Unit 11 Food

Session 1 (p.125)“Food poisoning refers to any illness caused

by eating contaminated food.”

e.g. • The use of vaccination refers to an English doctor named Edward Jenner in 18th century.

•Please now refer to the answer on page 3.

refers to

contaminate v.e.g. The untreated disposals from hospitals will contaminate the environment.

Food poisoning remains a fairly common illness affecting about one in three people each year.

remain v.

e.g. SARS continues to remain a research issue in medical science

one in three

e.g. One in five nurses experienced the epidemic. One out of five nurses experienced the epidemic.

“… it (food poisoning) can occur both in the restaurant and in the home.”

“…, careful hygiene and food handling practices can prevent … cases… .”

in the home at home

practices prevent

(n.) sub. (v.) pred. (n. obj.)

cases

“mass production of food”

outbreak of food poisoning

massproductiontransportationmedia

outbreak of outbreak of wasoutbreak of epidemic

break out ( v. phrase) e.g. The epidemic broke out again last spring.

“The US National Food Safety Initiative attributes … to food poisoning.”

2. Food poisoning is rare in our daily life.

attribute sth. to sth. elsee.g. Scientists attributed scurvy to the deficiency of Vitamin C.

“9000 deaths + 6.5 33 million cases”

T or F

(F)1/3 ; fairly common;

It is believed that … .

e.g. It is believed that more than 10 ambulances were out for the rescue.

reckonedstatedassumedreported…

Activity 3 Supplementary reading (p. 128)

“Food can be contaminated …, leading to food poisoning which can be serious … . “

“… young children, the elderly and those with weak immune systems.”

lead to

e.g. Exposure to intense light may lead to eye problems.

those people who are with have weak

immune systems

“About 50 percent of … happens … .”

“food-borne illness”

bear bore borne

e.g. pain-borne experience expenses-borne expedition

• More than 30 percent of the urban pollution comes from the vehicle exhaustion.

• About 50 percent of the students are girls.

“… the golden rule – if in doubt throw it out.”

3. Contaminated food has no effect on people with strong immune systems.

?

T or F

with weak immune systems

too absolute

sub. pred.

T or F (p. 128)

3. Contaminated food has no effect on people with strong immune systems.

(F)

“… those with weak immune systems”

Activity 4 Specification of medicine (p.129)

• accepted: established; conventional; popular;

• Along with the reform comes the new principles of hospital managements.

• …, supplemental B12 may help those … prevent …, which is now … .

help sb. do sth.e.g. help the nurse clean the wards