F2F Class Notes 20th January (Celeste)***

Demo StudentAllison

Homework

Write a story about the important life lessons you learned from your parents and which lessons will you teach your daughter? Upload your writing in your next class.

Vocabulary

Review

Different jobs can supplement your working experience.

Reading more books could help your supplemental knowledge.

I couldn’t sustain being with that guy even for one minute.

I’m content that you will give back my money tomorrow.

I’m a non-resident in Shanghai.

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.”

Vocabulary

temperamental adj. – moody, irritable, or sensitive

eg. My boss is a temperamental person.

metabolism ( meh – tab – bull – ism ) n. -chemical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained, and destroyed, and by which energy is made available

eg. I have a fast metabolism.

obesity ( Oh – bee – si tee ) n. – the condition of being very fat or overweight

eg. The obesity rate in the US is very high.

obese adj. – My dog is obese.

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