The Reading / Listening - Staying Hydrated - Level 1

Water is the source of all life. No plant, animal or human can live without it. Researchers say water is important for us to live longer. They say people who drink a lot of water every day are healthier. They live longer than people who do not drink a lot of water. People who drink a lot get fewer health problems and old-age illnesses, like heart and lung disease. Adults who do not drink enough water are more likely to die younger, and to get old quicker.

Researchers looked at data from 11,000 hospital patients over 30 years. The patients had visited a hospital at least five times – three times in their 50s, and twice aged between 70 and 90. A researcher said: "Proper [water drinking] may slow down ageing and prolong a disease-free life." People should drink more water, juice, and fruit and vegetables with water in them. Half of people worldwide do not drink enough. An adult needs over 1.5 litres of water every day.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Staying Hydrated - Level 0 Staying Hydrated - Level 2   or  Staying Hydrated - Level 3

Sources
  • https://neurosciencenews.com/hydration-aging-22156/
  • https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01/02/drink-water-could-help-live-longer/
  • https://nypost.com/2023/01/02/dehydration-in-middle-age-increases-death-risk-20/


Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. Water is the
  2. No plant, animal or human can
  3. water is important for
  4. They live
  5. illnesses like heart and
  6. Adults who do not drink
  7. more likely
  8. get old
  1. enough water
  2. quicker
  3. lung disease
  4. us to live longer
  5. to die
  6. source of all life
  7. longer
  8. live without it

Paragraph 2

  1. data from 11,000 hospital
  2. at least
  3. three times in
  4. prolong a disease-
  5. People should
  6. vegetables with
  7. Half of people
  8. over 1.5 litres of water
  1. their 50s
  2. worldwide
  3. free life
  4. every day
  5. water in them
  6. patients
  7. five times
  8. drink more water

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Water is the (1) ___________________ life. No plant, animal or human can (2) ___________________. Researchers say water is important for us to live longer. They say people who drink a lot of water every (3) ___________________. They live longer than people who do not drink a lot of water. People who drink a (4) ___________________ health problems and old-age illnesses, like (5) ___________________ disease. Adults who do not drink enough water are more (6) ___________________ younger, and to get old quicker.

Researchers (7) ___________________ from 11,000 hospital patients over 30 years. The patients had visited a (8) ___________________ five times - three times in their 50s, and (9) ___________________ 70 and 90. A researcher said: "Proper [water drinking] may slow down (10) ___________________ a disease-free life." People should drink more water, juice, and fruit and vegetables with water in them. (11) ___________________ worldwide do not drink enough. An (12) ___________________ 1.5 litres of water every day.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Wateristhesourceofalllife.Noplant,animalorhumancanlivewithoutit.
Researcherssaywaterisimportantforustolivelonger.Theysaypeople
whodrinkalotofwatereverydayarehealthier.Theylivelongerthanpeop
lewhodonotdrinkalotofwater.Peoplewhodrinkalotgetfewerhealthpro
blemsandold-ageillnesses,likeheartandlungdisease.Adultswhodono
tdrinkenoughwateraremorelikelytodieyounger,andtogetoldquicker.
Researcherslookedatdatafrom11,000hospitalpatientsover30years.
Thepatientshadvisitedahospitalatleastfivetimes-threetimesintheir
50s,andtwiceagedbetween70and90.Aresearchersaid:"Proper[wate
rdrinking]mayslowdownageingandprolongadisease-freelife."Peop
leshoulddrinkmorewater,juice,andfruitandvegetableswithwaterinth
em.Halfofpeopleworldwidedonotdrinkenough.Anadultneedsover1.5
litresofwatereveryday.

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion — Write your own questions

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

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Free writing

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Answers

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