1) Doctors provide tips on how to avoid common diseases such as getting annual checkups after age 35, eating more fruits and vegetables and less fat and sugar, drinking 8 glasses of water per day, and taking care of one's back. 2) Kem writes to Dr. Robinson about having trouble sleeping and back pain from sitting too much. 3) Dr. Robinson advises Kem to listen to calm music before bed, not watch TV or drink coffee before sleeping, and to sit with an upright back.

1. Centro Educacional Juscelino Kubitschek
Unidade Guará/Valparaíso – 1º Bimestre/2012
Lista de Hábitos de Estudos (LHE) – Mensal
LÍNGUA INGLESA
9º Ano do Ensino Fundamental
ESTUDANTE: _____________________________________________________________ ANO/TURMA: ___________
TEXT 1 3. Match the pictures to the words below:
YOUR LIFE IS IMPORTANT
( ) ( )
( ) ( )
With small attitudes we may change many things.
Our health is one of the main things we should be attentive
to. We should always try to go to the doctor. Taking care of
ourselves now, prevents us from suffering in the future. But
how can we get away from problems such as backaches,
allergies, coughs, depression and infections? Here are some
tips on how to avoid the most common diseases: Doctors
recommend that both men and women, after 35 years old, get
an annual check-up. Food also helps a lot in preventing
some diseases. We must not take vitamins pills. We must eat
more vegetables and fruits and less fat and sugar. Doctors
say that we have to eat three kinds of different fruit every a.( ) Fever
day. They also say that we may have serious problems if we b.( ) Insomnia
don’t care about the type of food we eat. Fruit and c.( ) Depression
vegetables decrease chances of developing cancer in 45%. d.( ) Earache
Tomatoes help to reduce depression. Taking care of the back
is also very important. We shouldn’t carry much weight or 4. Text 1…
heavy boxes, it may cause back pain. And, most importantly, a.( ) Presents advice on how to be happier.
drink a lot of water. 8 glasses of water per day might save b.( ) gives tips on how to improve your health.
your life! c.( ) could be found in a magazine.
d.( ) was written by doctors.
1. Name five tips on how to avoid the most common e.( ) states that people should eat certain types of
diseases: food.
5. After reading the text choose the correct column for
each of these things:
a) Always going to the doctor
b) getting an annual check-up after turning 35
c) not taking vitamins pills
2. Judge the following items according to the text. d) eating more vegetables and fruits and less fat and
sugar
a.(T) (F) Doctors say that we have the need to take e) eating three kinds of different fruit every day
pills. f) eating tomatoes
b.(T) (F) Doctors say that eating fruit is optional. g) not carrying much weight or heavy boxes
c.(T) (F) Tomatoes are good for our health. h) drinking 8 glasses of water per day might save your
d.(T) (F) Everybody needs an annual check-up. life
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2. THINGS THAT ARE THINGS THAT ARE 7. Now answer the questions in relation to text 2:
MANDATORY GOOD FOR YOU, BUT
ACCORDING TO NOT MANDATORY a) What is the problem with Kem?
DOCTORS ACCORDING TO
DOCTORS
b) Why can’t Kem sleep?
Text 2
Dr. Robinson,
I haven’t slept well in days. I’ve been
studying and lot and I fell very tired, but every time
I go to bed I can’t get to sleep. I start thinking c) Why does Kem have a backache?
about my day and everything I have to do
tomorrow. So, I turn on the TV and start watching
sitcoms. By the time I turn it off again, it’s already
four in the morning and I have to get up to school
at six. Also, I am a student, so I spend most of my
day sitting down and I have a terrible backache.
What should I do?
Thanks for your help,
Kem d) What kind of text is this?
6. Dr. Robinson is answering Kem’s letter. Fill in the
blanks with should or shouldn’t:
Dear Kem,
Sleeping well is very important. Everyone
_________ sleep at least 8 hours a day. Try listening to calm 8. Match the problems to the advice the doctor gives in the
music and taking a relaxing shower before going to bed. You text:
____________ do anything that might make you excited, like a) I can’t sleep at night
drinking coffee or listening to loud music. When you go to
b) I have a terrible bachache
bed, you _____________ forget all your problems and think
about the good things that have been happening to you. You a.( ) When you go to bed, forget all your problems
and think about the good things that have been
____________ turn on the TV. It will only make you more happening to you.
awake. Just close your eyes and wait. You will fall asleep b.( ) Make sure your back is always upright.
c.( ) don’t watch TV in bed.
eventually. In relation to the backache, you _________ be d.( ) Try listening to calm music and taking a
careful with your posture when sitting down. Make sure your relaxing shower before going to bed.
back is always upright. And, again, never watch TV in bed!
Sincerely,
Dr. Robinson

3. 9. Check the best synonym for each of these sentences
taken from the text:
a) Never watch TV in bed!
( ) You shouldn’t watch TV in bed.
( ) You have to watch TV in bed.
( ) You mustn’t watch TV in bed.
( ) You don’t have to watch TV in bed.
b) Try listening to calm music and taking a relaxing
shower before going to bed.
( ) You shouldn’t listen to calm music and
taking a relaxing shower before going to bed.
( ) You have to listen to calm music and taking a
relaxing shower before going to bed.
( ) You must listen to calm music and taking a
relaxing shower before going to bed.
( ) You should listen to calm music and taking a
relaxing shower before going to bed.
10. What other advice could you give Kem?
a) You should ___________________________________
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b) You must _____________________________________
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c) You shouldn’t _________________________________
_________________________________________________
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d) You mustn’t ___________________________________
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