Prepa Bepc 20
Prepa Bepc 20
Prepa Bepc 20
H Y G I E N E A ND HEALTH
Good personal hygiene is essential for good health. Personal hygiene habits will help
you
keep bacteria ,viruses and illnesses awav. There are mental as well as phystcal benefits!
"Practising good body hygiene healps you feel good about yourself. Which is important for
05 your mental health", a doctor said . People with dirty hair and clothes body odor, bad breath
and missing teeth often seen as having poor hygiene.
Here are some basic personal habits to follow: wash your body and your hair often , and
take care of your nails too by trimming them regularly , keeping your finger and toe nails
trimmed and in good shape will prevent problems such as infected nail beds. Feet that are
clean and dry are less likely to contract athlete’s foot1.
10 Ideally, you should clean your teeth after every meal.At the very least, brush your teeth
twice a day . Whasing your hand before prepareing or eating food , after going to the
bathroom, after coughing or sneezing ; and after touching garbage , will help you prevent the
spread of bacteria and viruses.
Finally, resting 8 to 10 hours a day will help you have a good immune system.
Adapted from https:// www.everydayhealth.com/healthy-living/guide-to-good-hygiene.aspx by Beth W.Orenstein (21-02-2019)
COLUMN A COLUMN B
1. Illnesses (L-2) a. essential
2. benefits(L-2) b. avoid
3. poor (L-5) c. advantages
4. basic (L-6) d. catch
e. diseases
5. trimming (L-7)
f. brush
6. prevent (L-8)
g. bad
7. contract (L-9)
h. propagation
8. clean (L-10)
i. in disorder
9. spread (L-12) j. cutting
B-Comprehension questions
Read the text again and give short answers to the following questions (2 lines maximum)
1. What must you do to be in good health ?
2. Is hygiene only good for your body ? Justify your answer .
3. Give two details that can show someone has poor hygiene.
4. Give two essential habits we must have to be in good health.
TASK 2
The following passage is about hygiene and health.Complete it with the best option to make it
meaningful. Write your answers like in the example.
Example : 1-your
Daily practices can help us keep in good health.Washing 1-(your-you-yours) hand and body is the
most effective way to prevent diseases.2-(our-we-ours) hands hands are in constant contact with the
environment and 3-(they-their-them) can easily transport bacteria from an infected object or person
to other people .If your friend washes 4-(him-his-he) hands and body regularly with clean water, this
will reduce the amount of bacteria on him.