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280 SpeakUp1
280 SpeakUp1
280 SpeakUp1
2010
TASK 4. Reading for Specific Information. Read the first 4 paragraphs only of the article as quickly as possible and find answers to TASK 3. Compare ideas with your partner(s). How many were correct? TASK 5. Prediction #2. Before you read the rest of the article, work with your partner and try to predict the answer to these questions. Make some notes. a) What does the scientific establishment think of the Zone Diet today? b) Why did the establishment change its views on Dr. Sears? c) What is the main cause of obesity in America, according to Dr. Sears?
TASK 6. Reading for detailed information. Now read the rest of the article and find answers to TASK 5.
AFTER YOU READ TASK 7. Speaking and writing. Discuss some/all of these questions with your partner(s). If you like, you can write your opinions for homework and show them to your teacher. a) What do you think of The Zone Diet? Is it scientifically right or not? Why? b) Would you be prepared to try it? Why (not)? c) Do you think it is yet another diet, amongst the thousands that exist and appear every year? Why (not)? d) Do you think following the diet could be dangerous, due to insufficient data on long-term effects? e) Do you think the idea of Toxic Fat Syndrome should be taken seriously? Why (not)?