READING LESSON (GROUP 1)

Activity 1: MAKE PREDICTIONS

Look at the photos about three health problems.
 READING TEXT
YOUTH HEALTH Is new technology bad for your health? Let's take a look at a few examples.
1 You've played the same video
2 game for two hours, and you haven't
3 moved because you're having fun. But
4 take care! When you look down at a
5 screen for a long time, you can get a
6 sore neck, pains in your back, and
7 headaches. A doctor called Vahid
8 Sahiholnasab noticed this with his own
9 children. So, he invented the EyeForcer
10 Smart GlassesTM. These have sensors
11 which detect if you're sitting in the right
12 position. If you aren't, the app tells you
13 to sit up straight. If you don't pay
14 attention to the app, or you take the
15 glasses off, they can switch off the
16 video game you're playing. The doctor
17 hopes this can stop young people
18 injuring their necks and backs
19 permanently.
1 How many times have you
2 touched your phone today?
3 Researchers from the company
4 Dscout say people touch their phone
5 about 2,617 times a day! When our
6 hands aren't clean, we get a lot of
7 bacteria on our phones, particularly
8 around the 'home' button. Not all the
9 bacteria can cause illnesses, but there
10 is a small possibility that viruses like
11 the ones that cause colds and flu can
12 be present on phones. To limit this
13 possibility, there are three easy things
14 you can do. Firstly, wash your hands
15 frequently. Secondly, try not to use
16 other people's phones if you can help
17 it. And, finally, keep your own phone
18 clean (check first how to do this!).
19 Oh, and never take your phone to the
20 bathroom, of course!
1 Have you ever walked in the
2 street while looking down at your
3 smartphone? If so, you're a
4 'smartphone zombie', and you need
5 to be very careful. You may laugh
6 when you see somebody walk into a
7 wall or a lamppost while looking at
8 their phone. But the result isn't
9 always just a black eye that you can
10 treat with a first-aid kit. There can
11 be broken arms or legs or even fatal
12 injuries. Luckily, they have invented
13 apps which can lock your phone or
14 send you an error message when
15 you use your phone on the move. In
16 some cities, special traffic lights are
17 appearing on the pavement so that
18 people who look down at their
19 phones can't miss them.
Activity 2: SET TITLES FOR THE PARAGRAPHS
Paragraph A’s title Paragraph B’s title Paragraph C’s title

Activity 4: FIND WHERE SOME DETAILS ARE LOCATED IN THE 3 PARAGRAPHS

The details The location of each detail
The importance of hygiene?
Something that can save the lives of
people who don't look up?
A habit which can have a slow, long-term
effect on your body?