1、Unit 3 Food and cultureReading for writingWork in groups. Discuss the questions.What is your own diet? Is it healthy diet?Lead inconsistent adj. 一致的；连续的1. Becker has never been the most consistent of players anyway. 不管怎么说，贝克尔从来就不是表现最为稳定的球员。2. There has been consistent growth in GSM mobile subscriber
2、s. 全球通手机用户持续增长。Language point【拓展】n. consistency 一致性；相容性be consistent with符合；与一致consistent quality始终如一的质量consistent policy 一贯的政策 compatible, consistent 这两个形容词均含这两个形容词均含一致的一致的之意。之意。compatible : 指两个事物不仅无分歧，不互相排斥，而且可以并存，和谐地处在一起。consistent : 指各事物之间或同一物体各细节之间都能一致，不自相矛盾。 trick n. 计谋；把戏She is the victim of
3、a big con trick. 她是一场大骗局的受害者。【拓展】do the trick获得成功 trick or treat不招待就使坏dirty trick卑鄙手段play a trick on开的玩笑； clever trick高明的把戏；trick question偏题 confidence trick骗局；欺诈 cheat, deceive, trick, fool 这些动词均含有这些动词均含有欺骗欺骗之意。之意。cheat : 普通用词，指用蒙蔽他人的手段取得所需之物，尤多指在赢利的买卖中欺骗人。deceive : 最普通用词，指用虚假外表使人信以为真，或蓄意歪曲事实，或造成错误
4、印象使人上当受骗。trick : 指用阴谋诡计等骗得信任或得到所需之物。fool : 指把别人当傻瓜，愚弄欺骗别人。ContentHEALTHY EATING There is much debate nowadays as to what makes up a healthy diet. For example, scientists have insisted for years that a big enemy of health is fatty food. However, there is increasing evidence that the real driver of po
5、or health is not so much fatty food, as it is sugar. Heart disease is the number one killer of Americans. And in America, people who receive 25% of their daily calories or more through sugar are twice as likely to die from heart disease than people who receive less than 10% aday (Journal of the Amer
6、ican Medical Association, 2014). This is true regardless of how healthy the rest of their diet might be. Put more simply, while people continue to argue over whether or not fatty food is dangerous, we already know that sugar is a killer. Much of this extra sugar comes from sweets and sweet drinks. T
7、he average American gets 1/3 of his or her sugar through sweet drinks alone. The American Heart Association recommends that we limit ourselves to less than 100-150 calories a day from sugar, which is less than what is usually contained in one can of sweet drink or ina single candy bar. In other word
8、s, if you want to be healthy, you have to cut clown on desserts, and cut out sweet drinks altogether. Beyond this, you can keep healthy by consuming different categories of fresh foods, especially fruit and vegetables, which are full of vitamins and fibre, rather than processed foods. Processed food
9、s often contain less nutrition, and have higher quantifies of sugar, salt, and fat than fresh ingredients. Besides this, it is also important to have some meat, beans, or dairy products in your diet, as they provide the necessary protein for strong bones and muscle growth. As with everything in life
10、, moderation is key. The ideal diet is a balanced one, without too much or too little of any one thing. Finally, a fundamental key to healthy eating is to eat slowly. It takes about twenty minutes from the time you start eating for your brain to tell your body that you are full. What this means is t
11、hat people who chew too quickly end up eating too much food because they still feel hungry. Eating slowly also allows your body to digest your food better, and will allow you to enjoy your food more. In addition, studies show that consistent eating habits, for example, taking three meals a day at th
12、e same time each day, are better for our health. It is also better to eat a modest amount of food each time, rather than to eat a lot in one meal, and then a little in the next. There is no one trick to healthy eating. Rather, healthy eating starts with having a healthy attitude towards food. One qu
13、estion you can ask yourself is, “Do I eat to live, or live to eat?” If you are using food mostly for nutrition, then you are on the right track with your diet. However, if food has become the centre of your life, you might be on the road to bad health. It is up to you to decide how you want to live,
14、 and to make the right decisions about your diet.1. Read the passage and match the subheadings with the paragraphs.Paragraph 1 A Slow Eating is Good Paragraph 2 B Reducing Sweets is Key Paragraph 3 C The Real Killer is Sugar Paragraph 4 D The Way You Look at Food Most Important Paragraph 5 E Keep It
15、 Fresh and Balanced 2. Study the Language and structure. 1. What are the key details that support each point? A The real driver of poor health is not so much fatty food, as it is sugar. Detail: _ _ B Much of this extra sugar comes from sweets and sweet drinks. Detail: _People who receive more sugar
16、may be more likely to die from heart disease.Average American people get 1/3 of sugar through sweet drinks.C You can keep healthy by consuming different categories of fresh food . rather than processed foods. Detail 1: _ Detail 2: _ D A fundamental key to healthy eating is to eat slowly Detail : _ P
17、rocessed food contains less nutrition.Processed food contains higher quantities of sugar, salt and fat. Eating slowly allows your body to digest food better.2. Underline the linking words in the passage that introduce another way of saying what was already mentioned in the previous sentence. 3. Circ
18、le the linking words in the passage which show that contrasting ideas are being introduced. 3. Use what you have learnt to write an essay about your own diet. 1. Write down everything you ate and drank over the last three days. 2. Compare what you have had over the last three days with the advice wr
19、itten in the article, and any facts about diet and nutrition that you know to be true. Make two lists: A list of your good ating habits A list of your bad eating habits 3. If you have bad eating habits, make a list of things you can do to get rid of them.4. Use your notes to write your essay. You ca
20、n start like this: Overall, I think I have healthy/unhealthy eating habits. As for the things that I am doing right, . Still, I should improve my eating habits by. 4. Exchange your draft with a partner. Use this checklist to help you revise the draft. Then take your draft back and revise it using your patners comments. Does the writer use details to support each point? / Does the writer use proper Linking words to tie the essay together? .Has the writer really thought about his or her diet carefully? / Does the writer use vivid words to add stress to his or her points?Bye-bye!
