12/8/2022 Topic: Health – part 2
They are playing together. Is it good for mental health?
What are they doing? Is it good for mental health?
Today’s
Words
Meaning: To make the
mind calm and relaxed.
EXAMPLE: John meditates
for 5 minutes every day. He sits down, closes his eyes, and breathes deeply.
MEDITATION
Meaning: The practice
of meditating.
EXAMPLE: Linda does
meditation to relax and reduce stress.
IMPROVE
Meaning: To get better
at doing something.
EXAMPLE: Lisa improves
her English by going to conversation class 2 days a week.
“ALIVE AND KICKING”
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Meaning: Someone who a lot of energy and is very active. Usually
despite health problems or old age.
·
EXAMPLE: My
grandma is 90 years old, but she is alive and kicking.
·
EXAMPLE: How
are you? I’m fine, thanks – alive and kicking!
“SICK AS A DOG”
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Meaning: To be very sick.
·
EXAMPLE: Sorry, I haven’t come to
class. I’ve been sick as a dog.
·
EXAMPLE: How are you? Not good. I’m
feeling sick as a dog.
“TO BE UNDER THE WEATHER”
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Meaning: Someone is feeling a little
sick, tired or unhappy.
·
EXAMPLE: Molly didn’t go to work
today. She’s feeling under the weather.
·
EXAMPLE: How are you? So-so. Not
myself today. I’m feeling under the weather.
Small Group Questions
1. Mental
health is about the mind. What do you do for your mental health?
2. Name
two things people can do for good mental health.
3. Working
on a hobby or playing a game can improve mental health. Do you have a hobby? Do
you work on it often?
4. Meditation
can improve mental health. What is meditation? Do you meditate?
5. Name
one thing that can cause bad mental health.
6. During
the COVID lockdown, many people had bad mental health. Why?
7. Let’s talk about common health sayings
in America. Using them will make you sound like an American.
8. You ask someone: “How are you?” They
say “alive and kicking.” What does it mean?
9. You ask someone: “How are you?”
They say “sick as a dog.” What does it mean?
10. Which
is more important -- physical health or mental health? Why?
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