Unit 3: Do I Need A Health Check-Up?
Unit 3: Do I Need A Health Check-Up?
UNIT 3
Do I need a health check-up?
SNAPSHOT
Look at the following pictures of some diseases that attack various parts of
your body. Match the words from the right side with the picture.
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• Runny!nose!
• Sore!eye!
• Stomachache!
• Broken!leg!
• Osteoporosis!
• Lung!cancer!
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GRAMMAR FOCUS
Pronouns
Read and discuss with your lecturer.
Exercise 1
Discuss some other diseases with your friends, mention the causes, and
identify the parts of body that are affected. Fill in the following table.
PRONUNCIATION
The following picture gives the names of the parts of your body. Practice with
your lecturer to pronounce each of them.
READING
Osteoporosis
Imagine that you are a doctor and you have a patient that has a problem
with his back. What will you do to cure the problem?
Nowadays people are healthier than 100 years ago. They eat good
food to avoid diseases. Minerals in food can help people recover from
fatigue. Minerals also help to maintain our health especially our bones.
Osteoporosis is one kind of bone disease. It makes our bones weak. It
can be caused by several factors. The factors are genetics, gender, age, race,
weight, medical conditions, medication, lack of calcium, and lifestyle. In
addition consuming much salt, alcohol, and caffeine can increase the risk of
weak bones.
To prevent this disease, people should consume minerals. Minerals are
good for maintaining the health of our bones. We have to consume enough
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minerals every day. Zinc (Zn) is an important mineral for our body especially
our bones. It includes more than 200 enzymes.
We can find zinc in many meats such as beef and chicken, in seafood
such as fish, oysters, crab and shrimp, and in soy products such as tofu and
tempeh. It can be found in dairy products such as cheese, yogurt, and milk.
Furthermore, if we want to avoid osteoporosis, we have to make our
bones strong. Jumping is the best way to strengthen our bones. To sum up, by
doing exercise and eating good food osteoporosis can be avoided.
Excersise 2
List the unfamiliar words that you found in the text above. Try to guess their
meanings and write some possibilities in the following table.
Exercise 3
Read the following statements. Check if they are true or false according to the
text.
No Statements True False
1 Today, our lives have become worse.
Tempeh and tofu can increase our risk of bone
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disease.
Zinc is a mineral which makes our bones
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strong.
4 Exercise helps strengthen bones
GRAMM AR FO CUS
as + adjective
+ as two syllable adjectives the + most + adjective (for
ending in –y: change longer adjective or more
the –y to –ier (e.q: than two syllables, e.g: the
happy-happier, etc) most intelligent, the most
comfortable)
longer adjectives: use
more with the
unchanged adjective
(e.g: more careful,
etc)
Exercise 4
Write the appropriate comparative adjectives in the blank.
2. The white shoes cost Rp. 150.000,-. The brown ones cost Rp. 100.000.
The white shoes are ______________________________ the brown ones.
The brown ones are ______________________________ the white shoes.
4 The Amazon/deep/river/South
America
5 Brad Pitt/famous/actor/world
W- H Questions
Question
Meaning Examples
words
Who Person Who's that? That's Nancy.
Where Place Where do you live? In Boston.
Why do you go to sleep early? Because
Why Reason
I've got to get up early.
When Time When do you go to work? At 7:00.
How Manner How do you go? By car.
What Object, idea or action What do you do? I am an engineer
Which Choice Which one do you prefer? The red one.
Whose Possession Whose is this book? It's Alan's.
Whom Object of the verb Whom did you meet? I met the manager.
What kind of music do you like? I like
What kind Description
quiet songs.
What time Time What time did you come home?
How many students are there? There are
How many Quantity (countable)
twenty.
Amount, price How much time have we got? Ten
How much
(uncountable) minutes.
How long did you stay in that hotel? For
How long Duration, length
two weeks.
How often do you go to the gym? Twice a
How often Frequency
week.
How far is your school? It's one mile from
How far Distance
here.
How old Age How old are you? I'm 16.
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How come Reason How come I didn't see you at the party?
Exercise 6
2. The cobra snake in the zoo is eight metres long. The viper snake is six
metres long.
Bangkok is 29˚C.
Miami is_____________________________Bangkok.
Chicago_______________________________San Fransisco.
York.