Презентация "Chocolate Is Good For Your Heart…" 9 класс

Chocolate Is Good For Your Heart…

Автор презентации: Королева Наталья Анатольевна

ГОУ СОШ № 79 Калининского района Санкт-Петербурга

Which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring?

• studies
• fantastic news
• research
• diet
• heart attacks
• milk chocolate
• risks

• suffering a stroke
• nutrition
• blood pressure
• weight gain
• calories
• sweets
• snack

1 True (T) or false (F)? a. The article says German chocolate is the healthiest in the world. T/F b. A study looked at 20,000 people over an eight-year period. T/F c. Researchers followed people who were on a chocolate diet. T/F d. Researchers found white chocolate helped reduce heart attacks. T/F e. Chocolate cut the chances of strokes more than heart attacks. T/F f. Chemicals in chocolate called flavonols are not found in nature. T/F g. The lead researcher warned people not to eat too much chocolate. T/F h. The researcher suggested replacing sweets with chocolate. T/F 2. Match the following synonyms from the article.

• found
• fantastic
• extensive
• risk
• exhibits
• reduced
• suffering
• compounds
• amounts
• preferably

• Chance
• experiencing
• cut
• volumes
• discovered
• wide-ranging
• mixtures
• wonderful
• if possible
• shows

3. PHRASE MATCH:   (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

chocolate may This is fantastic news for They compared how much chocolate lower the risk dark chocolate was the healthiest at least one The risk of suffering a natural compounds in chocolate Buijsse warns people not to suddenly other high-calorie

a. of heart disease b. called flavonols c. eat lots of chocolate d. be good for your heart e. stroke was cut f. sweets or snacks g. was in their diet h. kind to eat i. bar per week j. all chocolate lovers

GAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text. 1. A study ____________ out in Germany has found that chocolate may be good for your heart. This is ____________ news for all chocolate ____________. The extensive research was conducted over eight years. The research team followed the chocolate-eating ____________ and health of almost 20,000 people. They compared how much chocolate was in their ____________ to the number of heart attacks and strokes people had. Lead researcher Brian Buijsse said: "The good news is that chocolate is not as bad as we used to think, and may even lower the ____________ of heart disease and stroke.” Mr Buijsse said his team found that dark chocolate was the healthiest ____________ to eat: "Dark chocolate exhibits the ____________ effects, milk chocolate fewer, and white chocolate no effects," he said.

carried

fantastic

lovers

habits

diet

risk

kind

greatest

2. The German study showed that people who ate the most chocolate (at ____________ one bar per week) reduced their risk of having a heart attack by 27 per cent. The risk of suffering a stroke was ____________ by as much as 48 per cent. Nutrition ____________ believe that natural compounds in chocolate called flavonols are good for our heart. Flavonols also help reduce blood ____________. They are found in cocoa beans so dark chocolate (which has more cocoa) ____________ more of them than milk chocolate (which has more fat). Buijsse warns people not to ____________ eat lots of chocolate: "Eating higher amounts will most likely result in weight ____________. If people start eating small amounts of chocolate, it should replace something ____________, preferably other high-calorie sweets or snacks." 2. The German study showed that people who ate the most chocolate (at ____________ one bar per week) reduced their risk of having a heart attack by 27 per cent. The risk of suffering a stroke was ____________ by as much as 48 per cent. Nutrition ____________ believe that natural compounds in chocolate called flavonols are good for our heart. Flavonols also help reduce blood ____________. They are found in cocoa beans so dark chocolate (which has more cocoa) ____________ more of them than milk chocolate (which has more fat). Buijsse warns people not to ____________ eat lots of chocolate: "Eating higher amounts will most likely result in weight ____________. If people start eating small amounts of chocolate, it should replace something ____________, preferably other high-calorie sweets or snacks."

least

cut

experts

pressure

contains

suddenly

gain

else

CHOCOLATE DISCUSSION a) What did you think when you read the headline? b)What springs to mind when you hear the word ‘chocolate’? c)How important is chocolate in your life? d)Will you eat more chocolate if it’s healthy for you? e)What do you think of this research? f)Do you prefer dark, milk or white chocolate (why)? g)Have you changed your chocolate-eating habits since you were a child? h)What part does chocolate play in your country’s culture? i)Can you describe how you eat chocolate (what happens in your mouth)? j)What’s the best chocolate in the world? В презентации использованы сайты: www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com http://images.yandex.ru/yandsearch?ed=1&text=%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F%20%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0&p=236&img_url=www.mon.hu%2F2011%2F01%2Fnews-20110124-01030822-2091721637.jpg&rpt=simage http://images.yandex.ru/yandsearch?ed=1&text=%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F%20%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0&p=357&img_url=www.criticallife.ru%2Fusers_images%2F92%2F92302.jpg&rpt=simage