BODY AND HEALTH

B2
BODY AND HEALTH TOPICS

Sports: benefits, dangers, business involved, future prospects.

Lifestyle: stress, diet, exercise regime, sleep deprivation.

Appearance cosmetic surgery, beauty, models and perfect bodies.

Medicine: traditional versus alternative medicine; genes and human

development.
B2 vocabulary

Appropriate lexicon for the task includes:

★ Popular sayings/ adages.

★ Phrasal verbs.
★ Idioms.
★ Accurate lexicon (i.e. medical terms).
★ Etc.
Sayings As the saying goes, “Health is wealth.”

Adage The longest journey begins with a single step, so the

/ˈæd.ɪdʒ/ old adage goes.

There is an adage saying no gain without pain.

That reminds me of the (old) adage: “No gain

without pain.”

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

All that glitters is not gold.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Beauty is only skin deep.

You can’t tell a book by its cover.

What do you Take regular exercise (Type? Intensive/gentle/strenuous)

do to stay fit Stay fit/remain mentally/physically fit

and Shape: Get yourself back into shape; Be/keep in (reasonable,

healthy? good) shape

Watch your weight by

Examples of Weigh yourself regularly

idioms Work out at the gym Go for a… Stretch your legs

& Go on a diet Keep active Do lengths at the pool

vocabulary Stay limber

PRACTICE IN CLASS:
TOPIC : The quest for beauty

1. Why are we so concerned about our appearance?

2. Why is the demand of cosmetic surgery on the rise?
3. What are the benefits?
4. Which are the real risks and side effects of such procedures? Can it lead to
addiction?

Compare how the journalist and the doctor talk. Remember you should speak
formally. Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwebZploGk8
Examples of medical terms:
Treatments for face and body, what can you have done?

Chemical Peel Chin Surgery Cosmetic Dentistry Dermabrasion

Eyebrow/Forehead Rejuvenation (Brow Lift) Eyelid Surgery (Blepharoplasty)
Facial Contouring Facial Fillers Facial Wrinkles
Skin Problems (Blemishes, Spider Veins, Scar Revisions, Tattoo Removal)
Rhinoplasty (Alterations of the Nose)
Neck Lift and Neck Liposuction
Arm Lift Body Liposuction Breast Augmentation/ Lift/ Reduction

GRAMMAR: PASSIVE!! You can have your nose straightened/ your cheek
lifted/forehead rejuvenation done.
You can have/undergo surgery on…
VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR TO TALK ABOUT RISKS

Complain about…
….are experienced by …. MEDICAL TERMS:
assymetry /ˌeɪˈsɪm·ɪ·tri/
Can avoid...by….
slow healing
Tend to… numbness
Risk + (v-ing) excessive bleeding
Be in agony
Come out in a rash Example: People who smoke, take steroids or
Effects wear off have certain vascular conditions are at greater
risk. The longer your surgery lasts and the more
Go/come down with
blood you lose, the more likely you are to have
Suffer from an infection.
These procedures can leave behind scars