Mallala
Mallala
Mallala
5 Put the following sentences in the order they appear in the text.
_____ a) Malala was sent to a hospital in England.
_____ b) Malala spoke about girls’ rights at the UN headquarters.
_____ c) Malala condemned the Taliban for trying to take away girls’ right to education.
_____ d) Malala began attending one of her father’s schools.
_____ e) Malala won the Nobel Peace Prize
_____ f) The Taliban decided that girls over 10 could not go to school in the Swat Valley.
_____ g) A member of the Taliban shot Malala in the head.
6 Find in the text words that are closest in meaning to the following:
a) criticized (§1) b) worsened (§3) c) recovery (§4) d) implored(§5)
II) Speaking- IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE FOR YOUR VOICE NOT TO BE HEARD
Many women and young girls around the world are silenced due to a lack of education. By
educating a girl, you can improve the quality of life for her future children and her family.
Look carefully at the picture on the right.
a) What could the picture represent?
b) Which groups of people/communities do you associate with
this picture?
c) What are some of the dangers/ risks attached to girls being
denied an education?
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1. 2
3 How did people respond to what happened to Malala?
30% of Americans and 25% of Europeans are fat. Many of them are teenagers. In fact,
there are fat farms even for young people in the United States. In these special camps, people
cannot eat chocolate, hamburgers, pizza, and other junk food. Instead there is a diet of fruit,
vegetables, brown bread, fish, and other healthy food.
Why is junk food bad for us? The answer is simple. It contains a lot of sugar and fat. We
need both of these things, but junk food has too much of them. People in Europe and America eat
20 times more sugar and 5 times more fat today than in 1800. This is one reason why so many
people die of heart disease.
However, even health food isn’t always healthy. Modern farmers and food factories use
more than 3000 chemicals. Some are fertilizers. These help plants to grow. Others are pesticides.
These kill insects. The third group are hormones. These make animals and plants grow bigger and
faster. Finally, there are additives. They make food look better, taste better, and last longer. So
are these chemicals bad for us? If we eat too many of them and not enough fresh, natural food,
yes!
World Quest
by Diana Pye & Paul Shipton
Oxford University Press
1 Choose the most suitable tile for the text
a) Growing healthy food
b) Unhealthy eating habits
c) Food and health
5 The text is …
a) a web article b) a newspaper article c) an extract from a book
Topic 1: The range and quality of food that we can buy has changed because of technological and
scientific advances. Some people regard this change as an improvement, while others believe that
it is harmful. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
Benefits of advances in food technology Disadvantages of advances in food technology
● Farmers can produce crops that grow bigger ● Many people distrust foods that have been
and faster. modified or processed.
● Foods can be modified to look perfect ● Farming without fertilizers or pesticides is
and last longer. more environmentally friendly.
● Genetically modified crops may be more resistant ● There may be risks in the genetic engineering
to disease or insects. of foods.
● Faster growing crops will mean more profits ● Genetically modified crops might change
whole ecosystems
I. 30% of Americans and 25% of Europeans are fat. Many of them are teenagers. In fact,
there are fat farms even for young people in the United States. In these special camps, people
cannot eat chocolate, hamburgers, pizza, and other junk food. Instead there is a diet of fruit,
vegetables, brown bread, fish, and other healthy food.
II. Why is junk food bad for us? The answer is simple. It contains a lot of sugar and fat. We
need both of these things, but junk food has too much of them. People in Europe and America eat
20 times more sugar and 5 times more fat today than in 1800. This is one reason why so many
people die of heart disease.
III. However, even health food isn’t always healthy. Modern farmers and food factories use
more than 3000 chemicals. Some are fertilizers. These help plants to grow. Others are pesticides.
These kill insects. The third group are hormones. These make animals and plants grow bigger and
faster. Finally, there are additives. They make food look better, taste better, and last longer. So
are these chemicals bad for us? If we eat too many of them and not enough fresh, natural food,
yes!
IV. Another important food issue in the world is meat. More and more people think it is wrong
to kill and eat animals. In fact, today, 5% of Europeans and Americans are vegetarians. But rich
countries still eat a lot more meat than poor ones. A person in America eats 110 kilos of meat in
a year. In India, a person eats 1.1 kilos a year.
V. Some rich countries actually produce more meat than they need. Europe, for example,
stores tons of beef. There are tons of butter and sugar, too, as well as milk and wine. Several
countries even pay their farmers not to grow food. And why does this happen? Because rich
countries grow too much food and poor countries grow too little .
2.
a) II b) III c) IV d) V
a) I b) II c) III d) IV