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Food and health 8

2 You will hear how to calculate your life 3 Complete the table with the information
expectancy. about your life expectancY.
ffi s.z Listen and write down what you must
the things that increase the things that reduce
add or subtract in the boxes on the right-hand side
my life expectancy my life expectancy
ExAMPLE
Add4 +4 I don't smoke. I'm male.
Subtract 3 - 3
b ffi a.z Listen again and check your scores.
c Caiculate your life expectancy.

4 Find words or expressions with the same
meaning frorn the questionnaire or tapescript.
I He loses his temper easily.
2 Too much wine and beer is bad for you.
1 I've got a job where I sit down most of the time.
4 Swbtract 2 years if you're not happy.
Doctors say ihat if you get matried, don'i smoke, don'l 5 You'II live ionger if you're a person who doesn't
drink, don'i eai loo much, don't stay up late and don't smoke, brt not if you live with someone
drive a fast car, you urill liue longer. But this isn'f who smokes.
true. You don't really Iive longer. lt just seems like it. 6 Do you live alone?
7 You live longer if you're 6 woman than if
'1,2 Are you happy? yodre a man.
LILe in wrban areas is less healthy than life in
rural areas.
13 Are you generally relaxed or do you lose 9 If you're overweight, you're more likely to swffer
your temper easiJy?
from heart disease.
lo Long life is hereditary.
11 This town has a population of 10,000 people.
't4 How many cigarettes (if any) do you smoke
t2 How well do you know your husband or
a day?
boyfriend?
5 Discuss these questions with other members of
1,5 How much alcohol {if any) do you drink the class.
a day? I Do you agree with the calculations?
2 '[that aspects of your lifestyle put you at risk?
3 What can you do to reduce the risks?
4 Do you want to keep your lifestyle even if it
increases the risks?
17 How old are your grandparents,:o.r how old Use these expressions:
were they when they died? Ac,ording to the tape ...
The tape says that ...
I (don't) agree with this, because ...
18 Does anyone in your family suffer frorn I think thctt ... is(n't) good for you.
heart disease? I will increase my life expectanry if I ...
t stop smoking
c lose weight
. move to the country
Total life expectancy:
o take more exercise
o drink less
. try to be more relaxed
; get married