Now be ready to speak on the advantages and disadvantages of being a veggie. Use the following phrases.
On the one hand … but on the hand …
There is no doubt that … but you can’t deny that…
16. Read and translate the passages and choose from the list of people in the box who wrote them. Only four of the eight possibilities are correct.
The biggest ever study of children aged 12 to 16, published today, says more than half 'sometimes' or 'never' consider their health when choosing what to eat. They prefer butter to margarine, ordinary milk to skimmed milk, and white bread to brown, researchers found.
Medical authorities nowadays emphasise the importance of a balanced diet rather than the slimming treatments popular at some periods in the past, and concentrate on indicating the dangers of too much fat and sugar, and the possible adverse effects of, food additives, colourings and preservatives.
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You should make an effort to lose weight, you know, and that doesn't mean I'm going to put you on a strict diet. Some of the diets you'll see advertised in the papers do more harm than good. But when you come to me and complain of feeling tired and getting out of breath, the best advice I can give you is to cut out the sweets and cakes for a month. Then I'm sure you'll feel better.
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17. Look at the photographs below and decide which of the columns in the
table the food items should be put. Use the expressions of opinion.
To
my mind… In
my opinion … As
I see it … In
my view …
Food you should eat, because doctors recommend it |
Food which is said to be bad for you |
Food you like |
Food you dislike |
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1 8. Answer the questions.
Do you often eat/drink what you don’t like?
Do you avoid eating/drinking what you like?
1 9. Speak on the problem of food influence on the human health.
TO SMOKE OR NOT TO SMOKE
20. Another life related problem is smoking. Answer the question:
Do you smoke? Why? How long?
How many members of your family smoke? Who are they?
How many people around you smoke?
21. Read the text and answer the question why young people smoke today more. Add your arguments.
You'd have to be living on Mars not to know that smoking is dangerous. Yet statistics show that young people today smoke more, not less. Why?
One answer is that many teens think it’s cool. Another is the enormous sums of money invested in advertising cigarettes. Tobacco companies spend millions to encourage the young to start, or to continue, smoking. "The Marlboro Man", "joe the Camel" and others do cool things and act important while smoking — just to get you to think that if you smoke this brand, you can do these things too. This isn't true. These people are not real and the things they do are made-up.
For tobacco companies cigarettes mean money. For us they mean disease and even death.
Shocking Facts
Over 90% of all smokers start before they are 18.
The average age for a new smoker is 13.
Among the 13-year-old smokers there are more girls than boys.
Smoking kills about 3 million people every year. Some aren't even smokers. They are people who live or work with heavy smokers.
If you think it’s cool, think again.