Generalitat de Catalunya

Departament d’Educació

IES Badalona-1 “La Pineda”

DOSSIER ANGLÈS 3r ESO

Name: ______________________________

Group: ______________________________

Date: ______________________________

1. READING__________________________________________________

A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE

What Is a Healthy Lifestyle?

Our lifestyles today are very busy. We have family, school, sports, leisure and social

commitments to fi t into a limited time. We need to be healthy to cope with the demands of daily

life. But what does it mean to have a healthy lifestyle?

To have a healthy lifestyle, we need to:

• eat a variety of healthy food most of the time

• get regular exercise

• have time to relax

• get adequate sleep to give our bodies time to recover and grow

It is important to balance these aspects of life, rather than putting more emphasis on one than

another.

1. Read the descriptions below of a normal day in the lives of two students.

Abbey gets up at 7:00 am, feeds the dog, and has cereal and a glass of juice for breakfast. She

walks to school with her friend, Julia. She has a package of chips for a morning snack, drinks

water from the water fountain, and has a chicken and lettuce sandwich with a banana for lunch.

She likes to play soccer with her friends at lunch and morning break time. She walks home with

Julia, has some crackers with cheese and fruit juice for afternoon snack and plays with the dog

for a while. She plays computer games for an hour or two before dinner, then has a shower and

does her homework. She watches her favorite television show for an hour, then usually goes to

bed at about 9:30 pm.

Carl gets up at 8:30 am and has two slices of toast with jam with a glass of milk for breakfast.

His mother drives him to school on her way to work. He eats cookies and a packaged fruit drink

for morning snack and a pot pie ordered from the school cafeteria with a fruit drink for lunch. He

likes to play card games with his friends at lunchtime and climb the fixed equipment at morning

break time. He catches the bus home, has a cereal bar and a can of soda for afternoon snack,

then watches some television. He has a shower before dinner, then plays the computer for an

hour or two. He goes to bed at about 10:30 pm.

2. Use the key below to rate the different aspects of the two lifestyles, then suggest

possible improvements:

1- Healthy 2- could be improved 3-unhealthy

Health Aspect

Carl

Abbey

suggested

improvements?

Diet

Sleep

Exercise

Relaxation

A HEALTHY DIET

Fruits and Vegetables

Use the Internet or other resources to investigate the qualities

of a fruit or vegetable. If you are using the Internet, you can

type this question into a search engine: “Why is/are (name of

fruit or vegetable) good for us?” Use your research to complete

the information below.

1. Check or write the name of the fruit or vegetable you choose to research.

fruits: • bananas • apples • oranges other _____________

vegetables: • spinach • peppers • eggplants other ____________

2. Write a list of the nutrients this fruit or vegetable contains; e.g., types of vitamins

or minerals, fiber.

3. Circle one of these nutrients. Explain some of the health benefits it gives us.

2. READING _____________________________________________________

What Are the Benefits of Exercise?

Exercise improves the body in many ways.

• The lungs take in more air, giving us more oxygen.

• The heart works harder to get more blood and oxygen to

the parts of the body that are working.

• The heart and muscles become larger, stronger and

fitter.

• Weight-bearing exercises like running, skipping and

hopping help to develop strong bones.

• The skin, hair and eyes look better because the “inside”

is healthy.

• Improved muscle tone gives the body a better shape

and posture.

• Food is processed more efficiently and waste products

are more quickly removed, leaving the body feeling more

comfortable.

• Chemicals are released into the brain make us feel

happy. These are called endorphins. They make us feel

more confident and improve our self-esteem.

• We sleep better.

• Strength, stamina are improved.

1. Label the body diagram using the words:

heart, muscles, bones, stomach, brain, intestine, skin, hair, eyes, lungs.

2. Circle true or false.

(a) The body needs less oxygen when we exercise. TRUE FALSE

(b) Endorphins make us feel good. TRUE FALSE

(c) Muscles become smaller when exercised. TRUE FALSE

(d) Weight-bearing exercise develops strong bones. TRUE FALSE

(e) The digestive system improves with exercise. TRUE FALSE

3. Complete the sentences with comparative adjectives.

Mozart was intelligent, but Eistein was more intelligent.

a. My heart is large, but with exercise becomes …………………………

b. I am confident, but when I run I feel …………………………………….

c. The bonds are strong but when I hope they are…………………………

d. Rafa Nadal is fit but Casillas is …………… …………………………...

e. A month is a long time, but a year is …………………………………….

f. I feel happy but endorphins make me feel ………………………………

4. Write the superlative forms of these adjectives.

a. Large……………………………………………

b. Confident…………………………………………

c. Long………………………………………

d. Fit…………………………………………..

e. Happy……………………………………….

f. Strong………………………………………

g. Small………………………………………

h. Big………………………………………..

i. Hot……………………………………….

j. Good……………………………………..

k. Bad……………………………………….

l. Hard…………………………………

m. Cheap…………………………………….

n. Interesting…………………………………

3. READING ____________________________________________________

The British have a reputation for being mad about sports. In fact they like watching

sports more than playing them. The British are spectators and the most popular spectator sports

are cricket and football.

Football is the most popular game. Football, or soccer, is an example of a professional

game. The game of football was first played in Britain, and later people began to play football in

other countries. There are many amateur soccer players in Britain who play the game on

Saturday or Sunday afternoon. Amateur clubs often play against professionals.

Almost every school has its football team and every boy in Britain

knows a lot about the game. He can tell you the names of the players in

the most important teams, he has pictures of them and knows the results

of many matches.

Rugby is another popular British sport which is played in other

countries. It is also called rugby football. The story is told that in 1823

boys at Rugby school in England were playing football in the normal way,

when suddenly one boy picked the ball up and ran with it. That was how a

new game was born. There are two forms of rugby football: the amateur game and the

professional game. The two games have different rules.

Football is the favourite winter game in Britain and cricket is the favourite summer sport.

Amateur cricket has the same rules as the professional game. A typical amateur cricket match

takes place on a village green, an open space in the centre of the village. It is played between

two teams - the "home" team and the "visitors" who come from another village.

1. Write if the following sentences are true (T) or false (F):

a) The British like watching sports more than playing them.

b) The most popular spectator sports are rugby and football.

c) The game of football was first played in the USA.

d) A typical amateur cricket match takes place on a village green.

2. Choose the right word:

a) Football is the most popular (game/sport).

b) The forms of rugby football have (different/the same) rules.

c) Football is the most favourite (summer/winter) game in Britain.

d) Amateur cricket has (different/ the same) rules as the professional game.

3. According to the story complete these sentences:

a) Football, or soccer, is an example of a ….

1) amateur game; 2) professional sport; 3) professional game.

b) There are many amateur soccer players in Britain who play the game on…..

1) Thursday or Sunday afternoon; 2) Saturday or Sunday afternoon ; 3) Saturday or

Sunday evening.

c) …..is another popular British sport which is played in other countries.

1) Cricket; 2) Rugby ; 3) Football.

d) …. is the favourite summer sport.

1) Cricket; 2) Rugby ; 3) Football.

4. Answer the following questions:

a) What reputation do the British have?

…............................................................................................................................

b) What are the most popular games in Britain?

…............................................................................................................................

c) What do you know about amateur soccer players in Britain?

…............................................................................................................................

d) How is a typical amateur cricket played?

…............................................................................................................................

5. What sport is it? Read the texts and match the numbers with the letters.

1)____ 4) ____ 7) ____

2) ____ 5) ____ 8) ____

3) ____ 6) ____ 9) ____

3.READING____________________________________________________

Facebook deserted by millions of users in biggest markets

1. Match these words from the article with their definitions below. Then find them in the

article to read them in context. The paragraph numbers are given to help you.

social network gaining users markets popular

a. People who use something, such as a website ……………………………………(para 1)

b. Particular places or groups of people that use a product ………………………….........(para 1)

c. A website such as Facebook that allows you to communicate with friends and make new

friends ……………………………………….. (para 2)

d. Getting more of something ……………… (para 6)

e. If something is ……………………………………….., many people like it. (para 5)

quarter income smartphones initiatives tablets

f. Mobile phones that also work as small computers ……………………………… (para 10)

g. Small computers that you use by touching the screen ………………………… (para 10)

h. Money you get from working or from investing money ………………………… (para 11)

i. One of four periods of three months, especially when you are talking about financial accounts

………………………………………. (para 11)

j. Important new actions and ideas that are made to solve a problem ……………………… (para

13)

Facebook deserted by millions of users in biggest markets

1. Facebook has lost millions of users every month in its biggest markets. In the last six months,

Facebook has lost nearly 9 million monthly visitors in the US and 2 million in the UK.

2. It has stopped growing in the US, UK and other major European countries. In the last month,

the world’s largest social network lost 6 million US visitors, a 4% fall. In the UK, 1.4 million fewer

users went on Facebook last month, a fall of 4.5%.

3. People are also using Facebook less in Canada, Spain, France, Germany and Japan.

4. “The problem is that, in the US and UK, most people who want to join Facebook have already

done it,” said new media specialist Ian Maude at Enders Analysis. People get bored, he says,

and they “like to try something new”.

5. Other social networks are also very popular with younger people. Instagram, the photo-

sharing site, got 30 million new users in the 18 months before Facebook bought the business.

6. Path, the mobile phone-based social network started by ex-Facebook employee Dave Morin,

is gaining 1 million users a week. It now has more than 9 million users. 500,000 Venezuelans

downloaded the app in just one weekend.

7. Facebook is still growing fast in South America. The number of users in Brazil increased by

6% in the last month to 70 million, according to Socialbakers, whose information is used by

Facebook advertisers. And there has been a 4% rise in India to 64 million users – still only a

small part of the country’s population, so there is the possibility for more growth.

8. Global numbers of visitors to Facebook reached 1.05 billion a month in January, but they fell

by 20 million in February. Numbers rose again in April. The social network hasnow lost nearly 2

million visitors in the UK since December, with its 27 million total the same as a year ago.

9. The number of minutes Americans spend on Facebook is falling, too. The total was 121

billion minutes in December 2012, but that fell to 115 billion minutes in February.

10. As Facebook has already said, we spend less time using Facebook on our personal

computers because we now prefer to use our smartphones and tablets.

11. Wall Street expects Facebook’s income this quarter to be $1.44 billion, an increase from

$1.06 billion a year ago.

12. The company said that it might be losing “younger users” because they now prefer to use

“other products and services similar to, or as an alternative to, Facebook”.

13 Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has created some new initiatives for smartphone users

in the last year. One initiative, Facebook Home, is software that you can download onto Android

phones to feed news and photos from friends – and advertising – directly to your home screen.

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Comprehension check

2. Choose the correct answers according to the information in the article.

1. The world’s largest social network is ...

a.… Facebook. b.… Instagram. c.… Path.

2. Facebook is losing users in ...

a.… India. b.… South America. c.… the US and the UK.

3. Facebook is gaining users in ...

a.… Spain and Japan. b.… India and South America. c.… the US and the UK.

4. In the last quarter, Facebook’s income was ...

a.… the same as the quarter before. b.… more than the quarter before. c.… less than the

quarter before.

5. People are spending ...

a.… more time on their PCs. b.… less time on their smartphones. c.… more time

on their smartphones.

6. Facebook recently introduced ...

a.… a new website. b.… new software. c .… a new smartphone.

3. Describing trends and movements. Complete the table

Present Simple Present Continuous Past Simple Noun

Grow(s) Grew

Is/are falling

rise

DIALOGUE

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1. Circle the correct alternatives.

Andy How (a) many / much people went to the meeting about sport at school?

Sophie Well, there (b) was / were about forty people there. In fact, Room 6 wasn’t (c)

big enough / enough big for all the people. So we moved to Room 12. It’s (d) bigger /

more big than Room 6.

Andy Did (e) some / any teachers go to the meeting?

Sophie Yes, they did. Mr Smith told us about the football team. They are (f) better /

gooder than last year. In fact, they are the (g) most / more successful team in the school's

championship. However, he said that the basketball team lost too (h) much / many matches

last year. The other teams in the championship were (i) luckyer / luckier than our team, but our

team lost (j) any / some matches because they played badly.

WRITING

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Write about your favourite singer, actor or sports star (5 sentences).

Complete the table with information to help you. Then use the description in

exercise 12 as a model.

Who is your favourite

singer, actor or sports

star?

Why is he/she

famous?

What does he/she look

like?

What did he/she do

last year?

What is he/she doing

now?

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