The Importance of Water
10/7/2022 11:38:45 AM
Do you know?
- According to experts, water is ranked second only to oxygen as essential for life.
- Water travels throughout your body carrying nutrients, oxygen, and wastes to and from your cells and organs.
Let's explore more about the importance of water!
Let's learn some new words before you read the passage:
Listen and complete the passage.
| dilutes | digestion | urine | nutrients |
| intestines | kidneys | eliminate |
Some doctors think that you should drink a glass of water each morning. You should drink this water first thing, before doing anything else. The temperature of the water should be similar to body temperature; neither too hot nor too cold.
Why should you drink this water? Water helps your body in many ways. It helps clean out your . It prepares your stomach for . Water can also help your work better. After drinking water, the intestines can more easily take out from our food. Water also helps us go to the bathroom more easily.
Scientists suggest that people take in 1,600 milliliters of water each day. But don’t drink all of that water in one sitting. If you do, your kidneys will have to work much harder to it. It’s better to drink some in the morning and some in the afternoon. Some people think it’s better to drink between meals and not during meals. They think water the juices produced in our stomachs. This can interfere with normal digestion.
Are you drinking enough water every day? Check the color of your . If it is light yellow, you are probably drinking enough. If your urine is very dark yellow, you probably need to drink more water. A little more water each day could make you much healthier!
Read and answer the following questions.
The Importance of Water
Some doctors think that you should drink a glass of water each morning. You should drink this water first thing, before doing anything else. The temperature of the water should be similar to body temperature; neither too hot nor too cold.
Why should you drink this water? Water helps your body in many ways. It helps clean out your kidneys. It prepares your stomach for digestion. Water can also help your intestines work better. After drinking water, the intestines can more easily take out nutrients from our food. Water also helps us go to the bathroom more easily.
Scientists suggest that people take in 1,600 milliliters of water each day. But don’t drink all of that water in one sitting. If you do, your kidneys will have to work much harder to eliminate it. It’s better to drink some in the morning and some in the afternoon. Some people think it’s better to drink between meals and not during meals. They think water dilutes the juices produced in our stomachs. This can interfere with normal digestion.
Are you drinking enough water every day? Check the color of your urine. If it is light yellow, you are probably drinking enough. If your urine is very dark yellow, you probably need to drink more water. A little more water each day could make you much healthier!
Source: Reading Challenge 1
In the passage, all of the following are mentioned EXCEPT that _____.
- water helps our intestines work well
- we can absorb many nutrients from water
- our kidneys are cleaned after drinking water
- the water to drink should not be too hot
What is true according to the passage?
- You should boil the water down before drinking.
- Foods that contain a lot of water are good for your health.
- Drinking as much water as possible at once is good.
- The more water that you drink, the paler your urine will be.
If a glass contains 40 milliliters of water, how many glasses of water should you drink per day?
- 24
- 14
- 40
- 44
According to the passage, why should you not drink water during meals?
- Because it is impolite.
- Because it can reduce the taste of foods.
- Because it wastes time.
- Because it can badly affect the digestive process.
The writer wrote this passage to _____.
- describe the function of water in the body
- list the benefits of drinking water
- compare cold water and hot water
- encourage people to drink enough water
Build your vocabulary by learning these intensive phrases/idioms
A: How many teeth did the dentist _____?
B: I only have a decayed tooth.
- take out
- take off
- take in
- take away
Marie assumed a manager position at the company where she had worked as a clerk for so long. She was like _____.
- a big fish in a small pond
- a fish out of water
- a bird's eye view
- a guinea pig
Rearrange the words in a correct order to make a complete sentence (kéo từng từ/cụm từ về vị trí đúng để tạo thành câu hoàn chỉnh).
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, using the word in a bracket. You must use between THREE and FIVE words, including the word given. Do not change the word given.
It is said that lawyers always spend too much time and energy on the simplest little thing. (MEAL)
=> Lawyers always make the simplest little thing.