номер 3, страница 47 - гдз по английскому языку 5-11 класс учебник Latham-Koenig, Oxenden

English file fourth edition Advanced student's book. CD three.

Five point one.

The chocolate meditation.

Again and again, people tell us that mindfulness greatly enhances the joys of daily life. In practice, even the smallest of things can suddenly become captivating again. For this reason, one of our favorite practices is the chocolate meditation.

In this, you ask yourself to bring all your attention to some chocolate as you're eating it. So if you want to do this right now, choosing some chocolate, not unwrapping it yet, choosing a type that you've never tried before, or one that you haven't eaten recently. It might be dark and flavorsome, organic or fair trade, or whatever you choose. Perhaps choosing a type you wouldn't normally eat, or that you consume only rarely. Before you unwrap the chocolate, look at the whole bar or packet, its color, its shape, what it feels like in your hand, as if you were seeing it for the very first time.

Now very slowly unwrapping the chocolate. Noticing how the wrapping feels as you unfold it. Seeing the chocolate itself. What colors do you notice? What shapes? Inhaling the aroma of the chocolate. Letting it sweep over you.

And now taking or breaking off a piece and looking at it as it rests on your hand. Really letting your eyes drink in what it looks like. Examining every nook and cranny. At a certain point, bringing it up to your mouth. Noticing how the hand knows where to position it and popping it in the mouth, noticing what the tongue does to receive it. See if it's possible to hold it on your tongue and let it melt. Noticing any tendency to chew it. Seeing if you can sense some of the different flavor. Really noticing these. If you notice your mind wandering while you do this, simply noticing where it went, then gently escorting it back to the present moment.

And then when the chocolate has completely melted, swallowing it very slowly and deliberately, letting it trickle down your throat. What did you notice? If the chocolate tasted better than if you'd just eaten it the normal pace, what do you make of that? Often we taste the first piece and perhaps the last, but the rest goes down unnoticed. We're so often on autopilot. We can miss much of our day-to-day lives. Mindfulness is about bringing awareness to the usual routine things in life, things that we normally take for granted. Perhaps you could try this with any routine activity. Seeing what you notice. It could change your whole day.