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Hereare some tips to follow if you want to be healthy.1. Daily regime with enough of sleeping hours, regular meals, proper timefor work and relaxing.2. Healthy meal. A well-balanced diet will bring your body exactly what itneeds. There should be a balance between the pleasure from yourfavourite meals and their usefulness for your body.3. Getting rid of bad habits including oversleeping and overeating. Yourmind and body should master your habits, not vice versa.4.
Keeping fit will help you to be in good shape and feel more energeticafter work. Good variants are morning exercises, gym, swimming pool,jogging, aerobics, yoga, fitness training.5. Good mood. Positive mood is not just good emotions, it‟s very powerfulhealing energy for your mind, body and soul.Following a healthy way of life makes you more energetic, active, gives younew emotions and changes to the best all aspects of your living.1) Which of these tips can bring the most benefit for you?2) Are there other aspects of making your life healthier?3) What is your idea of a healthy life style?ТЕМА 7. GREAT BRITAIN.Задание 1. Прочитайте текст и ответьте на вопросы.Britain – The Right NamesBritain – or Great Britain (GB) – is the name for England, Wales andScotland. Britain is the eighth largest island in the world.
The British Isles is thename for England, Scotland, Wales, both parts of Ireland, the Isle of Man and theChannel Islands. The United Kingdom (UK) is England, Scotland, Wales andNorthern Ireland. The British government is the government of the UK.11People who live in Britain are called British. Many people think that„English‟ is the same as „British‟. But England is only one of the four nations inthe UK. The Scots, Welsh and Northern Irish are British too. They sometimes getangry when they are called „English‟.There are also millions of British people whose parents first came to Britainin the 1950s and 1960s from the Caribbean, India, Pakistan, Hong Kong and otherplaces.
Their homes are mainly in the big English cities like London, Birminghamand Manchester.1) What does the name Great Britain refer to?2) What does Great Britain include?3) What does the political term the United Kingdom mean?Задание 2. Прочитайте текст и ответьте на вопросы.WeatherHere are some facts about the weather in Britain.a) The climate is temperate, neither very hot in summer (average temperature 15centigrade) nor very cold in winter (average temperature 5 centigrade).b) The weather often changes rapidly during the day.c) There is no dry season.d) The west of Britain has much more rain than the east.e) Britain lies in the zone of contact between tropical and polar air. This makes itsweather very complex and difficult to predict.f) There are at least 150 weather forecasts every week on the five main Britishtelevision channels.g) In winter there is often heavy snow on the hills and mountains, but little or nonein the lowlands.h) In summer the sunniest and warmest places in Britain are on the south coast.i) In winter, the east of Britain tends to be colder than the west.1)2)3)4)5)6)What is the climate like in Britain?Why is Britain‟s weather called changeable?Why is it difficult to predict the weather in Britain?Where is there heavy snow in winter?What part of Britain gets more sunshine in summer?Where is it warmer in winter in Britain, in the east or in the west?Задание 3.
Прочитайте текст и ответьте на вопросы.The MonarchyBritain is a constitutional monarchy. This means that the monarch, at themoment Queen Elizabeth II, is the Head of State. The Queen is also head of thejudiciary (all the judges) and of the Church of England, as well as the Commander12in-Chief of the armed forces. Her face is on all British bank notes, coins andpostage stamps.The Queen‟s constitutional role, however, is mainly symbolic. True powerlies in the hands of the Prime Minister and his or her Cabinet. It is the Queen whoformally opens Parliament every autumn, but the speech she makes from thethrone, giving details of the government‟s future plans, is written for her bypoliticians.
It is the Queen who officially appoints the Prime Minister, buttraditionally she always asks the leader of the party with a majority in the House ofCommons.1) Who is the Head of State in Britain?2) What are the Queen‟s duties?3) Who does real power in Britain belong to?Задание 4. Прочитайте текст и ответьте на вопросы.ParliamentThe British Parliament has two houses, or chambers: the House of Commonsand the House of Lords. The House of Commons is the most powerful and decidesnational policy, but the House of Lords can ask the House of Commons to rewritecertain parts of a bill before it becomes a new law.The House of Commons consists of Members of Parliament, MPs.
Each MPis elected by voters in one constituency (region). There are 651 MPs, or seats, inthe House of Commons. The 1234 members of the House of Lords are not elected.Some are life peers: they are members of the House of Lords, but their sons ordaughters cannot be members. Life peers are usually former members of the Houseof Commons. There are also a number of judges or bishops. The majority,however, are hereditary peers, the heads of aristocratic families. This means thatmost members of the House of Lords are there because of something theirancestors did. The head of both Houses of Parliament is the Queen, but she hasvery little power.The party with most MPs forms the government.
The leader of the winningparty automatically becomes Prime Minister and appoints the Cabinet. Themembers of the Cabinet are the leading government ministers. The Prime Ministeris the most important person in Parliament. The party who comes second is theOpposition and forms its own Shadow Cabinet.British Prime Ministers have lived at 10 Downing Street since 1731.1) How many chambers are there in the British Parliament and what are theycalled? 2) How many members of Parliament are there in the House ofCommons? 3) Who can be members of the House of Lords? 4) Who forms thegovernment? 5) Who becomes Prime Minister? 6) Who are the members of theCabinet?13Задание 5. Прочитайте текст. Составьте план к тексту в видеспециальных вопросов. Перескажите текст.The Royal FamilyFor more than a thousand years Britain has always had kings or queensexcept for the ten years between 1649 and 1659. In the past, kings had great powerand they really helped to make history.
They started wars, made laws, and didthings in their own way. But gradually more and more power went to Parliament.What does the Queen do now? Why does Britain need monarchy? And does it?Elizabeth II calls the Windsor family a „Firm‟.
She thinks of it as a businessrather than a family. And the main business of the royal family is … well, probablybeing royal. And they are paid for it. The Queen is one of the richest women in theworld and yet she gets about 8 million pounds a year to be Queen. But manypeople agree that she does her job well and she deserves her salary.Being Queen is a really busy job. Elizabeth II gets up early and begins theday by looking through the newspapers.
Then she reads letters from the public (shegets more than 1000 each week), and tells her staff how she would like them to beanswered. The Queen has daily meetings with her Private Secretary who helps herto go through her paperwork, and lots of meetings with ambassadors, new judges,and bishops.In the afternoon Elizabeth II often goes out on public engagements – shegets thousands of invitations each year. She opens new hospitals, bridges andfactories.Once a week, the Queen has a meeting with the Prime Minister and theydiscuss government business and important things that are happening in thecountry.In the evening the Queen reads the report of the day from Parliament.
Sheisn‟t a politician, and in modern Britain the power belongs to the government, butshe must agree to every new law. It‟s formal agreement: no king or queen hasrefused a new law since 1701!Being a Queen is not a 9 to 5 job, and Elizabeth II has to work from early inthe morning until late at night. And people watch her all the time.Of course, she has some free time, and some private life, but less than mostpeople.In her spare time Elizabeth II enjoys horse racing, fishing, and walking inthe countryside. She also enjoys photography and likes taking photos on hertravels.Many people think that the Royals are useless and monarchy is outdated.But… the British people seem to like them that way. They like to read about theroyal family, royal scandals and shocking secrets.
They like to watch royalceremonies, they are proud of the tradition of monarchy. Britain has had kings andqueens for a thousand years – probably they‟ll have them for another thousand.14Задание 6. Прочитайте текст и ответьте на вопросы.LondonLondon is the capital of Great Britain.
London is more than two thousandand five hundred years old. More than eight million people live there. The riverThames divides London into two parts. There are three main parts in London: theCity, the West End and the East End. The City is a very small part of London but itis known as the heart of business and financial life of the country. St.
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