Health and lifestyle - topic for Graduation exam for Automotive School

1. Health and Healthy
Lifestyle
(Zdraví a nemoc)

2. Health and Healthy Lifestyle
 How to stay healthy
 Healthy food
 Unhealthy food
 You and your
healthy lifestyle
 A visit to doctor´s
 Specialists
 Cold / flu
 Car accident

3. What should people do to stay healthy?
Health is the most important thing we have.
The best way to stay fit and healthy is
to lead healthy lifestyle.

4. What should people do to stay healthy?
To be healthy, we should:
 eat a balanced diet
 drink enough water
 practise some sport or physical activity
 get enough sleep
 have balanced work and leisure time
 avoid stress

7. What shouldn´t you do to keep yourself fit
and healthy?
We should not smoke
We shouldn´t drink much alcohol
We shouldn´t work long hours
We should avoid unhealthy environment

8. Do you do any sports?
We can regenerate our health by practising sports.
Sport helps us to keep our bodies in a good physical
and mental condition.
To feel better, look better, lose fat and be healthier
should be a great motivation for everybody.

9. What happens when you are ill and you go to
doctor´s?
If we feel unwell, we should see a doctor.
The doctor:
Asks what is the trouble
Examines us
Wants to know where we feel pain
Checks our blood pressure, takes our pulse
Takes the blood count
Says the diagnosis
Prescribes a medicine

10. What happens when you are ill and you go
to doctor´s?
We have to go to the hospital if the situation is
serious, for example in the case of:
Heart attack
Appendicitis
Broken arm or leg
Pneumonia
Leukaemia
Diabetes
Cancer

11. Do you know any specialists?
An optometrist - checks our eyes and prescribes
glasses
A surgeon - operates on us
A paediatrician - a doctor for children
A dermatologist - for problems with skin
A dentist - for a regular check-up or if we have a
toothache

12. What would you recommend to someone
who has a cold/running nose?
A cold or runny nose is a very common illness.
We should:
Stay in a bed
Drink a lot of herbal tea
Take some aspirin and vitamins
After a week or two we feel well again

13. What would you recommend to someone
who has flu?
Flu is very common illness in autumn and winter.
You can have a high temperature and feel very bad.
It is necessary to:
Stay in bed and have a rest
Drink a lot of herbal tea
Take some pills, drops and vitamins
If this doesn't help, you must see a doctor

14. If you saw a car accident, what would you do?
In the case of accident it is necessary to provide first aid.
We should:
make sure we are safe (put on safety jacket,
use warning triangle)
check the victims for injuries, but DO NOT move them
make sure if pulse is present and person is breathing
if not, start resuscitation
stop strong bleeding (wear gloves!!!)
put injured person into recovery position
call emergency (the number is 155 or 112).
http://www.trafficaccidentadvice.co.uk/basic-first-aid-if-you-witness-car-accident.html

15. Useful vocabulary
Health…………………zdraví (podstatné jméno)
Healthy………………..zdravý (přídavné jméno)
Illness…………………onemocnění, nemoc, choroba
Ill……………………...nemocný
Sick…………………....nemocný, nezdravý
Disease………………...onemocnění, nemoc, choroba
Pain……………………bolest
Hurt……………………poranit, bolet, poškodit
Have a cold………….....být nastydlý
Have runny nose……….mít rýmu
Have flu………………..mít chřipku