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This B2-C1 reading, listening, vocabulary and pronunciation worksheet practises related to Sunlight and Vitamin D – the Australian experience.
Level: B2 C1
Sector: medicine, nursing
Medical Area: symptoms, diseases and conditions, other
Skill focus: reading, listening, vocabulary/idiom, pronunciation, grammar
Vocabulary check: Do you understanding the following terms?
Match the terms to their correct meanings. Draw a line from the term to the correct meaning.
to slop on | be enough |
pitfall | unable to leave home, especially if unwell |
circadian rhythm | inter-relationship between UV radiation and the body’s immune system |
mood | likely mistake or problem |
deficient in | containing a substance that gives something a particular colour |
housebound | moderate or light tan skin tone |
photoimmunology | lacking, not having enough of |
pigmented | make liquid come out of a container and put it on the skin |
olive skin | way a person feels at particular time |
to suffice | natural process that controls when sleeping and eating occur in a 24 hour period of time |
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