PRACTICE

Now try the following exercises to practise talking about the sauna.

Exercise 1

Choose one word or phrase from the lists to answer each question below.

A. What should you take with you when you enter the sauna room?

a bathrobe | contact lenses | a towel

B. What should you not do before entering the sauna room?

drink | eat | shower

C. What should you do while in the sauna room?

chat to other visitors | sit or lie on a towel | clean your glasses

D. What should you do immediately after leaving the sauna room?

cool off gradually | jump into the plunge pool | put on your clothes

Exercise 2

Complete the definitions with words from page 50.

A. is drops of liquid that appear on your skin when you are hot.

B. consists of the small drops that water produces when it is heated.

C. A is an instrument used for measuring temperature. D. A is a shop where medicines are prepared and sold. E. A is a piece of equipment used for heating rooms. Exercise 3

In the nude

In Scandinavia, German-speaking countries, the Netherlands and some other European countries, saunas — whether singleor mixed-sex — are used in the nude; in other words, unclothed or naked. In the US, however, nudity is banned in all public places, including saunas. In the UK, Canada and Australia, removing all your clothes is permitted only in single-sex saunas.

Here are some more words that mean “naked”:

If you are in a state of undress (formal) or in your birthday suit

(humorous), you are not wearing any clothes. If someone is described as stark naked, this emphasizes that he or she is wearing no clothes at all. You can also say that a person does not have a

stitch on or is not wearing a stitch. If a part of your body is not covered by clothes, you can say that it is bare. Answers