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Food for Thought

Food for Thought. Coffee? Tea? Soda such as Coke or Pepsi? Energy drinks?. Do you like to drink …. All the drinks i n the list have caffein . D o you know any other drinks with caffeine?. When and why do people like drinks with caffein ?. Before Fast R eading.

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Food for Thought

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  1. Food for Thought

  2. Coffee? • Tea? • Soda such as Coke or Pepsi? • Energy drinks? Do you like to drink …

  3. All the drinks in the list have caffein. Do you know any other drinks with caffeine?

  4. When and why do people like drinks with caffein?

  5. Before Fast Reading

  6. caffein: a substance that helps tired minds wake up Before fast reading

  7. Mentally Sharper: able to think and understand more quickly • Concentrate: think carefully • Early human beings: the first people who lived • Works of art : the things that artists make • Seafood Before Fast Reading

  8. Fast Reading

  9. What is the main idea of the reading passage? Fast reading

  10. vocabulary

  11. They spend equal amounts of time in California and New York. Amount: how much of something there is or how much is needed

  12. Recent tax increases have affected the poor more than the rich. Increase : a change in something making it larger in number or amount /a rise in amount.

  13. It's a disease which affects mainly older people. Affect: influence or cause some change in a person or a thing

  14. Charles Schulz created the characters 'Snoopy' and 'Charlie Brown'. Create: make or produce something new

  15. Students are supplied with a list of books that they are expected to read. Supply: give what is needed or wanted, especially give it regularly over time

  16. They didn't realize the danger they were in. Realize: know or understand something you did not know before

  17. Try to avoid foods which contain a lot of fat. Contain: have something inside, or have something as a part

  18. According to our records, you owe us $130. According to: as said or described by someone

  19. A."I haven't got that form with me." • B. "No matter - here's another.” No matter:It is not a problem

  20. I usually feed the neighbour'scat while she's away. feed: to give food to a person, group or animal

  21. Luckily, the museum was not damaged by the earthquake.’’ Luckily:because of good luck, fortunately

  22. Don't let him see you. It will only mean trouble. Mean: to have a particular result or involve something

  23. They raised two hundred pounds or so for charity. or so:approximately

  24. He retired immediately after the end of the war. Immediately:very soon before or after something

  25. TRUE FALSE

  26. Your brain is small but uses a lot of energy

  27. true

  28. The foods you eat affect the way your brain works

  29. TRUE

  30. When a food causes changes in your brain, you can always feel it.

  31. FALSE

  32. Maybe eating fish helped make the human brain bigger

  33. true

  34. All kinds of fat are bad for you

  35. false

  36. Children’s brains grow and change, but adult brains don’t.

  37. false

  38. Scanning

  39. The foods you eat give your body………….

  40. ENERGY

  41. The brain makes up only…………..percent of your body’s total weight.

  42. 2-3

  43. The brain uses……….percent of the energy from your food.

  44. 20-30

  45. The ………..in coffee makes people feel more awake.

  46. CAFFEINE

  47. A. ‘Eating breakfast ………………………….’ • B. ‘………………………...’are good for older brains. • C. ‘Eating large amount of animal fat………………’ • D. ‘ ………………really is ‘brain food’’ Scientists have found that:

  48. A. makes students do better on tests • B. Spinach, berries, and other colorful fruits and vegetables. • C. makes learning more difficult • D. fish

  49. Early human brains grew from about……….to about………….

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