HEALTH

TOPIC 1.

Health and SportsTopics e.g.: Sports (the importance of doing sports, the best sports to keep fit, indoor-outdoor-summer-winter sports, mass sports and quality sports, team sports and individual sports, water sports, combat sports, sport facilities, sports you do, popular sports, the role of sports in your country, risks of becoming a professional sportsman, well-paid sports, extreme sports, doping, the risks of taking steroids, vandalism etc.)

Healthy eating (the importance of eating healthy food, healthy and unhealthy food, vegetarianism, dieting, losing weight, your eating habits, differences btw Eng and Hun cuisine, vitamins and minerals what can substitute them, semi-prepared/ready-packed/ready-cooked/frozen food, fast food, GM food, a healthy diet, obesity reasons and treatment etc.)

Diseases, addictions (common diseases, addictions (drug abuse, alcoholism, smoking, workaholics, shopaholics, Internet addiction, gambling) reasons, consequences and treatment, mental illnesses, anorexia, bulimia, suicides, aggression, hospitals, doctors, taking pills, homeopathy, alternative ways, herbal medicine etc.)

Modern lifestyle (work fast, live fast, eat fast, die early?, diseases, obsession towards being thin, fashionable diets, addiction, stress, depression etc.)1. ConversationStatements e.g.:

Most people are overweight in Hungary.Extreme sports are becoming more and more popular.Few people do sports regularly.

The number of vegetarians is increasing each year.

Nowadays it is fashionable to follow a special diet.

More and more teenagers are smoking in Hungary.

Studies have shown that more and more people apply herbal medicine.

A large number of health problems are attributed to modern lifestyle.

2. DebateStatements e.g.: Vegetarianism FOR/AGAINST

Herbal medicine FOR/AGAINST

Legalise marihuana FOR/AGAINST

Being healthy is expensive FOR/AGAINSTMobile phones are dangerous for health FOR/AGAINST

Chocolate is very healthy FOR/AGAINST

3. PicturesVOCABULARY HEALTH AND SPORTSto do/play/pursue sports

to take up/give up a sport

to go for work-outs

professional sports amateur sports

outdoor sports-indoor sports

mass sports-quality sports

winter sports-summer sports

team sports-individual sports

water sports

ball games

athletics

gymnastics

combat sports

dangerous sports

extreme sports

shooting and archery

board gamesjogging

running

cycling

badminton

table tennis

tennis

squash

football

basketball

swimming

scuba diving

surfing

sailing, rowing, riding

caving

hiking

mountain climbing

martial arts

fencingdoing exercise

treadmill

exercise bike

weight lifting

rowing machine

becoming overweight/obese

gym

swimming pool

tennis court

squash court

ice rink

football field/pitch

gym

opponent

winning streak

to defeat

athlete

reputation

amateur

physical education

competition

doping

hormone

fatal

to disqualify

to exclude

medicine

laboratory

to cheer

physical activity

high blood pressure

heart attack

stroke

pulmonary disease

flu

cancer

stomach ulcer

liver damage

drugs

narcotics

addiction

dependence

overdose

confusion

depression

mental disorders

side-effect

drug abuse

crime

to prevent

craving

specialistphysician

operating theatre

gynaecology

gynaecologist

nerve specialist

dermatology

health resort (szanatrium)

surgeon

wound (seb)

plaster (gipsz, ragtapasz)

wheelchairfatal disease

transmission

blood transfusion

to spread

epidemic

vaccine

violence

consumption

to punish

to cure

incurable

to treat

painkiller

tranquilizer

chain smoker

to inhale

to exhale

common

lung cancer

temptation

to ban

to assign

to segregate

to attempt

effect

preventable

life-threatening

detrimental (kros)

to cope with (megbirkzni)

to quit

hangover

toxic (mrgez)

symptom

to recover

recovery

phenomenon/a

calorie intake

impatientbusy

over-crowded

urbanized

shopaholic

workaholic

nervous

fast-food culture

overeating

competitive environment

increasing expectations

chasing quantity

need to succeed

crisis of identitydamaging personal health

Information Age

rapid communication

global society

economic globalisation

overconsumption

consumerism

material possessions

serious debts

addictive behaviour

eating disorders

weight problems

allergies

mood swings

insomnia

headache

stress

diabetes

panic attacks

anxiety

phobias

rheumatic diseases

stress management

natural remedies