Don't Quit

When things go wrong as they sometimes will;

When the road you're trudging seems all uphill;

When the funds are low, and the debts are high

And you want to smile, but have to sigh;

When care is pressing you down a bit

Rest if you must, but do not quit.

Success is the failure turned inside out;

The silver tint of the clouds of doubt;

And you can never tell how close you are

It may be near when it seems so far;

So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit

It's when things go wrong that you must not quit.

GLOSSARY

to trudge = caminhar penosamente

uphill = difícil, exaustivo

to sigh = suspirar

tint = tom, tonalidade

Sometimes we procrastinate doing something because we think that we will do a bad choice. If you feel nervous about a task, stop and think positive thoughts. Think about what you are good at. Think about times in the past when you have done something good. Positive thoughts make work easier.

(Adapted from Access Reading 2)

GLOSSARY

procrastinate – adiar

choice – escolha

task – tarefa

What do you think of when you hear the word beauty? Chances are that you would envision someone young and beautiful, someone in good health. Today the words health and beauty have become so confused, almost standing as synonyms for each other, that they are almost impossible to differentiate. But if you think for a moment, why do you buy a certain kind of health food? Surely, yes, you want to maintain good health, but more likely, you bought it mainly because it contains fewer calories, thus allowing you to eat more and maintain your good looks. This is a normal reaction because disease prevention, as a part of good health, feels so distant while the benefits of beauty are so immediate.

Cosmetics, skin care and plastic surgery constantly tempt us to make that decision, wavering between using slight tricks to improve upon or help the natural and actually adding or removing parts to the body. In the USA alone, 696,904 people have cosmetic surgery, and the numbers seem to be on the rise in this youth-worshipping, health- conscious culture. People really think that attractiveness indicates good health. It's just that they're mistaken about it.

GLOSSARY

to envision = visualizar

thus = assim, desta forma

to tempt = tentar

to waver = oscilar

slight tricks = pequenos macetes

youth-worshipping = cultuador da juventude

In "In the USA alone, 696,904 people have cosmetic surgery, and the numbers seem to be on the rise...", it means that the amount of cosmetic surgery is

Sports therapy is transforming physical activity programs, as the ones done in gyms, into a life quality project. Let's say you have a difficult problem here and now. Put on your tennis shoes and walk for 30 minutes. When you get back, check how this same problem is. The other option is to face the problem in a sedentary way. After 40 minutes, how do you think it is going to be? Certainly, much bigger. Physical exercises have a therapeutic effect: they should not be seen as a waste of time.