YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT
Week of 27 May 2008
VIEW THIS WEEK'S assigned netcast by clicking on the image (left) or open sound file (attached). Then prepare a discussion about eating. Include in your discussion issues about taste, diet, health, cost, habits, likes and dislikes, bad eating habits and good eating habits as well as current health concerns. Here's some useful vocabulary to help you prepare your presentation next week.Week of 27 May 2008
VOCABULARY
calories: I try to count my calories when eating.diet: She's on a diet.
fattening: Those foods are fattening.
stroke: The stroke was caused by eating too many fatty foods.
heart disease: Heart disease increases in wealthy countries.
carbohydrates: That dish has a lot of carbohydrates.
overweight: Many of my classmates are overweight.
diabetes: Cases of type 2 diabetes tend to increase in an overweight population.
front (1. face. 2. policy): 1. She put up a good front, but she was devastated when her boyfriend left her. 2. Food awareness is the latest front against an unhealthy urban population.
government statistics: Government statistics show a large proportion of teenagers are now overweight.
clinically obese: Many young people today are clinically obese.
marked with important information: Most food packages are marked with important information for the consumer's benefit.
fat content: The fat content of that dessert is very high.
obsessed: She's obsessed about losing weight.
championships: The team won two championships in three years.
hard to swallow (difficult to believe): The statistics that 60% of teenagers are overweight are hard to swallow. There must be an error in the data.
chain restaurants: Chain restaurants have the money to meet consumer demand.
establishments: Some eating establishments are more concerned with the quality of the food than the way the food looks.
post their calories: The store will post the winning numbers on Tuesday.
to talk numbers: The baseball player didn't want to talk numbers, like how many home runs he hit in his career.
over the last (year/decade): Record sales have declined over the last decade.
consumers: Today's consumers want as much information about a product as they can get.
informed choices: The buyer should make informed choices when buying and not just buy recklessly or needlessly.
disturbing trends: The tendency to obesity among the young is a disturbing trend in big cities around the world.
frequency: The frequency of heart attacks tend to increase with the frequency of junk food consumption.
scientific information: Consumers need scientific information on food labels in order to eat properly.
Grub Street: There are so many food places on that street we call it Grub Street. (Grub=slang for "food.")
purist: I'm not a purist when I read great books and don't mind skipping pages if a scene bores me.
gastronomy (food ingredients or enjoyment): The food critic was famous for his gastronomical enjoyment and knowledge.
caloric minefield: A chocolate cake is a caloric minefield, especially for people with cardiac problems.
incredibly complex: Deciding which foods are healthy or not healthy may seem incredibly complex to some people.
intimately: She knew him, but not intimately.
animal fats: Animal fats are not as good for you as vegetable oils.
core of a good meal: The core of a good meal is in the sauce.
Grande Mocha: I had a Grandee Mocha at the barista.
caulking-like cake: 1. My mother's milkshakes had a caulking-like thickness. 2. The woman caulked her windows to prepare for the rainy winter.
Kit Kats: Children love to eat Kit Kats.
next challenge: I passed the exams. My next challenge is grad school.
do the honors: Please do me the honors of slicing the turkey.
beefy goodness: I love to watch the beefy goodness of barbecued burgers on the 4th of July!
greasy starchy deliciousness: The barbecued burger had a greasy starchy deliciousness.
over the limit: A single piece of chocolate cake may put you over the limit of your morning diet.
calorie-transparent world: 1. People think twice about eating junk foods in our calorie-transparent world. 2. Her guilt was transparent to everyone except herself.
healthy options: There are healthy options to eating hamburgers, like eating vegetable burgers.
tropical fruit smoothie: Her favorite flavor tropical fruit smoothie was pineapple.
sucker salad: He was knocked out by a sucker punch which his opponent didn't see coming.
appetizers: Celery sticks and French bread are great appetizers.
titanic levels: He hit a titanic home run that went out of the stadium.
calorie consumption: Young people tend to have higher rates of calorie consumption than older people.
double-stack: He wolfed down a double stack of pancakes at breakfast.
disaster: The meal was burnt and a disaster of gastronomical flavors.
gut bomb: A slice of chocolate cake may look delicious but it's a gut bomb in disguise.
American cheese: She liked to eat American cheese because she didn't have to slice it.
turn you off: A carrot stick may turn you off, but it's better for you than a hamburger.
exposing: The Department of Health is trying to expose the poor food choices consumers make.
extreme calorie counts: Chocolate cake and puddings have extreme calorie counts.
forbidden fruit allure: There's always a degree of "forbidden fruit" allure to junk foods. The more you're told not to eat it, the more eager we are to eat it.
family-safe: Health departments are trying to encourage family-safe eating habits.
Eminem: Eminem is called A-Mu in Taiwan. It's a play on the brand chocolates, M&M's.
post calories: The restaurant has to post calories on its menus.
calorie posting: Calorie posting is now required by law.
corporate entities: Large corporate entities have the resources to respond to a temporary lull in consumer demand.
R&D: A good business has good research and development procedures that can answer new consumer demands or even anticipate them.
Caesar salad: A Caesar salad is a mixed salad.
accommodate: Today's restaurants are willing to meet the demands of consumers' concerns about health.
progressive laws: Progressive laws may stifle free enterprise but are for the good of society.
freakish existence: He lived a freakish existence, playing video games in his room all day and night.
consequence: The consequence of sleeping late was she missed the exam.
Adam bit into the forbidden fruit: Malicious gossip has been around ever since Adam bit into the forbidden fruit.
rigid fashion: Her mother restricted her computer use, but not in a rigid fashion, allowing her daughter to monitor herself.
polyester: The polyester jacket dried very quickly after the rain storm.
clothing police: Some people think that besides traffic police, we now have food police and even clothing police telling us what to eat and what to wear.
ultimately: Though she failed her midterm, she ultimately passed the class.
consumer's choice: Many restaurant owners feel it's a consumer's choice whether to eat unhealthy foods or not.
birth defects: The mother was afraid of birth defects in her unborn baby so she stopped drinking wine.
essentially: Though the fish patty looked healthy it was essentially a bad choice because cooked in fatty oils and topped with cheese.
prohibitive: The cost was prohibitive so she didn't buy it.
dig your own grave: Her mother said if she wanted to dig her own grave by drinking cola, she could do it.
act of dining defiance: As an act of dining defiance, the man ordered a quadruple bacon and cheese burger.
heart attack: The player died of a heart attack from an undiagnosed heart condition.
immune: She was immune to flattery no matter how much her daughter praised her.
cardiac disease: Cardiac disease tends to increase in the overweight.
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