Morgan Spurlock's 2004 documentary film Super Size Me examined the physical and psychological effects of eating only McDonald's food for 30 days. He followed two rules: eating everything on the McDonald's menu at least once, and eating at McDonald's at least three times a day. The film was successful at raising awareness about health and obesity issues, but was also criticized for exaggerating some claims and not being a scientifically rigorous study. After filming, Spurlock suffered from a number of health problems that took months to recover from.
Morgan Spurlock's 2004 documentary film Super Size Me examined the physical and psychological effects of eating only McDonald's food for 30 days. He followed two rules: eating everything on the McDonald's menu at least once, and eating at McDonald's at least three times a day. The film was successful at raising awareness about health and obesity issues, but was also criticized for exaggerating some claims and not being a scientifically rigorous study. After filming, Spurlock suffered from a number of health problems that took months to recover from.
Morgan Spurlock's 2004 documentary film Super Size Me examined the physical and psychological effects of eating only McDonald's food for 30 days. He followed two rules: eating everything on the McDonald's menu at least once, and eating at McDonald's at least three times a day. The film was successful at raising awareness about health and obesity issues, but was also criticized for exaggerating some claims and not being a scientifically rigorous study. After filming, Spurlock suffered from a number of health problems that took months to recover from.
UNIT 6 – CONSEQUENCES -LESSON 2 YOUR BODY, YOUR CHOICE
NAME: DATE:
Lifestyle
1. Answer the questions.
1. Why did Spurlock make the movie? What three things was he concerned about? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What were two of the rules he made himself follow? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. In what ways was the movie successful? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. In what ways was it criticized? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. What problems did Spurlock have afterwards? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Find words or phrases in the article that mean….. paragraph A: 1. length of time ________________ 2. worried ________________ paragraph B: 3. quantity ________________ 4. based on what you´ve heard ________________ paragraph C: 5. stopped selling ________________ 6. choices ________________ paragraph D: 7. increase ________________ 8. problems ________________ paragraph E: 9. unhappy ________________ 10. very bad ________________ GRAMMAR: Past obligation and permission 3. Look at the table on the left. Then complete the table on the right with the correct form of the past modal verbs. Remember that the past of have to and must is the same. 4. Match the endings to complete the rules. 1. We use must and have to if something a isn´t allowed. 2. We use can´t if something b is allowed.
3. We use be allowed to and can if something c is necessary.
4. We use don´t have to if something d isn´t necessary.