Vocabulary for IELTS - Lesson 3 - Diet, health and exercise

Vocabulary for IELTS - Lesson 3 - Diet, health and exercise

by Ngọc Nguyễn

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1.1 Answer the question

How healthy are you?

• A very healthy

• B moderately healthy

• C unhealthy

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​dietician (n)

/ˌdaɪəˈtɪʃn/

a person whose job is to advise people on what kind of food they should eat to keep healthy​

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​curb (v)

/kɜːrb/

​curb smt: to control or limit something, especially something bad

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​allergy (n)

​/ˈælərdʒi/

​a medical condition that causes you to react badly or feel ill when you eat or touch a particular substance

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​Vocabulary note

​The following words are often used with the word health. Nouns: health benefits, health risks, health problems, health care, health education, health system

Adjectives: in good health, in poor health, in excellent health

We can use healthy to describe things other than your body: a healthy appetite, a healthy diet, a healthy economy, a healthy disrespect for authority

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​2.2 Listen to part 2

Write down three types of aerobic exercise that are mentioned

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​2.2 Listen to part 2

Listen again and find words that mean the same as the following:

A in a fixed pattern

B quickly ...........................

C little by little ...........................

D a strong suggestion ....................................

E speed ...........................

F doing something to excess.............................

G get better.............................

H every second one       

​2.2 Answer key

​A in a fixed pattern ....regular.....

B quickly .......briskly....................

C little by little .....gradually......................

D a strong suggestion ......recommendation..............................

E speed ....pace.......................

F doing something to excess........overdoing.....................

G get better..........recover...................

H every second one...........alternate...................       

​Error Warning

​Note that health is a noun and healthy is the adjective. We write or talk about education and health or mental health. NOT edufation and healthy or mental healthy. We say someone is strong and healthy

NOT strong and health

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3. WORD BUILDING Complete the table below. You

do not need to write anything in the shaded areas.

Write the opposites where indicated (opp.)

​nutritional

preventive

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4.1 PRONUNCIATION Put the words into the correct box according to their sound, then practise saying the words. Listen and check your answers.

bath,bathe, birth, breath, breathe, death, growth, health, mouth (v), mouth (n), teeth, teethe, writhe

1) θ (an unvoiced sound as in think)

2) ð (a voiced sound as in this)

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4.2 Complete the sentences with words from 4.1. Then listen to the recording to check your answers. Practise saying the sentences.

1 I took a deep.................................. before diving into the water.

2 The baby is crying because he's .....................................  He got two new.................................. only yesterday.

3 Old people should take care of their ..........................

4 He's been so happy since the .........................  of his son.

5 The pain was so bad she was.................................... in agony.

6 He can't .........................  You need to get him to hospital.

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4.2 Complete the sentences with words from 4.1. Then listen to the recording to check your answers. Practise saying the sentences.

1 I took a deep.................................. before diving into the water.

2 The baby is crying because he's .....................................  He got two new.................................. only yesterday.

3 Old people should take care of their ..........................

4 He's been so happy since the .........................  of his son.

5 The pain was so bad she was.................................... in agony.

6 He can't .........................  You need to get him to hospital.

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6. Answer the questions. Write one or two sentences.

1. Do you think young people are more or less fit than 50 years ago? (Why? / Why not?)

2. In what way is your diet different from when you were a young child?

3. What changes do you think will occur in our diet in the future?