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 so
 
you can slip on tops and easily try on bottoms.
B.
Use coordinating conjunctions
Combine each pair of sentences using coordinating conjunctions from the list 
above.
1.
I’m going shopping for shoes. I’m not going to spend more than one 
hundred dollars.
2. I studied algebra for ive hours. I failed the test.

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3.
The manager rejected my plans. I’ve got to change them.
4.
He hung the clothes out to dry hours ago. They are still wet.
5.
We can broil ish on the grill tonight. We can cook it in the oven.
6.
The members complained loudly about the heat. They remained to give 
their opinions about the project.
VI. READ IT AGAIN
Read the passage again. Answer the question.
Describe the kinds of clothes thrift stores sell.
SPIRITUALITY AND MEDITATION
I. PRE-READING
A.
Background information
Many of us have extremely busy lives. In our free time, we seek to get away from 
our hurried lifestyle. How can we do this without adding another time-consuming 
activity? In this excerpt, taken from the book 
Save Your Brain: 5 Things You Must 
Do to Keep Your Mind Young and Sharp
, by Paul David Nussbaum, the author 
argues that spirituality and meditation offer great ways to relax.
B.
Words to know before you read
Match the words to their definitions.
____ 1.
engagement 
a. a short period of time when you are able 
to stop doing something dificult
____ 2.
introspection 
b. the act or state of being involved in 
something
____ 3.
relaxation 
c. an examination of one’s own thoughts 
and feelings
____ 4.
chaotic 
d. time spent resting
____ 5.
foster 
e. to produce something
____ 6.
generate 
f. to help (something) grow or develop
____ 7. respite
g. giving speciic attention to
____ 8. addressing
h. state of confusion and disorder

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C.
Reading strategy
This excerpt is about finding 
balance
 in your life. Circle the three words in the 
following sentences that have similar meanings to this idea of 
balance
.
Spirituality can help us to generate a more pleasing sense of balance and 
homeostasis (a stable state of equilibrium/mental or emotional balance).
Meditation can help you to slow down and turn inward for balance and 
symmetry.
II. READ
Read the excerpt. Mark the words you don’t know, but don’t stop reading to 
look them up.
Spirituality 
When I talk about spirituality, I’m not necessarily addressing 
religion, but rather engagement in deep introspection or meditation as part of 
the human condition.
Spirituality has many meanings, and it may mean something different to 
you than me. This section refers to spirituality as one means of turning inward to 
foster a peaceful existence and to remove oneself from the hurried society. 
Sometimes spirituality takes the form of engaging in prayer, meditation, and 
other relaxation procedures.
Spirituality provides all of us techniques to slow down, turn inward, reduce 
the negative physiological effects of chronic stress on our brain and body, and 
help us to generate a more pleasing sense of balance and homeostasis (a 
stable state of equilibrium/mental or emotional balance). Consider these 
additional tips and ideas for you to express formal and informal spirituality in 
your daily life:
• 
Visit your favorite setting two to three times a week. This might be a 
community park, lake, beach, mountain base, river, or anywhere you feel at 
peace. Enjoy the beauty of your environment—taking in the beauty of your 
surrounding can also be considered spiritual.
• 
Get outside or simply remove your body and mind from the tasks that are 
in front of you. Everything else will be waiting for you when you return.
• 
Sometimes music helps when you retreat to your spiritual place. I like to 
download sounds of the ocean and waves and listen to soothing music 
while I pray or meditate.
Engaging in spirituality is a great way to stop, r
elect, meditate, and relax 
to take a respite from our hurried lifestyle. While that is easily said and 
understood, it is also very dificult to change behavior. In order for you to 
achieve success with the spiritual domain as part of the brain health lifestyle, 
you must irst identify stress in your life, where you experience stress in your 
body, and how you deal with stress now.
Meditation 
Meditation can help you to slow down and turn inward for balance 
and symmetry. Your brain can adapt to a chaotic world, but it will function more 

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III. COMPREHENSION CHECK
Mark the sentences T (True) or F (False).
_____ 1.
The author is talking about spirituality in religion.
_____ 2.
The author is talking about spirituality as a way of turning inward to 
develop a peaceful existence.
_____ 3.
Spirituality can take the form of prayer, meditation, or other forms of 
relaxation.
_____ 4.
The author suggests you visit an amusement park to enjoy the 
beauty of the environment.
_____ 5.
The author suggests you visit a lake or park to enjoy the beauty of 
the environment.
_____ 6.
Engaging in spirituality is a way to take a break from a hurried lifestyle.
_____ 7.
It is very easy to change behavior.
_____ 8.
Your brain functions very eficiently in a chaotic world.
_____ 9.
Meditation can help you slow down and give you balance.
_____ 10. In the last paragraph, the author is suggesting that you engage in 
meditation on a daily basis.
IV. VOCABULARY BUILDING
A.
Understanding from context
Read the sentences. Before you look up words in the dictionary, use the context 
of each sentence to help you match the boldface words and idioms with the 
definitions that follow.
_____ 1.
This section refers to spirituality as one means of 
turning inward
to 
foster a peaceful existence and to remove oneself from the hurried 
society.
_____ 2.
Meditation can help you to slow down and turn inward for balance 
and 
symmetry
.
eficiently over a longer period of time if you provide moments of inward 
r
election and rest. Meditation offers one technique to achieve such inner 
peace, and Western cultures are now more accepting of meditation and yoga.