SESSION 1:
EAT IT UP!
Ummmmmm, yummy!!!! ... or not?
For most of us, this is neither appealing nor a possible choice for our meals. But there are many reasons to think that insects would be the best alternative to meat in the future...
1. Watch this video: Eating insects: Should we be eating more? Why are they so good? and answer the two questions in the title.
2. What's the term that explains the practice of eating insects, especially by people? Use the Internet to find the answer.
3. Read the text about lab-grown meat and answer the questions below:
Earlier this year, Dutch scientists successfully produced in-vitro meat, also known as cultured meat. They grew strips of muscle tissue using stem cells taken from cows, which were said to resemble calamari in appearance. They hope to create the world's first "test-tube burger" by the end of the year.
The first scientific paper on lab-grown meat was funded by Nasa, says social scientist Dr Neil Stephens, based at Cardiff University's ESRC Cesagen research centre. It investigated in-vitro meat to see if it was a food astronauts could eat in space. Ten years on and scientists in the field are now promoting it as a more efficient and environmentally friendly way of putting meat on our plates.
A recent study by Oxford University found growing meat in a lab rather than slaughtering animals would significantly reduce greenhouse gases, along with energy and water use. Production also requires a fraction of the land needed to raise cattle. In addition, it could be customised to cut the fat content and add nutrients.
Prof Mark Post, who led the Dutch team of scientists at Maastricht University, says he wants to make lab meat "indistinguishable" from the real stuff, but it could potentially look very different. Stephens, who is studying the debate over in-vitro meat, says there are on-going discussions in the field about what it should look like.
He says the idea of such a product is hard for people to take on board because nothing like it currently exists. "We simply don't have a category for this type of stuff in our world, we don't know what to make of it," he says. "It is radically different in terms of provenance and product." (taken from BBC News)
a. What other names does lab-grown meat receive?
b. What are the main benefits of commercializing this type of meat both in economy and in our bodies?
c. What is the main drawback of lab meat?
d. Find words in the text that mean:
cuts (1st para.)
bolster up (2nd para.)
snippet (3rd para.)
at present (5th para.)
Phrasals
4. Match these phrasal verbs with its definition. There are two extra meanings.
eat up
cut back on
give up
work on
keep up with
turn down
End-of-week assignment: Write a 150-word essay with the title: Which would you prefer to eat: insect or lab-grown meat? Explain the reasons
SESSION 2:
OTHER WAYS TO SAY IF:
UNLESS, AS LONG AS, PROVIDING, PROVIDE,
IN CASE, SUPPOSING, EVEN IF, OTHERWISE
'If' is a word that is often used to introduce conditional sentences. It's not the only way, though.
1. Watch this video and write the connectors he mentions and the example he gives for each:
2. What connectors that appear in the title are not mentioned in the video? Write a sentence with each.
READ MORE ABOUT ALTERNATIVES TO IF
3. Go to page 36 and 37 from your books Shape the Future 2 and do exercises 5-7.
SESSION 3:
SPANISH SPEAKERS' MAIN MISPRONUNCIATIONS
Diphthongs, a tricky word itself, are one of the hardest parts for Spanish speakers in terms of pronunciation and this is mainly due to the fact that English letters can be pronounced in several ways. For instance, i can be said as /ɪ/ or /aɪ/, an o as /ɒ/ or /əʊ/, etc. Added to this, English vowels are pronounced /ə/ when they are unstressed. This leads to many mistakes. These are some of the most common:
Right Wrong
since /sɪns/ /sains/*
abroad /əˈbrɔːd/ /aˈbroud/*
afraid /əˈfreɪd/ /aˈfred/*
said /sed/ /seɪd/*
both /bəʊθ/ /boθ/*
old /əʊld/ /old/*
comfortable /ˈkʌmftəbl/ /komforˈteibol/*
Ian /ˈiːən/ /ˈaian/*
image /ˈɪmɪʤ/ /iˈmeiʤ/*
famous /ˈfeɪməs/ /ˈfamous/*
1. These are the main diphthongs in English:
2. Discuss the pronunciation of the words below with your partners and put the words in the right column:
aʊ ɪə eɪ ʊə əʊ ɔɪ eə aɪ
great high brain here make play near bear go buy low so boat deer boy voice weird toy air type endure height there eight they how tour
shoulder bode noise pear time loud rare lie how share pure
about cow toe my mouse allow eye poor
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