Unit #3 Recipe for success

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HEnohs6yYw
-What are the life competences to have a successful living?

Ingredients for healthy living

Grammar Point: Modal verbs

Activity 1: Read the following situations and write recommendations using the
modal given in the parenthesis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEYv5Ckpkrw 10 keys to success.
1. I am very stressed (should)
2. My sister is overweight. (should) .

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 3. I love sugar. (shouldn´t ) .
4. "I am always tired during the day." (Had better) .
5. “I have a urinary tract infection” (ought to) .

Activity 2: Write 5 tips for a healthy lifestyle using the modals verbs for advice)

1. ________________________________________________________
2.
3.
4.

5. ____________________________________________________________

Reading Activity 3: Read the article once Does it change your point of view?

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Read the article again and do the following exercises
1. What is good about.................. ?
Coffee:

Sunlight:

Computer games:

2. With a partner, decide in what ways you think chocolate and watching
TV could be good for you.

Listening activity 4:
Listen to track 51 and choose the best option.
1. What does chocolate have in common with grape juice?
a. It is a modern invention. b. It contains antioxidants
c. It is an old invention

2. Antioxidants
a. protect us against illness b. Give us energy
c. Are in milk chocolate

3. What kind of chocolate does the expert recommend?

a. Dark b. Milk c. Both

4. Dark chocolate contains , so if you are worried about your

weight don´t eat too much.

a. Lots of antioxidants b. Lots of fat

c. Lots of calories

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 5. How are TV series different from the ones 20
years ago?

a. They make us stupid people b. Are more intellectually stimulated

b. Are more boring

6. Reality shows
a. teach us about how people behave when
they are in a team
b. teach us about working individually
c. Are not popular

Activity 5. Discussion
1) What does success mean to you? ________________________________

2) How many success instances would you wish to have in your life?

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use of will

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Activity 6. Choose the correct answer.

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 Activity 7: Unscramble the sentences with future “will”.

1. They / listen / will / romantic music

2. will / play / the guitar / My sister / tomorrow

3. dance / The students / will / salsa / next week

4. will / a magazine / read / My friends /

5. a poem / My cousin / write / tomorrow / will

Activity 8. Listen and complete the sentences. Track 09.

Reading activity 9.
Read the following text and answer the following questions
Positive thinkers are more likely to live longer than negative thinkers. This is according to a
combination of studies conducted by the Boston University School of Medicine into the health
of people in the USA. Researchers looked at data on the health of 70,000 female nurses and
1,500 male military veterans. They discovered that people who were optimists (people who
thought positively) were more likely to live to the age of 85. They said people who were more
pessimistic (those who thought negatively) were 11-15 per cent less likely to live to that age.
The researchers believe that optimists (positive thinkers) found it easier to manage stress
than pessimists (negative thinkers).

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Participants in the two studies answered questions in a survey. The questions assessed
their levels of optimism. The surveys matched these levels with the participants' overall level
of health. They were also asked about their levels of exercise, their diets, as well as how
much they smoked and drank. Professor Lewina Lee said: "Our findings speak to the
possibility that raising levels of optimism may promote longevity and healthy ageing." She
had some advice for pessimists who might want to live longer. The advice was to, "imagine
a future in which everything has turned out well". She urged people to increase levels of
optimism. She said it was healthier for people to look on the bright side of life.

1. Who are more likely to live longer than negative thinkers?

2. What is the name of the place that conducted the research?

3. How many women took part in the research?

4. Until what age are optimists more likely to live to?

5. How much less likely were pessimists to live to 85?

6. How many studies were combined to conduct this research?

7. What were the results of the study matched against?

8. Who is Lewina Lee?

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 Choose T/F according to the reading

1. The article says pessimists are less likely to live longer than optimists. T / F
2. Researchers looked at data on 71,500 men and women. T / F
3. The research says all optimists live to be the age of 85. T / F
4. Positive thinkers are up to 15% more likely to live to be 85. T / F
5. People answered questions about exercise, optimism and drinking. T / F
6. Researchers say optimism can reduce longevity. T / F
7. A researcher said imagining a dark future helps people feel optimistic. T / F
8. A researcher said bright people should look on the healthy side of life. T / F

Reading activity 10
Read the following text and answer the questions.

How to be more optimistic

When faced with what’s happening in the world today, it can be hard to be
optimistic. Still, it’s possible to choose a more positive outlook. While there are
some factors that are out of your control, the good news is that it’s possible to
develop a more optimistic outlook as adults.
How can you make the transition to a more positive outlook? Experts say that it
helps to visualize your best possible self. Sit down and write down what you
would like to happen next week, next month and next year. Dozens of studies
show that imagining the best possible future for yourself is good exercise for your
positivity muscles and can actually boost your levels of optimism.
It’s also important to accept that sometimes you will be disappointed. No one can
avoid disappointment forever, so if you have to choose between positive
expectations that are occasionally proven wrong or negative expectations that are
occasionally proven right, you can choose the former. How often have you spent
time predicting negative events that never actually happened?
Perspective is crucial when it comes to how you view the world. Whenever you
have an extremely negative prediction, you can choose to intentionally counter it
with an extremely positive one. This will help you to find some balance and put
things in perspective.

1. What does the text say about optimism?

2. What does visualizing your best possible self involves?

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3. What is true about disappointment?
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4. How can you change your perspective?

Grammar Point : Will vs . Going to

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 Practice activity 11.
Write about your future goals using future be going to

Short-term goals

1.
2.
3.

Long-term goals

1.
2.
3.

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” ― EleanorRoosevelt

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