SE Speaking 2020/2021: Text 1

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 6

Text 1

I tried a medieval diet, and I didn't even get that drunk

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Which is not one of the pieces of advice the Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum gives?

1. Don't get stressed out
2. Stretch in the morning
3. Eat 3 meals a day
4. Avoid afternoon naps

What did the writer of the text miss most in this diet?

1. bread
2. wine
3. cheese
4. coffee

Why did they drink 'diluted wine'?

What form does the Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum take?

1. it's an encyclopedia
2. it's a poem
3. it's written like a piece of fiction

Some background on Medieval medicine

4 humours

1. Yellow bile: liver

   -> anger/ bad temper

2. black bile: kidney/ spleen

   -> melancholy/ sadness

3. phlegm: mucus

   -> sluggishness/ indifference

4. blood: also liver

   -> enthusiastic/ active and social

Which type of food/ drink would you miss most?

Would you be open to trying this type of diet? Why (not)?

Any questions?

Do you have any questions about this text?