Стр.46 Рабочая тетрадь ГДЗ Вербицкая Forward 8 класс
VOCABULARY AND WRITING 7 Compare the meanings of the English word diet and the Russian word «диета». Are they the same?
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Приведем выдержку из задания из учебника Вербицкая, Гаярделли, Редли 8 класс, Вентана-Граф:
VOCABULARY AND WRITING
7 Compare the meanings of the English word diet and the Russian word «диета». Are they the same? Which word is wider in its meaning?
Diet — (1) the kind of food that a person or animal eats each day: balanced/healthy/poor diet
It is important to have a balanced, health)/ diet.
vegetarian/high-fibre/Western diet
(2) a limited range and amount of food that you eat when you want to get thinner:
go/he on a diet
Mary always seems to be on a diet.
(3) a limited type of food and drink that someone is allowed because they have a health problem:
a salt-free diet
Диета — специально установленный режим питания. Соблюдать диету. Строгая диета. Больной на диете.
8 Translate these sentences into Russian. Pay special attention to the word diet.
1 What is a common diet in Russia?
2 Is a vegetarian diet popular in Russia?
3 The doctor recommended a salt-free diet.
4 A balanced, healthy diet helps teenagers to study better.
5 I have to go on a diet — my jeans are too tight for me.
9 Paraphrase the following with special attention to the underlined phrases.
1 For millions of years man’s diet was more than 80 percent vegetarian.
2 One important clue is our teeth.
3 In the 1960s more and more people in the west decided to give up meat in their diets.
4 In most countries people who never eat meat are still a very small minority.
10 Write a short summary of the text ‘Was Fred Flintstone a vegetarian?’ on page 53 in your Student’s Book (5-6 sentences).
READING AND SPEAKING
11 Do you know why the text ‘Was Fred Flintstone a vegetarian?’ bears this title? Who was Fred Flintstone? Read the text about the Flintstones and explain or paraphrase the title.
Fred Flintstone is the main character of an animated cartoon series which was produced in the USA in 1960-s. The action is set in prehistoric times and Fred is a Stone Age man, who lives in the fictional town of Bedrock. In this fantastic world dinosaurs coexist with cave people. Cave people enjoy ‘primitive’ versions of modem conveniences such as telephones and cars. Like 20th century people these cavemen listen to records and eat out at restaurants, but their technology is made entirely from pre-industrial materials. For example, the cars are made out of stone, wood and animal skins and powered by the passengers’ feet.
In 1991 there appeared a comedy, an adaptation of the 1960s animated television series The Flintstones’ with John Coodman as Fred Flintstone. Thentask is also a popular videogame with the same title.
12 Complete the sentences and use them in a talk on ‘Children and the water’.
1 Our brains need water to send messages and make connections.
2 Drinking more water improves children’s health, behaviour, learning and test results.
3 Some children drink too many fizzy drinks which have too much sugar.
4 Such drinks are unhealthy and they cause discipline problems.
5 When children drink more water, they concentrate better.
6 When children drank sugary water, they were much noisier and didn’t behave well.
7 To sum up, when children drink more water at school and at home, they are healthier and happier.