English file Elementary 3rd edition; File 4 C; text "The secrets of a long life" (Filling the gaps in; vocabulary practice)

1. {
The secrets of
a long life

2. valley

3. valley
долина

4. degree

5. degree
градус

6. work hard

7. work hard
много/усердно
работать

8. diet

9. diet
еда / рацион

10. healthy

11. healthy
здоровый/
полезный

12. take medicine

13. take medicine
принимать
лекарство

14. shepherd

15. shepherd
пастух

16. • пастух
• долина
• рацион
• усердно
• почти никогда
• горный
• принимать лекарства
• полезный, здоровый
• градус
• на открытом воздухе
Translate the words:

17. Vilcabamba, a small village in the Andes, is
often called ‘the 1____ of Long Life’. What’s
its secret? 2____ , Vilcabamba is not very
hot or very cold – the temperature is usually
between 18 and 27 3____, and the air is very
4 _____ .
5 _____, people work 6 _____ in the fields,
and do a lot of exercise.
Ecuador

18. 7 ____, their diet is very 8_____– they eat a
lot of fruit and vegetables, and they 9 ___
___ eat meat or fish. The water they drink,
from the river in Vilcabamba, is very 10
____ in minerals. They also have a good 11
____ life. In Vilcabamba people say, ‘The
left leg and the right leg help you to be
healthy, because they 12 _____ you to your
friends’ homes.’

19. Italy
1. Every second person in Ogliastra lives to
be 100
2. Most of the people in the villages work
outside.
3. They eat a lot of vegetables and much
meat and fish.
4. They never take any medicine.
5. They usually drink a little alcohol before
they go to bed.
Say true or false:

20. Japan
People in Okinawa in Japan do not have big ____.
They usually just have vegetables and fish, and often
eat ___ . Okinawans are very _____ , and they often
work _____ they are 80 or more. But they also _____
every day – they see friends and they _____ . Ushi,
from Okinawa, is 107. In the evening she often ____
with her daughter and has a glass of sake. ‘I want to
have a _____ ,’ she says. When journalists ask people
from Okinawa ‘What is your secret?’ they answer,
‘We are happy, we are always _____ , and we are
never in a _____ .’