Safety first: Unit review by Teacher Na3im.

April 2020

1-Ideas to grasp.

 Food safety had become a common concern in modern societies.

 The market provides three types of food: conventional, organic and GMF’s.
 There’s a worldwide disagreement about GMF’s being good or bad for health.
 Advertising is a communication whose goal is to inform consumers about products and services.
 It is so powerful that it can shape our eating habits.
 Its influence is at the origin of our poor eating habits with health problems such as obesity and cardiovascular
diseases.

2-Vocabulary to integrate

Verb Noun Adjective

To consume Consumer-consumption Consumable.
Consumerism.
To harm Harm Harmful / less
To affect Effect Effective
To influence Influence Influential
To advertise Advertising/ Advertised.
advertisement.
To use Use Useful / useless.
To promote Promotion Promotional / promoted.
To promote Promotion
To persuade Persuasion
To advertise Advertisement / ing. Promotional / able.
To create Creation Persuasive
To endorse endorsement Advertised
Creative.
Endorsable / endorsed /
endorsing

3-Grammar to master.

A-Give the correct from of the verbs in brackets.

a. If you ( take ) things more seriously, you wouldn’t have wasted all that precious time.
b. Obesity would easily be eradicated if we all ( join ) our efforts to fighting it.
c. If you don’t stop eating junk food, you ( become ) overweight soon.

B-Rewrite sentence ‘b’ so that it means the same as sentence ‘a’.

1a-Children watch too many commercials on TV. 1b-Too many commercials ...
2a-Children are watching too much advertising. 2b-Too much advertising ...
3a-Too much advertisements have been watched by children. 3b-Children ...
4a-Children mustn’t watch this commercial. 4b-This commercial ...
5a-All governments should ban cigarette ads. 5a-It’s high time ...
6a-My children watch too much TV. 6b-I wish ...

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Safety first. April 2020
Text study 1 p204.

A-Comprehension.

1-Copy the right answer.

 The interview is about what people: a- breathe b- eat c- wear.

2-Are the following statements true or false in the text?

a. Due to advertising, people prefer purchasing organic food.

b. People are not concerned about food safety.
c. The debate about the farming of GMF’s will possibly continue.

3-reorder the following ideas according to their occurrence in the text.

a. We are uncertain about the future of GMF’s.

b. There’s a variety of foods on the market today.
c. People are influenced by advertising for organic food.

4-Fill in the following table with information from the text.

Will probably disappear Will certainly increase Might be harmful

5-Answer the following questions according to the text.

a. What type of food do people prefer purchasing?

b. How does advertising affect / influence our eating habits?
c. What will happen to GMF’s according to the market researcher?

6-What or who do the words in bold refer to in the passage?

 They prefer buying …. Given to them in recent years … I quote, ..

7-Choose the most appropriate general idea for the passage.

a. Advertising promotes organic food not GMF’s.

b. There’s a common suspicion about the healthiness of GMF’s.
c. Consumers will soon boycott GMF’s.

B-Text Exploration.

1-Find in the passage the words whose definitions are:

a-……………= popular interest in something.
b-……………=better and less damaging for health.

2-Match each words with its corresponding opposite.

Words Opposites

a-buying 1-quitting
b-increasing 2-vanishing
c-appearing 3-falling
d-continuing 4-selling

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3-Complete the following chart.

Verb Noon Adjective

To prefer ……………… ……………….
…………….. Promotion ……………….
……………. ……………… Worried

4-Divide the following words into roots and affixes:

 unimaginable - healthier - increasingly - decontaminated.

prefixes Roots suffixes

5-Ask the questions that the underlined words answer.

 Advertising has shaped people’s shopping habits.
 Advertising has shaped people’s shopping habits.

6-Rewrite sentence ‘b’ so that it means the same as sentence ‘a’.

1a-Advertising promotes organic foods.

1b-Organic foods …………………….
2a-“GMF’s may or may not disappear,” the market researchers said.
2b- The market researchers said that………………………………..

7-Match the pairs that rhyme.

a-nightmare 1-felix
b-ethics 2-alarm
c-harm 3-hardware
d-stuff 4-enough

8-Classify the following according to the number of their syllables:

 Promotion - foods - purchase - actually.

9-Imagine what B says to complete the following dialogue.

A / Have you already tried shopping online? B / ………………………………….

A / You should try it soon. B / ………………………………….
A / Yes, I have. B / ………………………………….
A / I bought some CD’s. B / ………………………………….

10-Fill in each gap with one word from the list:

 market - conventional - future - could - tax - improving.

In the …1… , genetic modification …2…. be aimed at altering the nutrient content of food, reducing its allergenic
potential, or ….3…… the efficiency of food production systems. All GM foods should be assessed before being allowed
on the ….4…... FAO/WHO Codex guidelines exist for risk analysis of GM food.

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Text study 2 p114.

Part 1: Read paragraphs 1,2 and 3 p114 then do the following activities.

1-Are the following true or false in the text? A-B-C p113

2-Aswer the following questions according to the text.

a. What is an energy balance?
b. Do all children take their parents’ advice? Why?
c. What will happen if you eat too much junk food?

3-What or who do the words in bold refer to in the text?

4-Find in the text words that are closet in meaning to:

a-sufficient §1 b-contemporary §2 c-amounts §3.

Part 2: Read paragraphs 4 and 5 p115 then do the following activities.

1-Are the following true or false in the text? D-E p113

2-Aswer the following questions according to the text.

a. What are the consequences of bad diets on our health?

b. What should governments do to solve this problem?

3-What or who do the words in bold refer to in the text?

4-Find in the text words that are opposites in meaning to:

 solution §4 ancient §5 harmless §5.

Activities about the whole text.

1-Fill in the following table with information from the text.

Foods Media Diseases

3-Reorder the following ideas according to their occurrence in the text.

a. The consequences of losing our energy balance.
b. Defining an energy balance.
c. Something must be done about advertising for junk food.
d. Facts about energy balance.

4-Choose the best general idea for this text.

a. Advertising has no influence on people’s eating habits.
b. Advertising has the power to shape our eating habits.
c. Children and adults alike suffer from an excellent energy balance.

5-Copy the right answer.

 The reading passage is: a-Narrative b-Expository c-Descriptive.

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Text study 3 p129.

1-Copy the right answer. The advert is taken from:

a- A magazine
b- The radio
c- Internet

2-Are the following true or false in the text?

a- The person’s hand is not burning because the device is off.
b- The advertised cook top uses more energy than conventional ones.
c- The ad encourages the reader to buy one.

3-Fill in the following table with information from the text. ( act 1 p 129 )

4-Answer the following questions according to the text. ( act 2 p 129 )

5-Who or what do the words in bold refer to in the text?

 All it needs is …
 …that heats …
 Or you may regret it.

B-Text Exploration.

1-Give the opposites of the following words keeping the same roots.
 Correct - patient - like - mature - relevant - obey .

2-Classify the following words according to the pronunciation of the final ‘s’.
 Classifies - corrects - denies - blames - trends - advantages.

3-Classify the following words according to the pronunciation of the final ‘ed’.
 Classified - corrected - denied - offended - attached - flipped.

Writing .

One of your neighbors has bought the Toshiba’s new induction cook top now he bitterly regrets it. The device turned out to be
totally different from its description in the advert. Help him write a letter of complaint to Toshiba.

Your address 123, Hay El Matar. Bir El Ater.

Tebessa. Algeria.
The date January 10th, 2020
Company’s name and address Toshiba America, Inc
82 Totowa road Wayne, NJ 07470.
Subject Complaint regarding the Toshiba induction cooktop.
Salutation Dear sir / madam,
Body of the complaint I a writing to complain about …
§1 The advert states that … but …
§2 short paragraphs. Your ad said that … yet, …
§3 Therefore, I …

Closing Yours respectfully. Yours respectfully.

Your name. Lezrag Lekhdar.

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Safety first. April 2020
Text study 4 by Teacher Na3im.

Read the text carefully then do the following activities.

Millions of dollars are spent every year by the advertising industry on ads that target children. Young audiences are
bombarded with persuading messages through media such as the Internet, television, magazines, billboards, radio, etc.

Fast or junk foods are one of the most commonly seen ads on television with pizzas, burgers and other delicious-
looking foods being shown on screens every few minutes. Children see fit-looking adults munching on various junk foods
and assume that they are healthy as they do not understand the concept of advertising. Research has found that
consumption of fast foods has increased among children due to these ads. In fact, they have been so influenced by them
that consumption of these unhealthy foods and snacks has almost doubled.

The rising popularity of fast foods and snacks has led to an increase of obesity, heart problems, diabetes and other
serious health issues among children. This is a major problem, especially in developing countries where advertisers are
targeting young children and teenagers. As mentioned, young, healthy-looking models are used, hiding the fact that these
foods are some of the unhealthiest in the world. With so many such ads, bombarding television screens and children, it is
time to start addressing the issue.

www.momjunction.com

A / Comprehension.

1-Are the following true or false according to the text?

a. Huge sums of money are saved every year by advertising industry.

b. Ads for junk foods use famous children.
c. Obesity has decreased thanks to fast foods and snacks.

2-In which paragraph is it said that those who advertise fast foods on TV are in good physical shape?

3-Answer the following questions according to the text.

a. Are children positively influenced by advertising?

b. How do advertisers cheat and deceive young children?
c. What are the main consequences of this influence?

4-Who or what do the words in bold refer to in the text?

5-The text is:

a-Expository b-Narrative c-Prescriptive.

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B / Text Exploration.

1-Find in the text words or phrases whose definitions follow:

a. …§1… = the assembled spectators or listeners at a public event.
b. …§2… = the state of being grossly fat or overweight.

2-Complete the following chart.

Verb Noun Adjective

To target ……………….. ……………….
………………….. Communication ……………….
………………….. ……………….. Safe

3-Combine each pair of sentences with one of the connectors in brackets.

a. Fast foods have a bad impact on our health. Fast foods can cause early death. ( such.. that / but )
b. Young children will stay healthy and fit. Young children ought to cut on junk foods. ( so / providing that )

4-Ask the questions that the underlined words answer.

The rising popularity of fast foods and snacks has led to an increase of obesity.

5-Circle silent letters in each of the following words.

 Subtle - sword - February - sandwich - whistle - drought.

6-Reorder the following

a-Most of the fast foods, including candy, bakery products or soft drinks can be categorized as junk food.
b-Any food that has no or negligible nutritional value can be considered as junk foods.
d-The more we consume these, the less is the intake of essential nutrients and vitamins in the body.
c-They have a high calorie content, salts and fats.

C / Writing.

Advertising for junk food has proved to have dramatic effects on children’s health. During a Parent-Teacher Association
meeting, you were asked to say a few words in order to raise parents’ awareness and to urge them to take action against
this devastating phenomenon. The following notes will help you:

 Explain what ads really do.

 Limit screen time.
 Favor homemade food.
 Encourage outdoor activities.

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