1. Health and Healthy Lifestyle (Zdraví a zdravý životní styl)

2. 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.

3. 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

4. What shouldn´t people do to stay healthy?
To be healthy, we shouldn´t:
smoke
drink much alcohol
overeat
work long hours

5. What kind of food is healthy?
Healthy food is part of our healthy life.
We need to eat the right food in the right quantity.
Healthy food includes:
Proteins
Vitamins
Minerals
Trace elements
Fibre

6. What kind of food is unhealthy?
Unhealthy food contains a lot of calories.
Unhealthy food is:
Fatty
Salty
High in added sugar
Low in fibre
(French fries, potato chips, cakes or cookies)

7. Why is it important to do any sport?
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.

8. 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
wants to know where we feel pain
examines us
checks our blood pressure, takes our pulse
takes the blood count
says the diagnosis
prescribes a medicine.

9. 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

10. 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

11. What would you recommend to someone who has a cold/running nose/flu?
A cold, runny nose or flu are very common illnesses.
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.

12. 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).

13. 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