Speaker 3: I only go on holiday once a year, so I don’ t mind paying for a little bit of luxury! I always travel first class and stay in the best hotels. Speaker 4: I can’ t stand going on holiday in the summer ― it’ s just too hot. Going on holiday in the winter is much nicer, even if it’ s really cold! You can do more fun things, too, like skiing and snowboarding. Speaker 5: When I go on holiday, I like to do absolutely nothing! Forget sports, sightseeing tours, shopping, and all of that. I just want to lie on the beach, swim and read a good book!
Impressions of holidays
16 Kuybysheva St Yekaterinburg Russia August 27th
Dear Ben, Many thanks for your letter. I can’ t wait until you come to visit me. My holiday to Finland was the worst I’ ve ever had. It was a nightmare! For a start, my luggage got lost so I had to buy new clothes for the week. To make matters worse, I got bitten by mosquitoes every night. No one told me that there were so many of them there!
Anyway, you mentioned going to a music festival. What kind of music festival are you going to? Is it modern or traditional music? Are you going on your own or with friends? Tell me more. Best wishes, Sascha
Improving eating habits
We should have healthy eating habits to prevent us from getting ill by making sure we get all the vitamins and minerals that are essential for good health.
A fun way to do this is to follow a rainbow diet, that is, to eat lots of fruit and vegetables in all the colours of the rainbow.
If you do this, you will find that red foods such as strawberries, raspberries, apples, tomatoes and so on will give you an energy boost and protect you from many serious illnesses. Orange foods such as oranges, pumpkins, peaches and mangoes can improve your powers of concentration, help your eyesight and help fight off infections because they contain Vitamin C. Yellow foods such as bananas, lemons and pineapples help us to stay happy and green foods like broccoli and lettuce can help us to relax and stay calm. Blue foods like blueberries can soothe our emotions as well as our bodies. Finally, purple foods such as figs and plums are said to make people more creative as well as help to keep them looking young! For all these reasons, I think eating a rainbow diet is a good idea and we should all start today ― after all ― what have we got to lose?
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