Hi Tom,
Sorry I haven’t been in touch, but I had terrible problems with my computer last week. I was using that file-sharing website you told me about when the screen suddenly (1) froze / went off / ran out and then the whole thing just crashed. Luckily, I had remembered to (2) select / back up / set up my files, so I didn’t lose too much data but it took ages to (3) plug in / recharge / install everything again. I was really worried about my assignment, but fortunately I’d emailed a first draft to my tutor last week so he (4) swiped / printed / inserted it out for me and I’ve just spent the afternoon typing it all up again. Let’s hope my tutor thinks so, too!
Anyway, let’s meet up soon. Hope you’re well.
Andy
2. Does Lena usually prepare (to prepare) her homework at the university? - No, she doesn’t ... . As a rule, she works (to work) at home. - And what is she writing (to write) now? -Oh, she is writing (to write) an article for our wall newspaper.
3. Who is that man (to be) who is standing (to stand) in the doorway? – Don’t You recognize (not to recognize) him? It is (to be) John, my cousin.
4. I have (to have) no time now, I am having (to have) dinner.
5.does Your family leave (to leave) St. Petersburg in summer? - Yes, we always go(to go) to the sea-side. We all like (to like) the sea. Mother stays (to stay) with us to the end of August, but father returns (to return) much earlier.
But that's tomorrow. And today, we continue to stuff ourselves with fast food — chips and pizzas, hamburgers and hot dogs. We are always in a hurry. We have no time to enjoy a home-cooked dinner with family and friends. We want to eat now and we want to eat fast. What is tasty is not always healthy. Doctors say that chips and pizzas are fattening, cola spoils our teeth and coffee shortens our lives.
If we eat too much, we'll become obese, and obesity leads to heart disease, diabetes and other serious illnesses. But the world today is getting fatter and fatter. America is the world's leader in obesity, but Europe is quickly catching up.
Lack of exercise is another serious problem. We spend hours in front of our computers and TV-sets. Few of us do morning exercises. We walk less, because we prefer to use cars or public transport. Research shows, however, that young people who don't take enough exercise often suffer from heart attacks.
It's common knowledge that smoking and drinking can shorten our lives dramatically. Cigarette-smoking, for example, kills about 3 million people every year. Many of them die from lung cancer. Some aren't even smokers. They are people who live or work with heavy smokers. Yet many young people smoke and drink. Why? One answer is that tobacco and drinks companies invest enormous sums of money in advertising their products. For them cigarettes and alcoholic drinks mean money. For us they mean disease and even death.
We all know that the healthier we are, the better we feel. The better we feel, the longer we live. So why not take care of ourselves?