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5 Дієт на всі випадки життя

№1. Чорна кава без цукру (2Ккал), йогурт фруктовий (140Ккал), яблуко (35Ккал)

№2. Вівсяні або кукурудзяні пластівці (400Ккал), молоко (95Ккал), банан (120Ккал)

№3. 2 яйця, смажених з беконом (550Ккал), булочка з висівками (250Ккал), сок (50Ккал)

№4. Рогалик з джемом (150Ккал), склянка какао (200Ккал), 1 апельсин (50Ккал)

№5. Грінки (120Ккал), 2 шматочка шинки (300Ккал), кусочок сиру (130Ккал)

Reading and Writing

Look at the advertisement. What does it advertise? Would you buy this product? Why? What attracted you most in this advertisement?

IT'S HERE!

At Last The Pill You've All Been Waiting For! The Pill To End All Pills!

THE PILL TO END ALL OTHER FOOD!

N U T R I XTM

FROM INTERNATIONAL FOOD SUBSTITUTES AND ASSOCIATED CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES INC.

N U T R I XTM

We are proud to announce that we have started full production of this revolutionary new pill which will turn your eating habits upside down and turn your life-style inside out.

N U T R I XTM

• is guaranteed to provide a well-balanced daily diet with all the

nutrients of conventional food, and a whole lot more.

•is rich in body-building protein - as much as in half a dozen eggs,

and has an equally high iron content.

•has as many vitamins as you'd find in 6 pints of milk, 5 pints of yoghurt and 20 pints of beer; it contains as much vitamin E as a fridge-full of margarine.

•allows you a carefully-controlled intake of carbohydrates, starch, sugars etc. and a concentrated source of energy through fats equal to that found in 6 pounds of cottage cheese and 2 whole pounds of cream. Now with the cholesterol problem eliminated!

• contains all essential minerals like calcium and iodine (as much as in 25 family-size packets of salt and bacon-flavoured crisps).

• still has, believe it or not, fewer calories than 5 kilos of suet or lard.

As part of our promotion for this exciting new product, we are offering one free pill when you buy one each from our range of eight tempting flavours:

HONEY STRAWBERRY JAM MARMALADE SOYA SAUCE HAM TOFFEE MALTED MILK BEEF

N U T R I XTM

CRUNCH IT, MUNCH IT LIKE A DIGESTIVE BISCUIT

or

CHEW IT LIKE GUM

or

DISSOLVE IT IN 100 MLS. OF WATER

N U T R I XTM

IT’S AVAILABLE IN YOUR SHOPS, NATIONWIDE NOW!

Writing

Write your own advertisement using this as an example.

Exercise 8

Translate the following sentences:

  1. Сама лише сила волі не може припинити неймовірні нічні приступи голоду.

  2. Щоб контролювати вагу, їжте салати, пийте соки, уникайте кондитерських і макаронних виробів.

  3. Добре збалансована щоденна дієта краща за всі замінники їжі та пігулки.

  4. Ці пігулки нададуть вам ретельно контрольоване споживання вуглеводів, крохмалю та концентроване джерело енергії; вони мають високий вміст заліза, кальцію, йоду, калію та фосфору.

  5. Цей новий медичний препарат має різноманітні спокусливі смаки, не викликає звикання, але має обмежену кількість побічних ефектів: навіює яскраві сни, спричиняє головний біль та короткочасну втрату пам”яті.

Pre-listening

Have you ever heard the story of Frankenstein? What happened in the story? What do you think the members of Greenpeace are protesting against?

Listening

Read the sentences, then listen to the tape and fill in the missing words.

  1. Every …………. thing has genes.

  2. Genetic engineers put duck genes into chickens to make the chickens ………. .

  3. The effects of genetic engineering on our health are not ………… .

  4. The engineers may create life forms – monsters – that we can not ……….. .

  5. Greenpeace is trying to …………. all such food experiments.

  6. Genetic engineering could be the solution to the ………… of famine.

Reading

You are going to read a text about genetically engineered food. Five sentences have been removed from it. Choose from the sentences A-E the one which fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).