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5C LET FOOD BE YOUR MEDICINE

Speaking

Listening
a Discuss the following questions with class.
1 What do we need to consider for a healthy life?
2 What are the public health threats in the 21 st
century?
3 What kinds of consequences can lack of health
security lead to?
b Match the diseases/ illnesses to their causes.

1 hypertension

2 respiratory diseases
3 food-borne diseases

4 anorexia
a Discuss the following questions with your
partner. 5 high blood cholesterol
1 What do you think ‘threat’ means? 6 heart attack

2 Do you know any health threats?
chemical toxins in edible materials
3 What kinds of food can be harmful to our health?
lack of routine physical activity
b Listen to the text about health threats of food
and answer the questions. Track 32 too much salt in the diet
food restriction and odd eating habits
1 Which diseases do GMOs (genetically
modified organisms) cause? polluted air
excessive consumption of junk food
2 What is the name of the dangerous c Work in groups. Talk about the causes of the
chemical that can be found in canned foods?
diseases/ illnesses in ‘Exercise b’. Give and
receive advice to keep away from them as in the
3 How does Bisphenol A (BPA) affect our health? example.
e.g. Chemical toxins in edible materials lead
4 What kinds of health problems can artificial to many food-borne diseases. What
sweeteners cause? should we do to avoid them?

5 How can we protect ourselves from diseases? We ought to consume
organic food.
c Listen again and summarise the main idea of
the text you have listened in a few sentences. We had better not eat fruit and

vegetables if they aren’t cleaned
off pesticides.

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