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lesson 2.1: Food for health - Coggle Diagram
lesson 2.1: Food for health
vocabulary
a) In some parts of the world, people suffer from poverty because they don’t have enough to eat.
b) Many children are undernourished and don’t get enough protein, vitamins and minerals to grow properly.
c) Obesity is caused by eating more food than your body needs, or eating too much of the wrong kind of food.
d) Fast food, processed food and sugary drinks and snacks contain a lot of carbohydrates and fat so they have a lot of calories.
e) But this kind of food is not the good quality, useful food that your body needs, and that’s why it’s sometimes called junk food.
f) What’s more, this kind of food is quite cheap, so there is a link between obesity and poverty.
g) Eating a vegetarian diet can be just as healthy as a diet that includes meat.
h) Reducing food waste is important because around one-third of food produced is thrown away
listening task
It does not dehydrate us
Because it make you healthy
Use of english
Abstract nouns
Abstract nouns refer to ideas, qualities, or states, not physical objects.
Examples: illness, poverty, nutrition, health, happiness, freedom…
Rules
General meaning → no the / a
Ex: Poverty is a big problem.
Ex: Nutrition is important.
Specific meaning → use the
Ex: The poverty in rural areas is serious.
Ex: The health of the planet is important.
Specific: the + Abstract noun (+ of + Noun)
Reflection
In this lesson, I learned three important things.
First, I learned new vocabulary about food and health, such as malnutrition, obesity, junk food, undernourished, food waste, and vegetarian.
Second, I learned how to use abstract nouns. We don’t use the or a when the meaning is general, but we use the when the meaning is specific.
Finally, I learned how to apply both vocabulary and grammar to write about problems like health, food, and the environment more clearly and correctly.