English at Home with Nina

Tuesday, 2 December 2025

At Christmas play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year. (Thomas Tusser)

There's nothing better than curling up with a good book and sitting in front of the fire on winter evenings. (Leo Sayer)

Sleep is that golden chain that ties health and our bodies together. (Thomas Dekker)

Grammar	Health & cigarettes
Language Function	Comprehending text
Listening	Health insurance : audio
Reading	Worrying
Speaking	Anti-vax movements
Vocabulary	Health & the body
Writing	Traditional & modern medicines

It's not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it. (Hans Selye)

Grammar	Linking devices
Language Function	Describing symptoms & remedies
Listening	Stress + audio
Reading	Entrepreneurial anxiety
Speaking	Home remedies
Vocabulary	Injuries & health
Writing	Sleep deprivation

When you are young and healthy, it never occurs to you that in a single second your whole life could change. (Annette Funicello)

Grammar	Modal auxiliaries
Language Function	Describing emergency treatments
Listening	Sports + audio 1 2 3
Reading	Moods
Speaking	Longevity
Vocabulary	Physical issues
Writing	Anti-smoking

Investing in health will produce enormous benefits. (Gro Harlem Brundtland)

Lord, give me coffee to change the things I can, and wine to accept the things I can't. (unknown)

The body is a sacred garment. (Martha Graham)

America's health care system is neither healthy, caring, nor a system. (Walter Cronkite)