Arbeitsblatt: Healthy nutrition

Additional material New World 3 Unit 2 Healthy nutrition 6 minutes English, BBC Podcast – Feed your brain part one 1. Look at the title and the picture. Think about what the following radio report might be about. 2. Listen to the first part of the radio report from BBC, 6 minutes English Write down at least 10 words you understood. . . 3. Listen again and add other words you understood. . . 4. Look at the transcript of the radio report. Highlight synonyms and other familiar words. Choose three words per paragraph and write them in the margin next to the paragraph. 1 Feed your brain Has this ever happened to you? You eat doughnut and get sugar rush, strong feeling of excitement and energy only to collapse an hour later with headache? Foods aEects us more than we realise. Thats because what we eat alters our brain chemistry, changing our mood and emotions. Our brain is working 24 hours day, even while we sleep. So, it needs more fuel than other body parts. So, can we eat our way to feeling happy? In this programme well be discussing the relationship between the food and the brain and as usual, well be learning some useful new vocabulary as well. Sounds great, Georgie, but first have question for you. Humans, with an average brain weighing one-and-a-half kilos, are one of the cleverest animals, but which mammal has the biggest brain? Is it: A) an African elephant B) dolphin or C) sperm whale. think its an African elephant. Ok, reveal the answer later in the programme. Now, did you know that despite making up only 2% of our total weight, our brain uses 20% of the bodys energy. Nutritionist Dr. Reeta Achari does. She things we should be specifically eating for our brains, as she explained to BBC World Service Programme, The Food Chain: Eating every day, right? And eating balanced diet, so you get the full complement of vitamins and minerals is critical. If you go low in something and one day, if you just, you know, dont eat any protein for day – or for me, in my situation. If dont eat any vegetables, know the next day, Im not as sharp. Number one on Dr. Acharis list of brain foods is regular and balanced diet. diet containing the proper types and amounts of food needed to stay healthy. Remember the Rainbow Rule: eat foods of many diEerent colours with lots of leafy greens. balanced diet also includes diEerent types of nutrients – vitamins, fibre, protein and so on. But including these isnt always possible. 2 5. Using the keywords you wrote in the margins, write summary. . . . . . . 3 Feed your brain 6. Listen again to the radio report. Fill in the missing words. Has this ever happened to you? You eat doughnut and get , strong feeling of excitement and energy only to . an hour later with .? Foods aOects us more than we realise. Thats because what we eat alters our . chemistry, changing our mood and Our brain is working 24 hours day, even while we It needs more than other body parts. So, can we eat our way to feeling happy? In this programme well be discussing the between the food and the brain and as usual, well be learning some useful new . as well. Sounds great, Georgie, but first have question for you. , with an average brain weighing one-and-a-half kilos, are one of the . animals, but which mammal has the . brain? Is it: A) An African elephant. B) dolphin. C) sperm whale. think its an African elephant. Ok, reveal the answer later in the programme. 4 Now, did you know that despite making up only . of our total weight, our brain uses of the bodys energy. Eating every day, right? and eating ., so you get the full complement of and is critical. If you go in something and one day, if you just, you know, dont eat any protein for day – or for me, in my situation. If dont eat any , know the next day, Im not as . Number one on Dr. Acharis list of brain foods is and diet. diet containing the proper types and mounts of food needed to stay healthy. Remember the : Eat foods of many diOerent with lots of leafy greens. balanced diet also includes diOerent types of nutrients – vitamins, fibre, and so on. But including these isnt always possible. Correct your answers using the transcript. 5