THE BODY UNIT 4

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Lesson A
A. Label the parts of the body with the words from the box.

artery bone brain 2. Bone

heart liver lungs
3. lungs
muscle small intestine stomach .
artery
large intestine vein 4. heart 7.
vein
8. Muscle 6.
Liver
9. stomach

0. Large intestine

Write sentences with the comparative form of each adjective. Give your opinions. 1 Small intestine

1. friendly: emails/phone calls

Phone calls are friendlier than emails.
2. nice: cats/dogs
Dogs are nicer than cats.

3. bad for you: eating junk food/smoking

Smoking is worse than eating junk food for you

4. exciting: basketball/soccer
Basketball is more exciting than soccer.

5. healthy: meat/vegetables
Vegetables is healthier than meat.

6. (adjective: your own idea)

Android is better than IOS,

C. Write your opinion with the superlative form of each adjective.

1. big/problem in the world
I think pollution is the biggest problem in the world.
2. great/athlete today
I think Cristiano Ronaldo is the greatest athlete today.

3. healthy/food to eat every day

I think broccoli is the healthiest food to eat every day

4. beautiful/place in our country

I think Puerto Plata is the most beautiful place in our country.

5. enjoyable/way to exercise
I think listening to music is the most enjoyable way to exercise.

6. (adjective/your own idea)

I think Honda cars is the best model ever done.

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Lesson B
A. Answer the questions.

How Is Your Health?

1. What kinds of exercise do you do? How often?
I usually do push ups

2. Do you have a lot of stress in your life? What causes

No, I don’t

3. Do you think you eat a healthy diet? How could your diet be
Yes, I do. I always have a good proportion of each meal. I diet would be healthier
Adding more vegetable.

4. Are the other people in your family healthy, particularly your parents
and
Yes they are

5. I think my lifestyle is:

very healthy OK not so healthy very unhealthy

6. How could you make your lifestyle healthier?

Having a good schedule. I mean, having specific hours of workout and having my

Meal ready on time.

B. Underline the sounds that are linked together. Then read the sentences out loud.
If the word after -er or more starts with an /r/ sound, the words are linked
together. If the word after -est or most starts with a /t/ sound, the words are
linked together.

1. That’s the best tomato I’ve ever tasted.

2. My hardest test was in mathematics.
3. Swimming is more relaxing than running.
4. We need a bigger rug in the living room.
5. He’s the newest teacher in our school.
6. We’re looking for a better restaurant.
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Lesson C
A. Label the pictures with words from the box.

acne dandruff headache sore throat insomnia indigestion nausea hiccups

1. insomnia 2. Soar throat 3. Acne 4. Nausea

5. Headache 6. hiccups 7. dandruff 8. indigestion

B. What do you do for these problems? Write sentences with reasons using infinitives of purpose. Write your own ideas.
1. indigestion (help)
I usually go for a walk to help indigestion.

2. headache (stop)
I usually take pills to stop my headache.

3. hiccups (cure)
I always take a glass of water to cure hiccups

4. insomnia (help)
I sometimes read a book for helping my insomnia.

5. nausea (end)
I often stay calm for ending my nausea.

6. sore throat (cure)

I always take pills to cure my sore throat.

7. (your own idea)

I sometimes go for a walk to free my mind.
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UNIT D
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In the Death Zone

of Mount Everest

M ountain climbers call the part of a mountain over

7000 meters the Death Zone. The human body can’t
taller than Tom,
who is shorter?” This is probably very easy for you to answer.
live for very long at this height, because the air is too
thin and there isn’t enough oxygen. Mount Everest,
the world’s highest mountain, is 8,848 meters high.
What happens to the bodies of people who climb it?

Their lungs have to work very hard. Normally, people

breathe about 20 times every minute when they are
resting. On top of Everest, climbers must breathe 70–
80 times a minute to get enough oxygen. The heart
must beat faster to move the blood through the veins
and arteries. Other parts of the body work very slowly,
to save energy. For example, the stomach stops
digesting food.

As they get closer to the top of the mountain, climbers

feel worse and worse. They have insomnia, so they always
feel tired. They get very bad headaches. The sun burns
their skin through the thin air, and the bright light from
the snow hurts their eyes. Because they have nausea and
indigestion, they don’t want to eat, and that makes them
weaker. In the dry air, they feel thirsty all the time.

Climbing on Everest also affects the brain. Your brain

thinks very slowly, because it doesn’t have enough
oxygen. Scientists have tested this by speaking to
climbers with radios. They ask questions like, “If John is
But at the top of Everest, climbers have to think a long
time to find the answer, and they often make mistakes.
Because the climbers can’t think well, they sometimes
make bad decisions and get into accidents.

Even with all these difficulties, more than 2500 people

have reached the top of Mount Everest. Scientists have
found ways to solve some of their problems. Now,
almost all climbers breathe from oxygen tanks. They
use radios to communicate with people at the bottom,
so they can get advice if they’re not thinking clearly.
There are medicines to help them with headaches and
lung problems.

But Mount Everest is still the most difficult and

dangerous environment on earth. Almost 200 people
have died trying to climb it—with a few more dying
every year. Only the strongest bodies can survive up
there in the Death Zone.
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A. Read the article again. Circle T for true or F for false.

1. The Death Zone is at the bottom of a mountain. T F
2. Problems in people’s bodies on high mountains come from not having enough oxygen. T F
3. Climbing Mount Everest affects many parts of a climber’s body. T F
4. On Mount Everest, people breathe very slowly because the air is so thin. T F
5. Only a few people have climbed Mount Everest. T F
6. New inventions have helped solve some health problems on Everest. T F
7. Climbers don’t die on Mount Everest nowadays. T F

B. What happens to these parts of the body in the Death Zone? Match the columns.
1. heart F
a. gets red
2. arteries D
b. hurts a lot
3. stomach E
c. works very slowly
4. brain C
d. carry blood faster
5. skin A
e. stops working
6. head B
f. beats very quickly
C. Answer the
questions.
1. Why do you think people want to climb Mount Everest?
Because they want to achieve some goals of their live.

2. What’s the highest mountain in your country? Would you like to climb it? Why, or why not?
Pico Duarte is the highest mountain in my country. Yes, I would, because I love hiking.

D. Think about your favorite sport. What happens to people’s bodies when they play it? Is it good for their bodies or harmful?

Playing basketball is one the most rewarding sports ever. It’s the best sports for their bodies, because you move all the

Parts of your body. It’s a good sport for the heart for the cardio you do.
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Review
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2. the hard parts that support your body 1. not able to sleep
5. the red liquid in your body 2. the part of your body that thinks
9. comparative form of interesting (2 3. Fruit is calories. It doesn’t have many
words)
calories. (2 words)
11. red spots on your face
4. they make your body move
12. it covers your body
5. superlative form of big
13. comparative form of good
6. it carries the blood from your heart
14. the organ that moves your blood
7. pain in your head
15. your food goes in here
8. the way you live
17. you take in air with them
10. a bad feeling in your stomach
14. Cheese is fat. It has a lot of fat. (2 words)
16. superlative form of bad
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