Liceo Tcnico Profesional

Intercultural Bilinge
Ralco

Carolina Mardones Vallejos

Profesora de Ingls

English Workshop

"A Hungry Planet"

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CLASS

DATE

Vocabulary focus!
I.- Match the words from the box with its definition.
undernourished nutrient
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food

Harmful

healthy

disease

Something that causes damage or injury

To have insufficient quantity or quality of food.
Substance that provides energy to the body
Good physical and mental condition
To be extremely thin
Meat or vegetables that we eat
Sickness that affects the organism

II.- Complete this crisscross puzzle following the numbers from last activity.

underweight

Let's Read!
III.- Read the following text and underline the words from the previous activity.
IV.- Look in the text and find cognates and all those words you can identify.
The greatest scandal of our age is that just under 1
billion people on the planet go to bed hungry every
night. This is despite the fact that we produce more
than enough to feed every single person in the world.
The problem is not a shortage but rather that the
undernourished who need food most cannot access it.
People who are chronically hungry dont eat enough to
provide the energy they need for an active life. Their
malnutrition makes it hard to study, work or perform
physical activities. Malnutrition is particularly harmful
for women and children. Undernourished children do
not grow as healthy children and mentally they may develop more slowly. Constant hunger weakens the
immune system and makes people more vulnerable to diseases. Mothers living with constant hunger often
give birth to underweight and weak babies, and face increased risk of death in childbirth.

V.- Look in the text the following words and circle them. What do they mean?
a) AND: ________
b) BUT: ________
c) OR: _________
d) THAT: _______

VI.- Answer these questions.

a) What the greatest scandal of our age?
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b) What does it means "chronically hungry?
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c) What happens to children who doesn't have enough food?
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In your Words!
Why do you think hungry exists in the world if we have food for everyone to eat?
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