Though America is the world leader in obesity, Europe is quickly catching up. According to WHO, almost one-third of people living in the European Union are now overweight and one in 10 is obese.
Britain has replaced Germany as Europes most overweight nation! 20% of women and 17% of men are obese. And the English are fatter than the Scots or Welsh.
Russia, the Czech Republic and Finland also have some of the heaviest people in Europe.
Even in such countries as France, Italy and Sweden, Europes slimmest nations, people (especially women) are becoming fatter.
Put down this packet of chips and listen up!
What is tasty is not always healthy.
Doctors say that chips and pizzas are fattening, coca cola spoils our teeth, coffee shortens our lives.
If you go on eating too much, youll become obese, and obesity leads to heart disease, diabetes and stroke.
Some scientists believe that food influences not only our bodies but our spirits as well.
Foods with lots of additives, fat or sugar can make you violent and anti-social.
Natural foods like fresh fruit and vegetables which contain lots of vitamins and minerals can make you more intelligent, optimistic and energetic.
So think twice before you start eating!
There is a danger hanging over your life!
If you are young and fit, dont think that this doesnt concern you. Teenagers, too, are getting fatter. Obesity rates in teens, according to experts, are doubling!
Surveys show that the favourite foods among teenagers both in Europe and the USA are:
Hamburgers (cheeseburgers, fishburgers, beefburgers, eggburgers... in fact anythingburgers!);
chips (they are called French fries in America);
hot dogs;
Ice-cream.
Besides, teenagers in Britain, for example, spend 27 hours a week watching TV, and nobody knows how much time they sit in front of their computers.
What will todays teenagers look like when they grow up? Imagine yourself as a lazy, fat old man or woman with eyes glued to the TV screen, hands digging down in a packet of chips, munch-munch, staring at the glaring pictures. A real nightmare! As one of our teenage readers said: No! Better die in a war, be kidnapped by terrorists or disappear as a hero climber of the Himalayas.
But this is the danger hanging over your life!
6. Think and give the reasons (at least 2-3) why people all over the world become fat.
7. Read the text and compare your reason with the given ones in the text.
We live in the era of fast food culture. We are always in a hurry. We have no time to relax and enjoy a meal. We want to eat now and we want to eat fast.
Every day a new McDonalds restaurant opens somewhere on our planet. Soon American food will take over the whole world.
Another reason is lack of exercise. We spend too much time in front of our computers and TV-sets. We walk less, because we prefer to use cars or public transport. Yes, many people nowadays are exercise crazy, they spend hours in gyms and then they rush to have a good snack!
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Example: He was writing a letter at 5 oclock.
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8. Look at these sentences and say Which happened first?
Example: When she telephoned, I was having a bath.
A the telephone call the bath
1) They were watching television, when I visited them.
a) They were watching television b) I visited them
2) I was walking into the house when I heard the noise.
a) I was walking into the house b) I heard the noise
3) I walked into the house when I heard the noise.
a) I walked into the house b) I heard the noise.
4) We left the party when the police arrived.
a) We left the party b) the police arrived
5) We were leaving the party when the police arrived.
a) We were leaving the party b) the police arrived
6) I made the beds when Joan and Ian got here.
a) I made the beds b) Joan and Ian got here.
7) I was making the beds when Joan and Ian got here.
a) I was making the beds b) Joan and Ian got here
8) I was getting into my car when I heard the shot.
a) I was getting into my car b) I heard the shot
9) When I saw them, they were playing football.
a) I saw them b) They were playing football.
10) I was sitting in a café, when I saw her.
a) I was sitting in a cafe b) I saw her
9. Complete these sentences by putting the verbs into the Past Continuous or the Past Simple.
1) When the ambulance came, we him into it. (carry)
2) She .. her car when she suddenly felt ill. (drive)
3) When he saw me, he ..off the wall. (fall)
4) We . to the radio when it suddenly stopped working. (listen)
5) Why cards when he walked into the office? (you play)
6) you when you gave them the money? (they thank)
7) when you turned on the gas? (you smoke)
8) When I arrived, they hello but continued working. (say)
9) When I got to the hospital, she in the waiting room. (sit)
10) I television when the phone rang. (watch)
10. Open the brackets and put the verbs into the Past Continuous or the Past Simple.
1) I (to go) to the Institute yesterday when I (to see) a house on fire.
2) When I (to see) him, he (to stand) in the street.
3) I (to see) that Kate (to sit) at the nearest table.
4) On Sunday, when I (to come) from a walk I (to meet) a strange man.
5) He not (to see) me, as he (to read) a book when I (to come) into the room.
6) When the phone (to ring), they (to have) dinner.
7) The boy (to fall) and (to hurt) himself while he (to ride) his bicycle.
8) She (to wait) for her sister, when I (to see) her.
9) He (to go) to the University, when I (to meet) her.
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11. Tell your groupmates what you were eating or doing at different periods of the previous day.
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12. Ask a partner what he(she) prefers to eat, how much and why.
13. Is being Veggie in? How do you think why people become vegetarians? Do you know people who are vegetarians? Complete the list given below.
Leonardo da Vinci, Leo Tolstoy, Albert Einstein, Mahatma Gandhi, George Bernard Shaw were veggies. Sir Paul McCartney is a veggie...
14. Read and translate the sentences on the problem "to Be or Not to Be a Veggie". Divide them into the arguments For and Against it. Think and give your own arguments.
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v A diet free from meat, researches say, has all the vitamins, minerals and protein you need.
v Vegetarianism is silly. You can't live for ever on cucumbers and apples, can you?
v And you could live longer as a veggie!
v A vegetarian diet is not only healthier, but it is also kinder.
v Organic foods are full of pesticides. What's the use of becoming a veggie?
v Animals grown for meat production are now kept in special factory farms. Pigs, calves and chickens are locked in boxes and cannot even turn around! Calves are kept thirsty the lack of liquid keeps the meat white!
v If you really care about animals and most of us do stop eating them!
v Some people still believe that you can't live without meat. But modern scientific research shows that all the nutrients we need for a healthy life can be found in plants.
v I don't really care if I eat meat or not, but my parents say I must. Maybe when I'm older
v You never see a tiger or a lion feeling sorry for its victim, do you?
v The thought of eating a dead animal actually makes me sick.
v I don't think it's necessary to kill to eat. It's cruel to let animals suffer so much.
v Why is killing an animal different from killing a human?
v If you went to the slaughterhouse to see how animals are killed, you wouldn't eat meat.
v Animals don't wish to be killed and would like to enjoy life to the full, just as any human would. Killing animals is a crime.
v Our grandparents and great grandparents and great great grandparents ate meat and were happy. So why should I become a veggie?
v It's stupid to say everybody must be a vegetarian. In some places, it's very difficult to get enough to eat. People have to eat what they can get.
v People should eat both meat and plants. This is how it has always been, and will be in the future for all living things.
15. Now be ready to speak on the advantages and disadvantages of being a veggie. Use the following phrases.
ü On the one hand but on the hand
ü There is no doubt that but you cant 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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