F2F Class Notes 24th January (Celeste)***

Demo StudentRoxie

Homework

Read the chili pepper article below 2-3 times. Be prepared to read and talk about it in your next class.

Reading Warm-up

I will bring some medicine because it’s helpful when I will get hurt or sick. And I will also bring a weapon, like a hammer, because it will help me if I meet a zombie or someone who wants to hurt me. I think a map is also helpful because in an apocalypse electronic devices/cell phones will not work anymore. At first / First / Firstly  I will go into a supermarket to take some food and drinks. Then I will go to a safe place and wait for the government or police to save me. If my parents are still alive and we are separated I will try my best to find them before going to a supermarket.  When we get together we will try to survive the apocalypse together.

Pronunciation

r – hammer, hurt

cell ( sell )

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

metabolism ( meh – tab – bull – izzum ) n. – the process of eating, maintaining, expelling food in people and animals

obesity ( Oh – bee – sitee ) n. – condition of being extremely fat or overweight

Pronunciation

pepper ( peh – pur )

capsaicin ( kap – say – iss – in ) – ingredient in chili peppers

strengthen   ( stray ng thin )

ang, eng, ing , ong , ung