F2F Class Notes 23rd January (Celeste)***

Demo StudentCatherine

Homework

Read the article below at home. Be prepared to read it in class and talk about it.

Eating chili peppers helps you live longer

There is good news for lovers of chili peppers – they can help you live longer. Researchers in the US found that capsaicin, an ingredient in red chili peppers, may boost the metabolism, strengthen the heart and help with blood pressure and obesity. People who regularly ate chili had a 13% lower risk of dying early. Researchers said hot red chili pepper was associated with reduced mortality and, “may be a beneficial component of the diet”.

The researchers asked 16,179 adults about their health, lifestyle, income and diet. The researchers analysed the deaths in the 18 years after. Of the 4,946 participants who died, 21.6% regularly ate chili compared with 33.6% who did not. Britain’s health service said people should not rely on one “superfood” like chili. It said: “Eat a balanced diet high in a variety of fruit and vegetables, limit salt, sugar and saturated fat, stay active [and] avoid smoking.”

Fish vs. Fishes

http://grammarist.com/usage/fish-fishes/

Vocabulary

native English speaker in the US vs. American

( ‘ ) apostrophe ( uh – paw – struh – fee ) – I’m, you’re, he’ll, it’s

possessive ( puh – zess  -iv )adj. – to show ownership

eg. my cup, his hat, her dog

eg. the dog’s tail, the baby’s toy, the in-laws’ house

cinema – movies, theather

cinematic – like a movie

eg. They had a cinematic love.

sleep with the fishes – gangster idiom to mean kill somebody by drowning them or burying them in water

jeopardy (je – purdee ) n. -hazard or risk of or exposure to loss, harm, death, or injury

Grammar

People are hard to get these things. –  It’s hard to get these things. 

These situations are hard / they are hard. 

meats – countable

fishes vs. fish

We grow up stronger. – China is developing and becoming stronger.