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Practice

Full name: Quispe Avendaño Jennifer Stephany

READING AND WRITING

THE HEALTHIEST
LIFESTYLE
IN THE WORLD?
In many countries around the world, people are living 1. The Reading is mainly about ……..
longer than before. a. People from around the world.
b. Healthcare for older people.
c. A group of people from Japan.
People have healthier lifestyles, and healthcare is better,
too. 2.what is unusual about these people?
a.Most of them are women.
Okinawa is an island off the coast of Japan. The people on b.Many live to age 100 or older.
Okinawa, the Okinawas, may have the longest lives and c.They have the spiciest food in the world.
healthiest lifestyles in the world.
3.Read quickly through the article again and complete
Researchers did a study. They started by looking at city the chart.
and town birth records from 1879. They didn’t expect to
find many centenarians (hundred year olds) in the Okinawa Centenaries
records, so they were very surprised to find so many old What they eat What they drink
and healthy people living in Okinawa. The United States, 1. Fruits 1. Water
for example, has ten centenarians per 100,000 people. 2. Fresh vegetables 2. Green tea
In Okinawa, there are 34 centenarians per 100,000
3. Fish How they relax
people!
4. Tofu 1. They sit quietly
How they exercise 2. by breathing
What is the Okinawas’ secret? First, they eat a healthy deepl
diet that includes fresh fruits and vegetables. They also 1. Gardening 3. Spend time with
eat fish and tofu and drink plenty of wáter and Green tea. family members
But researchers think that the Okinawans have other
2. Walking. 4. Spend time with
healthy habits as well. They don’t do hard exercise such as
friens
weightlifting or jogging. Instead, they prefer relaxing
activities like gardening and walking. They sit quietly and
4.why do Okinawans live so long? Give reasons
relax their minds by breathing deeply. They also spend
time with family members and Friends. from the Reading.
First, they eat a healthy diet that includes fresh fruits
and vegetables. They also eat fish and tofu and drink
plenty of wáter and Green tea.
They don’t do hard exercise such as weightlifting or
jogging. Instead, they prefer relaxing activities like
gardening and walking. They sit quietly and relax
their minds by breathing deeply. They also spend
time with family members and Friends.
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An 84 years old Okinawan man does yoga daily on the

beach in Naha.