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India's Prime Minister has asked world leaders to start an International Yoga Day. He was speaking at the U.N. General Assembly for the first time. He said yoga was good for the mind and body, and that it could help climate change. He said yoga provides harmony between humans and nature. He called it "an invaluable gift" from India's culture. He said: "It is not about exercise, but to discover the sense of oneness with yourself, the world and the nature." He added that we could deal with climate change if we changed our lifestyle and understood nature more.

Many doctors say yoga is a good way to stay physically and mentally healthy. It focuses on exercise, breathing and meditation. A lot of research says it helps people with heart disease, high blood pressure and lower back pain. It can also improve our mood, reduce stress and make us sleep better. Research also says people need to be careful when doing yoga. A large survey in Australia of people who did yoga showed that about 20 per cent of them got injured while practicing yoga. There is already a World Yoga Day. This was started by the world-yoga-day.org website in 2007.

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Sources
  • http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/narendra-modi-asks-world-leaders-to-adopt-international-yoga-day/#sthash.5SbcSpeg.dpuf
  • http://news.oneindia.in/international/un-should-adopt-an-international-yoga-day-modi-1530928.html
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga#Terminology


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The Activities

MATCHING

PARAGRAPH ONE:

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He was speaking at

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humans and nature

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good for the mind

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with yourself

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harmony between

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lifestyle

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India's

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and body

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the sense of oneness

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more

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we could deal

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the U.N. General Assembly

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if we changed our

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culture

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understood nature

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with climate change



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PARAGRAPH TWO:

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a good way to stay physically

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sleep better

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exercise, breathing

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pressure

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helps people with

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injured

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high blood

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and mentally healthy

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make us

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yoga

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people need to be careful

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and meditation

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20 per cent of them got

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when doing yoga

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while practicing

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heart disease

LISTEN AND FILL IN THE GAPS

India's Prime Minister has asked (1) ___________________ an International Yoga Day. (2) ___________________ the U.N. General Assembly for the first time. He said yoga                        (3) ___________________ and body, and that it could help climate change. He said yoga provides (4) ___________________ and nature. He called it "an invaluable gift" from India's culture. He said: "It is not about exercise, but to (5) ___________________ of oneness with yourself, the world and the nature." He added that we could deal with climate (6) ___________________ our lifestyle and understood nature more.

Many doctors say yoga (7) ___________________ stay physically and mentally healthy. (8) ___________________, breathing and meditation. A lot of research says it helps people with heart disease, (9) ___________________ and lower back pain. It can also improve our mood, reduce stress and (10) ___________________. Research also says people need to be careful when doing yoga. A large survey in Australia of people (11) ___________________ that about 20 per cent of them got injured while practicing yoga. There is already a World Yoga Day. (12) ___________________ the world-yoga-day.org website in 2007.

PUT A SLASH ( / ) WHERE THE SPACES ARE

India'sPrimeMinisterhasaskedworldleaderstostartanInternationalY
ogaDay.HewasspeakingattheU.N.GeneralAssemblyforthefirsttime.
Hesaidyogawasgoodforthemindandbody,andthatitcouldhelpclimate
change.Hesaidyogaprovidesharmonybetweenhumansandnature.H
ecalledit"aninvaluablegift"fromIndia'sculture.Hesaid:"Itisnotabout
exercise,buttodiscoverthesenseofonenesswithyourself,theworldan
dthenature."Headdedthatwecoulddealwithclimatechangeifwechang
edourlifestyleandunderstoodnaturemore.Manydoctorssayyogaisag
oodwaytostayphysicallyandmentallyhealthy.Itfocusesonexercise,b
reathingandmeditation.Alotofresearchsaysithelpspeoplewithheartd
isease,highbloodpressureandlowerbackpain.Itcanalsoimproveourm
ood,reducestressandmakeussleepbetter.Researchalsosayspeoplen
eedtobecarefulwhendoingyoga.AlargesurveyinAustraliaofpeoplewh
odidyogashowedthatabout20percentofthemgotinjuredwhilepractici
ngyoga.ThereisalreadyaWorldYogaDay.Thiswasstartedbytheworld-
yoga-day.orgwebsitein2007.

WRITE QUESTIONS & ASK YOUR PARTNER(S)

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WRITING

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