Test your vocabulary

1 Read the text and underline the correct alternative.

Try someThing new for 30 days

Have you ever felt 1 bored/excited by the routines of your every day life? You know: school, work, sports practice and other chores or 2 competitions/events Why not try doing something new for 30 days? This is the idea of American 3 bookwright/playwright and filmmaker Morgan Spurlock. The idea is actually 4 difficult/simple. Think about something you’ve always wanted to add to your life and try it for the 5 next/ past 30 days.

As well as learning a new skill, you will find that life is more 6 hard-working/rewarding and you will make 7 permanent/ temporary memories. Thing you could choose to try include: cycling to school or to work, 8 making/taking a photo every day for a month, climbing a 9 mountain/river, developing an app, or even writing your first novel.

When you make small, 10 stressful/sustainable changes, they are more likely to continue. But there’s nothing wrong with big 11 challenging/confident things. In fact, they’re a lot of fun and you can 12 save/share them with all your friends!

2 Complete the conversation with the missing words.

Interviewer What simple things

1 we do to be healthier and happier?

Expert By eating well, managing stress and exercising, your brain

2 get more blood and oxygen.

Interviewer So what do you 3 by eating well?

Expert Some of my favorite things…

I 4 eating chocolate and blueberries, drinking tea and wine.

Interview Really? And what do I 5 to do to manage stress?

Expert You 6 to avoid eating too much fat and sugar, smoking or drinking too much alcohol.

Interview Getting a good night’s sleep 7 be important too. Right? I never get enough sleep!

Expert I’m 8 to hear that because it is really important. Have you tried mindfulness?

Interview Can you 9 what you mean?

Expert By focusing your attention in the present, accepting any feelings or thoughts, you’ll

10 up feeling really relaxed.