Monday 3 June 2013

Topic videos: Food


I think that the New York Times have made all their videos available and free to watch. Hooray! So I thought that I might post a video for each important, large topic that we have seen this year, both for NA1 and for NA2. I'll try to keep it even. Advantage: your exams are very close together, so we have roughly the same amount of time.

I start with food (closely linked to health or to culture, usually), because it was seen at the beginning of the year and I imagine it must be far out in your memory: 

1. Consider this vocabulary and its pronunciation: 
processed- ultraprocessed food
aisle
whole(some) foods
navigate (quite modern, basically meaning "finding your way in")
come up with (an idea)

2. Note down adjectives or nouns related with food, especially those we have already seen. 

3. Answer: 

a) Why is it necessary to "navigate" the supermarket?
b) Can you find one of the most typical, strongest collocations of adverb+adjectives we have seen this course?
c) What's the difference between processed and ultraprocessed food?
d) Are frozen vegetables good, according to them?
 e) Why do yogurts have so much sugar in them?


 

Answers in the comments section, I hope to make the key available very very soon. Here's the key.

Enjoy!


1 comment:

  1. a) Why is it necessary to "navigate" the supermarket? To find the wholesome foods, which are harder to find.
    b) Can you find one of the most typical, strongest collocations of adverb+adjectives we have seen this course? Fiercely competitive
    c) What's the difference between processed and ultraprocessed food? Processed food has three ingredients maximum, and ultraprocessed food has several ingredients.
    d) Are frozen vegetables good, according to them? Yes they are, but are preferrable than processed food, if there is no choice of buying organic products.
    e) Why do yogurts have so much sugar in them? To sell more.

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