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Day 10 · Health & Lifestyle · B1 Level

How to Stay Healthy

Daily Reading Practice · Nonfiction passage

⏱ Time target: 4-5 minutes 📖 Reading + Vocabulary ✅ 10 True / False questions
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Staying healthy is important for everyone. When we are healthy, we have more energyenergy (noun)The strength and ability to be physically and mentally active.Synonym: vitality🇺🇿UZ: energiya, quvvat🇷🇺RU: энергия, feel happier, and can enjoy life more. There are some simple things we can do every day to take care of our bodies and mindsmind (noun)The part of a person that thinks and feels.Synonym: brains🇺🇿UZ: ong, aql🇷🇺RU: разум.

One of the best ways to stay healthy is to eat a balanced dietbalanced dietA variety of foods eaten in the right amounts for good health.Synonym: healthy eating plan🇺🇿UZ: muvozanatli ovqatlanish🇷🇺RU: сбалансированное питание. This means eating different kinds of foods, including fruits, vegetables, grainsgrain (noun)Seeds of food plants such as wheat or rice, eaten as food.Synonym: cereals🇺🇿UZ: don mahsulotlari🇷🇺RU: злаки, and proteinsprotein (noun)Nutrients found in foods like meat and beans that the body needs.Synonym: protein-rich foods🇺🇿UZ: oqsillar🇷🇺RU: белки like meat, fish, or beansbean (noun)Seeds from certain plants that are eaten as food.Synonym: legumes🇺🇿UZ: loviya🇷🇺RU: фасоль. It is also important to drink plenty ofplenty ofA large amount of something.Synonym: a lot of🇺🇿UZ: yetarlicha, ko'p🇷🇺RU: много water and avoidavoid (verb)To stay away from something, or not do it.Synonym: stay away from🇺🇿UZ: qochmoq, saqlanmoq🇷🇺RU: избегать too much sugarsugar (noun)A sweet substance used in food and drinks.Synonym: sweetener🇺🇿UZ: shakar🇷🇺RU: сахар, salt, and fast foodfast foodFood that is prepared and served quickly, often unhealthy.Synonym: quick, processed food🇺🇿UZ: tez tayyorlanadigan ovqat🇷🇺RU: фастфуд.

Another important part of staying healthy is exerciseexercise (noun)Physical activity done to stay fit and healthy.Synonym: physical activity🇺🇿UZ: jismoniy mashqlar🇷🇺RU: физические упражнения. People should try to be activeactive (adj)Moving and doing things, not staying still.Synonym: energetic🇺🇿UZ: faol, harakatchan🇷🇺RU: активный for at least 30 minutes a day. This can include walking, cyclingcycle (noun)Riding a bicycle.Synonym: bike riding🇺🇿UZ: velosipedda yurish🇷🇺RU: езда на велосипеде, playing sports, or even dancingdance (noun)Moving your body rhythmically, usually to music.Synonym: moving to music🇺🇿UZ: raqsga tushish🇷🇺RU: танцы. Regularregular (adj)Happening often, at fixed or expected times.Synonym: frequent🇺🇿UZ: muntazam🇷🇺RU: регулярный exercise helps to keep our hearts strong, our musclesmuscle (noun)The parts of the body that produce movement.Synonym: body tissue for movement🇺🇿UZ: mushaklar🇷🇺RU: мышцы fitfit (adj)In good physical condition.Synonym: in good shape🇺🇿UZ: baquvvat, sog'lom🇷🇺RU: в форме, and our minds clear.

Getting enough restrest (noun)A period of relaxing or sleeping.Synonym: relaxation🇺🇿UZ: dam olish🇷🇺RU: отдых is also key tokey toVery important for achieving something.Synonym: essential for🇺🇿UZ: kalit, muhim omil🇷🇺RU: ключ к good health. Most adultsadult (noun)Grown-up people.Synonym: grown-ups🇺🇿UZ: kattalar🇷🇺RU: взрослые need between seven and nine hours of sleep each night. Sleep gives our bodies time to repairrepair (verb)To fix or restore something to good condition.Synonym: fix, restore🇺🇿UZ: tiklamoq, tuzatmoq🇷🇺RU: восстанавливать and our brains time to rest. Without enough sleep, people can feel tired, stressed, or find it hard to concentrateconcentrate (verb)To focus your attention on something.Synonym: focus🇺🇿UZ: diqqatni jamlamoq🇷🇺RU: концентрироваться.

Finally, it is important to take care of our mental healthmental healthA person's emotional and psychological well-being.Synonym: emotional well-being🇺🇿UZ: ruhiy salomatlik🇷🇺RU: психическое здоровье. Spending timespend timeUsing time to be with someone or to do something.Synonym: being with🇺🇿UZ: vaqt o'tkazish🇷🇺RU: проводить время with family and friends, enjoying hobbies, and finding time to relaxrelax (verb)To rest and become calm, free from stress.Synonym: unwind🇺🇿UZ: dam olmoq, bo'shashmoq🇷🇺RU: расслабляться all help reducereduce (verb)To make something smaller or less.Synonym: decrease🇺🇿UZ: kamaytirmoq🇷🇺RU: уменьшать stressstress (noun)A feeling of worry or pressure.Synonym: pressure, worry🇺🇿UZ: stress, tashvish🇷🇺RU: стресс. When people feel sad or worriedworried (adj)Feeling anxious or concerned about something.Synonym: anxious🇺🇿UZ: xavotirli🇷🇺RU: обеспокоенный for a long time, it is a good idea to talk to someone, like a friend or doctor.

By following these simple stepsstep (noun)Actions taken to achieve something.Synonym: actions🇺🇿UZ: qadamlar🇷🇺RU: шаги, we can all work towards a healthierhealthy (adj)More healthy than before.Synonym: more healthy🇺🇿UZ: sog'lomroq🇷🇺RU: более здоровый and happier life.

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