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The secrets of a long life

valley

valley

долина

degree

degreeградус

work hard

work hardмного/усердно

работать

diet

diet еда / рацион

healthy

healthy здоровый/

полезный

take medicine

take medicine принимать

лекарство

shepherd

shepherd пастух

• пастух• долина• рацион• усердно• почти никогда• горный• принимать лекарства• полезный, здоровый• градус• на открытом воздухе

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Vilcabamba, a small village in the Andes, is often called ‘the 1____ of Long Life’. What’s its secret? 2____ , Vilcabamba is not very hot or very cold – the temperature is usually between 18 and 27 3____, and the air is very 4 _____ . 5 _____, people work 6 _____ in the fields, and do a lot of exercise.

EcuadorComplete the gaps:

7 ____, their diet is very 8_____– they eat a lot of fruit and vegetables, and they 9 ___ ___ eat meat or fish. The water they drink, from the river in Vilcabamba, is very 10 ____ in minerals. They also have a good 11 ____ life. In Vilcabamba people say, ‘The left leg and the right leg help you to be healthy, because they 12 _____ you to your friends’ homes.’

Italy1. Every second person in Ogliastra lives

to be 1002. Most of the people in the villages work

outside. 3. They eat a lot of vegetables and much

meat and fish. 4. They never take any medicine.5. They usually drink a little alcohol before

they go to bed.

Say true or false:

JapanPeople in Okinawa in Japan do not have big ____. They usually just have vegetables and fish, and often eat ___ . Okinawans are very _____ , and they often work _____ they are 80 or more. But they also _____ every day – they see friends and they _____ . Ushi, from Okinawa, is 107. In the evening she often ____ with her daughter and has a glass of sake. ‘I want to have a _____ ,’ she says. When journalists ask people from Okinawa ‘What is your secret?’ they answer, ‘We are happy, we are always _____ , and we are never in a _____ .’

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