Homework
1) Language practice:
TEXTBOOK: page 9-11, exercise 10-11
2) Watch the VIDEO: Can eating fruit be bad for you? and write your opinion about the points mentioned in it in the comments below.
3) Watch the video ‘Can eating fruit be bad for you’ again and do the task below.
a) Are the sentences true or false?
- An apple contains about half as much sugar as a can of fizzy drink.
- Fructose is better than glucose for providing our body with energy.
- The sugar in fruit is a little different from the sugar in fizzy drinks.
- Some types of sugar don’t cause people to gain weight.
- A banana generally contains more sugar than a kiwi fruit.
- The amount of sugar in a piece of fruit decreases as it gets older.
- It is better for you if you cut fruit into little pieces before eating it.
- If we don’t eat fruit, it is impossible to get certain vitamins.
b) Write down the main points the speaker makes.
c) Write if you agree with the speaker or not. (if not, what are some arguments against the point of view expressed in the video; if yes, add what you can from your own experience and knowledge).
d) Were there any things you hadn’t known before you watched the video? What are they? Write them down
e) Complete the sentences.
- A regular-sized soft drink contains about seven to eight … of sugar.These are chemically identical to the sugars you get in … food.
- Sugar is sugar. And you’re going to gain … if you eat too much of it.
- The … the fruit, the more sugar it contains.
- You should eat most of your fruit … .
- There is no vitamin or mineral in fruit that you can’t get from .
