Pre-reading questions:
- What is your daily routine?
- How many hours in a day do you spend on your phone?
Vocabulary:
- aggrandize /uh-GRAN-dahyz/
- descend /dih-SEND/
- hypertension /hahy-per-TEN-shuhn/
- gaze /geyz/
- adjure /uh-JOOR/
[verb] to make great or greater
Her goal for this year is to aggrandize her business.
[verb] to go down or come down
The percentage of people who get a virus descends from 20% to 15%.
[noun] a medical condition in which your blood pressure is extremely high
Eating too much fatty food can cause hypertension.
[verb] to look at something or someone for a long time
Beth spends 2 hours gazing at the computer.
[verb] to ask or order someone to do something
The police adjured the criminal to tell the truth.
Sedentary lifestyle aggrandizes the risk of stroke, cardiac arrest, and diabetes. According to a study, people can get a disease at an early age of 30. For the past four years, the age of stroke patients descends from 40 to 30 years old and around 14% and 21% of people have diabetes and hypertension.
Too much usage of smartphone tops the list of a person’s sedentary lifestyle. Gazing at the screen for hours is not good for the health. Doctors adjure people who hit 30 to have a proper diet, regular exercise and sleep 6-8 hours a day.
Too much usage of smartphone tops the list of a person’s sedentary lifestyle. Gazing at the screen for hours is not good for the health. Doctors adjure people who hit 30 to have a proper diet, regular exercise and sleep 6-8 hours a day.
Comprehension Questions:
- At what age does people more likely get a disease?
- How many percent of people does have diabetes and hypertension?
- According to the article, what is the most common sedentary behavior?
- What are the doctors’ advice to people who are on their 30?
- How many hours of sleep does a person need in a day?
Discussion Questions:
- Why do you think more people get a disease at an early age?
- Why do you think the lack of physical activity is bad for one’s health?
- In your opinion, how many hours in a day should people spend on their mobile phones?
- Is having a healthy lifestyle important? Please explain.
- What do you think are the disadvantages of a healthy lifestyle?