, "She also told him to take rest."
24Work in threes and report this instruction. Mother: "Come home early."
25Report this instruction. Doctor: "Drink plenty of water."
26Report this instruction. Guard: "Don't touch the paintings."
27Report this instruction. Librarian: "Keep your mobile phone in flight mode."
28Report this instruction. Teacher: "Arrive at school on time."
29Report this instruction. Air hostess: "Fasten your seat belt."
30Report this instruction. Brother: "Wash your clothes yourself."
31A friend gives you these instructions for making a paper boat. Report them to another friend. Fold the paper in half on the longest side. Fold it in half again on the longest side and open it out once. With the fold at the top, fold the top two corners to the middle line. Fold the bottom strip up on each side. Put your thumbs inside the triangle. Open it out into a diamond shape. Fold the bottom half up on each side, so you have a triangle shape. Put your thumbs inside and open it out. Pull the outer corners of the triangles out to make the boat.
32Change into indirect speech, beginning with She: "Please help me fix this machine."
33Change into indirect speech, beginning with The electrician: "Please don't switch on the fan."
34Change into indirect speech, beginning with My friend: "Help me with my homework, please."
35Change into indirect speech, beginning with She: "Lend me some money, please."
36Change into indirect speech, beginning with The teacher told me: "Do your homework!"
37Change into indirect speech, beginning with The doctor: "Don't smoke!"
38Change into indirect speech, beginning with My mother: "Don't make a mess!"
39Imagine you are one of the staff of the hospital in the patient's letter. Write an email to the patient's mother apologising for your behaviour and assuring her that the hospital's services will improve.
40Look at a photograph of a woman speaking at a podium in a large conference hall, with officials seated behind her and an audience in front. What do you think this picture is about?
41What is the woman at the podium doing?
42Define wonderfood.
43Define cardiovascular diseases.
44Define bioeconomy.
45Define demographic change.
46Define multidisciplinary approach.
47Define economic inequalities.
48Define neurological disorders.
49Define biomarkers.
50Complete with a word from the speech: The children were especially ______ that there were enough cookies for each of them to have two.
51Complete with a word from the speech: The organization held its annual ______ in New York this year. The health ministers of more than forty countries attended it.
52Complete with a word from the speech: It is ______ that makes any organization a successful one.
53Complete with a word from the speech: Your life changes ______ if you perform well in your study.
54Complete with a word from the speech: Mr. Gurung is leaving the job because of ______ disease.
55Complete with a word from the speech: Early ______ of a disease helps us to cure it soon.
56Complete with a word from the speech: We have faced ______ level of climate change at present.
57Complete with a word from the speech: The patient may need blood work or other ______ to determine his specific health problem.
58Complete with a word from the speech: The world looked for different ______ to find the solution to COVID-19.
59Choose the best answer. The greatest public health challenge at present is: cancer, diabetes, obesity, or cardiovascular disease?
60Choose the best answer. The Joint Programming Initiative will bring the ______ of member states together: lifestyle, economy, challenge, or knowledge?
61Choose the best answer. The health care innovation chain begins from: researchers, biomarkers, diagnostics, or regulators?
62Choose the best answer. The need behind a multidisciplinary approach is: the unchanged pattern of food purchase and consumption, the lack of effective treatments for patients, the poor quality of life, or the lack of progress in research and innovation?
63Choose the best answer. Through this speech, the speaker wants to: open the conference on the Joint Programming Initiative, invite new public health challenge, launch the programme 'A Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life', or appeal the members of EU for collaboration for research and innovation?
64What topic is the speaker talking about when she says, "It's a topic that's never out of the media"?
65According to the speaker, what is the cause of obesity among children in the EU?
66What should people do to prevent themselves from diseases like type 2 diabetes?
67What is Horizon 2020?
68Why is research very important to fight against the health challenges?
69What result can Horizon 2020 give if it is implemented effectively?
70What results does the speaker expect from the conference?
71Do you think that the people of the EU will be benefited by this conference? If yes, what benefits will they get?
72Draft a short speech entitled 'Importance of Exercise for Healthy Life' and deliver it in a small group.
73What do you think lactose intolerance is?
74Do you have such a problem?
75Listen to the interview and complete: Dr Carla Shapiro talks about ______ in this interview.
76Listen and complete: All babies have ______ that helps to break the sugar in milk.
77Listen and complete: People from ______ generally do not suffer from lactose intolerance.
78Listen and complete: The culture of consuming ______ developed the ability to break down lactose.
79Listen and complete: Food industries have produced ______ products for people who have the problem of lactose intolerance.
80According to the doctor, what is a big problem for many people?
81What are two digestive problems?
82What percentage of the world population is lactose intolerant?
83Why did people begin to depend on milk?
84Write an alternative for the people who are lactose intolerant.
85Do you know about any other digestive problems? Share it with the class.
86Choose the correct words: The doctor told me (do / to do) some exercise every day.
87Choose the correct words: She said, "(Don't shout / Not to shout)."
88Choose the correct words: The doctor forbade me (to eat / not to eat) junk food.
89Choose the correct words: I told her, "(To speak / Speak) slowly."
90Choose the correct words: Sumina promised (to tell no one / not to tell anyone).
91Choose the correct words: My mother said, "(To get / Get) out of bed early!"
92Choose the correct words: The mountain guide warned him to (take / not to take) the oxygen cylinder.
93Choose the correct words: Sugam said to me, "(Go / To go) home and take a rest."
94Choose the correct words: He ordered us (we got out / to get) out of his way.
95Choose the correct words: The librarian requested them please (do not make / not to make) a noise.
96Change into indirect speech using ask: "Bring some sugar, Punita," she said.
97Change into indirect speech using tell: "You must submit your assignment soon," the teacher said.
98Change into indirect speech using remind: "Remember to come early, Anu," he said.
99Change into indirect speech using advise: "You should see a doctor, Mrs Tamang," he said.
100Change into indirect speech using warn: "Keep all the windows open, Nona," my father said.
101Change into indirect speech using tell: "Go home, Prashun," Furba said.
102Report in indirect speech: The hermit said, "Don't idle away your time."
103Report in indirect speech: Madan said to his friend, "Please help me with money."
104Report in indirect speech: "Be not afraid, noble prince", said the Guru.
105Report in indirect speech: He said to me, "Let me do my work."
106Report in indirect speech: The General said to his troops, "Guard the fort."
107Report in indirect speech: Aaswin said to the teacher, "Please excuse me, madam."
108Report in indirect speech: The guide said to the visitors, "Follow me carefully."
109Report in indirect speech: My teacher said to me, "Don't look behind."
110Report in indirect speech: Mother said to the daughter, "Get ready to receive the guests."
111Report in indirect speech: The boy said to the rescuers, "Please help me to get out of this well."
112Report in indirect speech: The teacher said to the boys, "Read silently."
113Report in indirect speech: The coach said, "Let's play a friendly football match."
114Report in indirect speech: The monk said to us, "Give up bad habits."
115Report in indirect speech: Father said to me, "Do not tell a lie."
116Obesity has become a matter of concern in recent years. Draft a speech on obesity based on these guiding questions: What are the primary causes of obesity? What are its consequences? What should an individual do to avoid it?
117Design a wellness wheel chart of your own. Show the different activities you perform to stay healthy. Then, present it to the class.
118Why does the writer sign her letter "An appreciative mother" when most of the letter is a complaint?
119Why does the letter become more persuasive when the writer reveals that she is a health care worker herself?
120Report in indirect speech: "Let's clean the classroom before the bell," said the monitor.
121What is wrong with the sentence "He suggested us to take a taxi home"? Correct it.
122What is the difference between a letter written to one person and a speech given to an audience, as seen in the two reading texts of this unit?