Havo 4, dinsdag 7/12

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Good morning!

Today:

- Reading (individually or together)

Ground rules

When someone speaks, the rest is quiet.

We are all here to learn (including me), so we don’t make fun of each other’s answers.

I would prefer you answering questions in English, but if you really can’t come up with an answer, Dutch is fine as well.

Individually or together?

Decide if you want to join Lessonup, or if you want to work on the texts individually.

Individually? -> make sure that you have finished text 5 and 6 when you come back at 11:00

Text 5 - Taste stubbed out

Read the text and mark any words that you are unfamiliar with

Write down which words you have marked

10. Which of the following fits the gap?

1. Influence of the media on
2. Interest of health
3. Power of branding on
4. Tobacco industry’s neglect of

Text 6 - Is meat the fix?

Read the text and mark any words that you are unfamiliar with

Write down which words you have marked

11. What point is made about vegans in paragraph 2? 

A They are often ambitious and successful athletes.

B They can be fit and develop healthy physiques.

C They find it annoying to have to explain their principles.

D They lead more rewarding lives than non-vegans.

E They strongly disapprove of people who eat meat.

12. What is the function of paragraph 3?

1. To add a point to the one made in paragraph 2
2. To analyse one of the points made in paragraph 2
3. To illustrate the point made in paragraph 2
4. To modify the point made in paragraph 2

13. Welke van de volgende stijlfiguren gebruikt Ron Grainger in alinea 4?

1. Herhaling
2. Opsomming
3. Overdrijving
4. Relativering

“At best, his experiences are anecdotal.” (alinea 1) Ben Martin (tweede brief) maakt een opmerking die op hetzelfde neerkomt.

14. Citeer de eerste twee woorden van de zin waarin dit gebeurt.

15. What becomes clear in the second letter? Ben Martin criticises John Nicholson for

A deliberately misinterpreting important scientific evidence.

B denying that he adopted unhealthy eating habits.

C failing to give sufficient information about the food he consumed.

D neglecting to mention why he writes about veganism.

E refusing to admit there are many healthy vegan dishes.