English Meeting 13
Name : Meliza Ella Qadrina
NIM : 183310814
Absen : 19
Unit 8 (Nutrion and obesity)
A. Vocabulary
DIABETES
1. Discuss with a partner what you know about diabetes.
Diabetes is a chronic or long term disease characterized by an increase in
blood sugar (glucose) levels above the normal leave.
There are two main types of diabetes, namely type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
2. Match these words with their defenitions
1) Balanced = E= the correct amount of different things.
2) Chilhood = D = the time of your lfe when you are a child.
3) Diet = B = small amounts of food that you eat between meals.
4) Glucose = C = sugar that the body uses for energy.
5) Active = A = Taking regular excercise.
6) Obesity = H = too heavy and fat.
7) Overweight = G = the condition of being very fat, in away that is not
healthy.
8) Snacks = F = the type of foods that you usually eat.
3. Put the words into the spaces in this text bout diabetes
Diabetes occurs when your body does not produce enough insulin, a hormone that
controls the level of sugar in the blood. One type of diabetes appears in chilhood,
and the other type appears after the age of eighteen.
It is very common for very one people to get diabetes, so the illnesss is linked to
obesity for this reason, it is important to get the right balance between food and
exercise. It is important to be have, and to eat a healthy that, containing plenty of
fruid and vegtables. Nytrionists say snacks are better than big meals.
B. Listening 1
A diabetic patient
1. how long has the patient had diabetes?
Childhood
2. Which type of diabetes does the patient have?
Type one
3. Is the patient obese ?
Not linked to obesity
4. What does the patient's special machine' do?
This patient has a special machine to check leves of glucose in his blood
5. Can the patient eat sugar?
It's not true that diabetic shouldn't eat sweet thing actually
6. Why should the patient not have big meals?
He needa to count the calories in his meals and he should have snaks ot big meals.
Especially before bed
7. What is hypoglycaemla?
Hypoglycemia is a condition in which your blood sugar (glucose) level is lower than
normal.
Try to complete the missing verbs. Then listen again to check
1. does he inject himself with insulin?
2. He's on a special diet, is he?
3. Type one diabetes is not linked to obesity.
4. This patient has a special machine to check. levels of glucose.in his blood.
5. He needs to count. the calories in his meals and he should have snack not Big neals
6. and. he should have. snacks, not big meals especially before bed
C. Reading
1. Do you like fast food ?
yes i like fast food
2. How often do you eat it ?
i eat fast food 2 time a week
3. Do you think it is addictive ?
yes, fast food is just addictive
4. Read the article and decide if these sentences are true (T) or false (F).
1) The two girls in the article said fast food is “ nutritious and good for you” (F)
2) Fast food changed Morgan Spurlock psychologically (T)
3) Te film proved that fast proved that fast food is good for you (F)
4) Morgan Spurlock was overweight when he started filming (T)
5) Morgan Spurlock became a fast food addict (T)
6) Morgan Spurlock died from liver failure (F)
5. Discuss these questions with a partner or in a group
1) Is obesity a choise or an illness ?
Obesity is a disease
2) Do you think fast foods sholud be limited like cigarettes (for example health
warnings, high price, special places for eating, etc)?
Yes, because faast food can cause other diseases
3) Should overweight people pay more for health care, plane tickets, etc.?
I think may be
D. Writing excercise
Meliza : hello bro,can I talk briefly, about food intake
Iwan : ok sis
Meliza : what ussually eats in a day bro ?
Iwan : i ussually drink milk in the mornig and evening, if during the day i eat rice sis
Meliza : if you may knoe how clorie intake you have in a day ?
Iwan : in my opinion, the number of calories in rice 300 calories while in milk+egg is
100 calories, so it’s likely that my calories are 300+50+50=400 calories
Meliza : wow, What are you activities in a day ?
Iwan : i ussually get up early, help my parents, clean the house, sweep and do the
dishes, after that i do the work. Because the corona virus at the moment i do not do
outside activities, such as extra tutoring, playing with friends, because the
goverment determines and stay at home
Meliza : do you have a diet ?
Iwan : yes, i don’t eat past 10 p.m
Meliza : how balanced is your diet ?
Iwan : in my opinion my diet is still hot balanced
Meliza : what are your bad habits ?
Iwan : i am lazy to excercise and lack of activity
Meliza : how do you take care of your health ?
Iwan : i always take vitamins
Meliza : what is your recomendation about food intake
Iwan : while maintaning food or nutritional intake and balanced with healty patterms
and taking vitamins regular exercise
