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Unit Nineteen: Healthy Living
Lesson 1
Towards a healthier life
Objectives: By the end of the lesson you will have
• read information contained in tables
• done a sentence framing exercise using comparatives
• done a matching exercise
• written an essay
A Some killer diseases.


Cancer
Tuberculosis

Diabetes

Hypertension

1 Do you know what happens when people suffer from each of these diseases?
2 Do you think diseases arc increasing in Bangladesh? If so, why?
3 Do you think we have a part in all this?
B Read the following extract.
Many diseases are rising at an alarming rate, which experts believe is due to increased pollution of the environment. Pollution appears to be greater in urban areas although rural societies too are afflicted by increased use of chemical fertilizers and insecticides. Nevertheless, today city people appear to suffer from many more diseases and suffer more severely than country people. Now let us see how life in cities is different from that in the country.
C Look at the information in the tables below. Compare the positive with the negative aspects. Which negative points might you overlook? Which sort of life would you prefer?
Life in the city
Positive points Negative points
1 More opportunities for work 1 Pollution high
2 Easier communication 2 Travelling hazards
3 Better scope for education 3 More crime
4 Better medical facilities 4 Less scope for natural pastimes
5 More entertainment facilities 5 Higher cost of living




Life in the country

Positive points Negative points
1 Healthier environment 1 Fewer opportunities for education
2 More friendly community 2 Fewer medical facilities
3
Easy-going life and lower cost of living 3
Less up-to-date information
4 More scope for natural pastimes 4 Fewer entertainment facilities

D In table C, comparatives such as more, less, easier, healthier, better are used with nouns or pronouns. Use the words given below in the comparative form to make new sentences.
a much: ________________________________________.
b easy: ______________________________________
c good: ________________________________________.
d less: ________________________________________.
e high: ______________________________________.
f safe: ________________________________________.
g expensive: ________________________________________.
h healthy: ________________________________________.
E To protect the environment, notices are put up in different places. Match the notices with the places given below. Put the number of the notice under each place. Give reasons. The first one is done for you:



Reason: To prevent visitors from feeding the animals.

Notices Places
1 Feeding animals in strictly forbidden.
2 Silent zone/No horns
3 Keep off the grass
4 No cutting of trees
5 No-smoking zone
6 No spitting
7 No littering School and
8 Use me
8 Use jute and jute products
10 Vaccinate your child

F Write a short essay (150 - 200 words) on "Life in a city" or "Life in a country". Use comparatives to show your preference.

Focus:
Skills.
Reading, writing, speaking. Functions.
Comparing, matching ideas, giving reasons.
Grammar/Structure.
Comparative adjectives.
Vocabulary.
alarming, polluted, harmony, severely.







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