Healthy and unhealthy living in FrenchVocabulary - the body

Can you talk about healthy and unhealthy lifestyles in French? Develop your understanding with listening and reading activities and have a go at a writing question about being healthy.

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Vocabulary - the body

A person seen in full length with parts of his body labelled. Le bras, le dos, la main, le ventre, la jambe, le genou, le pied
A person seen from the shoulders upwards with parts of his face labelled. La tête, les yeux, l’oreil, les cheveux, le nez, la bouche, la gorge

Vocabulary

Healthy living

Tu vas bien ? – Are you well?

Je vais très bien, merci. – I’m very well, thank you.

Je ne me sens pas bien/Je me sens mal. – I’m not feeling well.

Je vais mieux, merci. – I am much better, thanks.

J’ai mal à la gorge. – I have a sore throat.

Mon bras me fait mal. – My arm is hurting.

Il s’est blessé au genou. – He has injured his knee.

Tu as mal à la tête ? – Do you have a headache?

Je me suis cassé la jambe. – I broke my leg.

Ta main te fait mal ? – Does your hand hurt?

Je me sens faible. – I feel weak.

Je ne peux pas aller au collège, je suis malade. – I can’t go to school, I’m ill.

Le sommeil est important. – Sleep is very important.

Je fais de la musculation pour être fort(e). – I do weight training to be strong.

C’est un repas sain et équilibré. – That’s a healthy and balanced meal.

Le tabac peut tuer. – Tobacco can kill.

Les bonbons et le chocolat sont pleins de sucre. – Sweets and chocolate are full of sugar.

C’est très gras. – It’s very fatty.