Unit 4 - Are You Sitting Comfortably?

Descriptors

Review vocabulary of parts of the body.

Read part of a problem page.

Study verbs describing ways of moving and describe problems with parts of the body.

Study the modal verbs might, could and can to talk about possibility, and reflexive pronouns.

Listen to someone talking about SAD, an illness suffered by many people.

Practise what you have studied so far in this unit.

Tell your tutor about your computer use and exercises that you can do.

Practise useful language and vocabulary used at the doctor's.

Study strong and weak forms.

Post messages about your exercise routine and give some advice.

Write a letter giving travel advice, or write about a sports injury.

Practise sentence stress and rhythm when you speak.

Talk to your tutor about the unit and the topic you wrote about in Tutorial 2.

Review the work in the unit.

Test what you have studied in this unit.

Send us your feedback on this unit.

Wordlist

adjust

adjust (v)

to change something to make it better, more comfortable, for example

a

a few (det)

a small number of something; for example, "We took a few apples on the picnic"

alternate

alternate (v)

to change regularly between two or more possibilities

at

at once (adv)

immediately, without delay

bend

bend (v)

to change the shape or direction of something so that it isn't straight; for example, when you bend your elbow, your arm isn't straight

break

break (n)

a short period of time when you stop working and have a rest before starting again

chance

chance (n)

an opportunity

common

common (adj)

usual, normal

flight

flight (n)

the noun from the verb to fly; also, a journey on an aeroplane

height

height (n)

the noun from the adjective high; the length of a thing from top to bottom

lethargic

lethargic (adj)

tired, without the energy to do anything

likely

likely (adv)

probable

manager

manager (n)

a job title; a manager is the person responsible for and in control of a company or business

occur

occur (v)

to happen

over

over (prep)

a preposition of place and movement; for example, "The dog ran to the wall and jumped over it"

persist

persist (v)

to continue, often for a longer period of time than you expect

sign

sign (n)

a mark or shape that has a particular meaning

surf

surf (v)

to use the Internet is often referred to as surfing the Internet

symptoms

symptoms (n)

the physical signs that someone has a particular illness; for example, the symptoms of the flu are a bad cold, a temperature and your body aches

lose some weight

lose some weight (phrase)

become thinner

treadmill

treadmill (n)

exercise machine for running

gradually

gradually (adv)

every time a little bit more

cool down

cool down (v)

go slowly; don't run so your body temperature can return to normal

tip

tip (n)

a piece of advice

towards

towards (prep)

in the direction of; for example, "When the bull saw me, it started running towards me"

twice

twice (adv)

two times

width

width (n)

the distance across something from one edge to the other