B1 Health Part 3: Health
Lesson 73 of 10 in this unit.
📖 Reading Passage
When Daniel turned sixteen, he looked for a part-time job to save money for a summer trip. He had no experience, so he wrote a short letter about his school results, his football team, and his weekend work helping his uncle paint houses. He gave the letter to five shops near his home. Three shops never answered, one said he was too young, but the owner of a small bakery invited him for an interview. The owner asked why Daniel wanted the job, what hours he could work, and how he would treat difficult customers. Daniel answered honestly: he wanted to learn, he could work Saturday mornings and two evenings a week, and he would stay polite even when customers were rude. He started the next Saturday. His tasks were simple but tiring: carry bags of flour, clean tables, pack bread, and serve customers during busy morning hours. At first he forgot prices and dropped a tray of rolls, but older workers helped him and showed him faster ways to pack. After two months he received his first pay and felt proud. He learned to arrive on time, manage money, and talk to strangers with confidence. In the end, small steady habits decide progress more than any single lesson, and learners who review a little each day keep what they study.
📘 Vocabulary
20 words from this lesson
- mechanical
- Characteristic of someone who does manual labour for a living; coarse, vulgar.
- “They discussed mechanical during the lesson.”
- participation
- The act of participating, of taking part in something.
- “They discussed participation during the lesson.”
- precious
- Of high value or worth.
- “Nothing is so precious as health.”
- pregnancy
- The condition of being pregnant; an instance of this.
- “They discussed pregnancy during the lesson.”
- premium
- Superior in quality; higher in price or value.
- “They discussed premium during the lesson.”
- preparing
- preparation
- “They discussed preparing during the lesson.”
- pretend
- To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.
- “They discussed pretend during the lesson.”
- priest
- A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple.
- “They discussed priest during the lesson.”
- prominent
- Standing out, or projecting; jutting; protuberant.
- “They discussed prominent during the lesson.”
- proven
- Having been proved; having proved its value or truth.
- “They discussed proven during the lesson.”
- radical
- Of or pertaining to the root of a plant.
- “They discussed radical during the lesson.”
- residential
- Of or pertaining to a place of personal residence or to a location for such places.
- “They discussed residential during the lesson.”
- reward
- Something of value given in return for an act.
- “They discussed reward during the lesson.”
- rings
- A gymnastics apparatus and discipline consisting of two rings suspended from a bar.
- “They discussed rings during the lesson.”
- robin
- Any of various passerine birds (about 100 species) of the families , and (formerly ), typically with a red breast.
- “They discussed robin during the lesson.”
- satellite
- An attendant on an important person; a member of someone's retinue, often in a somewhat derogatory sense; a henchman.
- “They discussed satellite during the lesson.”
- shake
- To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
- “They discussed shake during the lesson.”
- shore
- Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.
- “They discussed shore during the lesson.”
- stats
- Attributes of a unit in a game (e.g. health, damage output)
- “They discussed stats during the lesson.”
- struggling
- The act of one who struggles.
- “They discussed struggling during the lesson.”
📐 Grammar Notes
Modal verbs give advice with graded force: should for recommendation, must for obligation, should not for warning. Use present perfect for symptoms over time: I have coughed for three days. Conditionals frame habits: if you sleep late, you feel tired. Practice by labeling each sentence in the reading: underline the main verb, circle the time marker, and check that every they and it points to a named noun. Rewrite any three sentences in your own words while keeping tense and meaning intact. Theme: health. Reading: A Part-Time Job. As a final check, read the passage once more and label every verb for tense, every noun for countability, and every connector for function. Keep a short error log of your own recurring mistakes and review it before writing. This routine turns isolated rules into durable habits across all five hundred lessons.
Practice Exercises
Work through each exercise to complete this lesson.
What does 'mechanical' mean?
What does 'participation' mean?
What does 'precious' mean?
What does 'pregnancy' mean?
What does 'premium' mean?
What does 'preparing' mean?
What does 'pretend' mean?
What does 'priest' mean?
Write a sentence using 'mechanical'.
Summarize the passage in two sentences.
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