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Listening Activity
This listening activity is based on a video about long life tips. It is ideal for intermediate students and includes interesting language points such as health vocabulary.
Let’s begin with the pre-listening stage of the activity
Listen To Long Life Tips
Basic Health Tips for Wellness
In this video, you will hear interesting tips for a healthy lifestyle.
These tips include all nutrition and wellness practices that will help you be fit and healthy. They are the secret to living a healthy long and happy life. Follow these tips and you will stop the things that cause disease, discomfort, and early death.
Vocabulary Pre-teaching
Macronutrients
- Definition: The three main nutrients required in large amounts: carbohydrates, proteins, and fats.
- Example: Eating a balanced diet with all macronutrients helps maintain good health.
Carcinogens
- Definition: Substances that can cause cancer.
- Example: It’s important to avoid foods with carcinogens to reduce the risk of cancer.
Dopamine
- Definition: A chemical in the brain that affects mood, motivation, and pleasure.
- Example: Activities like exercise can increase dopamine levels, making you feel happier.
Hydration
- Definition: The process of providing or receiving adequate amounts of water.
- Example: Drinking plenty of water throughout the day is essential for proper hydration.
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Definition: A type of depression that occurs at certain times of the year, often in winter when there is less sunlight.
- Example: Spending more time outside can help prevent Seasonal Affective Disorder.
Mindfulness
- Definition: The practice of being aware and present in the moment.
- Example: Mindfulness meditation involves focusing on your breathing and clearing your mind of distractions.
The video
Here is the link to the video:
Long Life Tips: Gap-fill Exercise
Fill in the blanks with the correct word from the list below:
- physiological
- macronutrients
- carcinogens
- dopamine
- hydration
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- mindfulness
- Regular exercise has many __________ benefits, including improved heart health.
- Eating a balanced diet with all __________ helps maintain good health.
- It’s important to avoid foods with __________ to reduce the risk of cancer.
- Activities like exercise can increase __________ levels, making you feel happier.
- Drinking plenty of water throughout the day is essential for proper __________.
- Spending more time outside can help prevent __________, a type of depression that occurs at certain times of the year.
- __________ meditation involves focusing on your breathing and clearing your mind of distractions.
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