Ex. 3 Translate the following words andword-combinations from Russian into English.

The Laws of Health

One of the first duties we owe to ourselves is to keep our bodies in perfect health. If our body suffers from any disorder, our mind suffers with it, and we are unable to make much progress in knowledge, and we are unfit to perform those duties which are required of us in social life.

There are certain laws of health which deserve particular attention and they are so simple that even a child can learn them. A constant supply of fresh air is indispensable to good health. To secure this, nothing impure should remain either within or near our homes, and every room in the house especially the bedrooms should be properly ventilated every day.

Perfect cleanness is also essential. The whole body should be washed as often as possible. The skin is full of minute pores, cells, blood vessels and nerves. It “breathes” the way the lungs do. Therefore it should always be clean.

Besides its importance to health, there is a great charm in cleanness. We like to look at one who is tidy and clean. If the skin is kept clean, the teeth thoroughly brushed, the hair neatly combed, and the fingernails in order, we feel pleased with the person, even though his clothes may be coarse and much mended.

A certain amount of exercise is necessary to keep the body in perfect condition. All the powers (mental and bodily) we possess are strengthened by use and weakened by disuse. Therefore labour and study should succeed each other. The best way of getting exercise is to engage in some work that is useful and at the same time interesting to the mind. It’s most essential for the old and the young to do morning exercises with the windows wide open in your room or, if possible in the open air. Remember that exercises warm, invigorate and purify the body.

Rest is also necessary to the health and mind. The best time for sleeping is during the darkness and stillness of the night. Late hours are very harmful to the health as they exhaust the nervous system. We should go to bed early and get up early. It’s a good rule to “rise with the lark and go to bed with the lark”.

Most essential to our body is food. Our body is continually wasting and requires to be repaired by fresh substance. Therefore food, which is to repair the loss, should be taken with due regard to the exercise and waste of the body.

Be moderate in eating. If you eat slowly, you will not overeat. Never swallow your food wholesale – you are provided with teeth for the purpose of chewing your food – and you’ll never complain of indigestion. We abstain from everything that intoxicates. The evil of intemperance, especially of alcohol, is too well-known.

Intemperance excites bad passions and leads to quarrels and crimes. Alcohol costs a lot of money which might be used for better purposes. The mind is stupefied by drink and the person who drinks will, in course of time, become unfit for his duties. Both health and character are often ruined.

Thus we must remember that moderation in eating and drinking, reasonable hours of labour and study, regularity in exercise, recreation and rest, cleanness and other essentials lay the foundations for good health and long life.

Ex. 1 Find the equivalents to the following words and phrases in the text.

1. unable to perform
2. to do one’s duties
3. important (necessary) to good health
4. the bedrooms should be properly aired
5. small pores, cells, blood vessels
6. the neatly arranged hair
7. the one who is neat
8. exercise give strength
9. late hours are bad to health

Ex. 2 Fill in the gaps with the right prepositions (where necessary).

1. One of the first duties we owe ….. ourselves is to keep our bodies …..perfect health.
2. If our body suffers ….. any disorder, our mind suffers ….. it, and we are unable to make much progress …. knowledge.
3. A constant supply ….. fresh air is indispensable ….. good health.
4. Nothing impure should remain either ….. or …… our homes.
5. Besides its importance ….. health, there is a great charm ….. cleanness.
6. All the powers (mental and bodily) we possess are strengthened ….use and weakened ….. disuse.
7. The best way …. getting exercise is to engage … some work that is useful and ….. the same time interesting ….. the mind.
8. It’s most essential … the old and the young to do morning exercises with the windows … wide open …. your room or, if possible ….. the open air.
9. The best time … sleeping is ….. the darkness and stillness … the night.
10. Food should be taken … due regard … the exercise and waste … the body.
11. You are provided … teeth … the purpose … chewing your food – and you’ll never complain … indigestion.
12. We abstain … everything that intoxicates.
13. The mind is stupefied … drink and the person who drinks will, … course … time, become unfit … his duties.

Ex. 3 Translate the following words andword-combinations from Russian into English.

Страдать от; быть должным; требовать; заслуживать; постоянная подача свежего воздуха; важный (необходимый); тщательно проветривать; чистота; мельчайшие поры; клетки; кровеносные сосуды; шарм (прелесть); аккуратный; хорошо вычищенные зубы; аккуратно уложенные волосы; заняться какой-либо работой; на свежем воздухе; укреплять и защищать организм; тишина ночи; вредно для здоровья; восполнить потерю; будьте умерены в еде; не глотайте целиком; жевать; жаловаться на несварение желудка; воздерживаться от; возбуждать; невоздержанность; разумное время для занятий и труда; отдых; фундамент (основа).

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