Objective Advanced unit 20

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

unit 20

We are what we eat

in what ways can what we eat
have a negative impact on our health?

If it is true that you are what you eat, what do you think you would be?

what do we know about yin and yang?

in what situation has food had
a dramatic impact on history?

reading

Have a look at the opinions in ex. 2. underline the key words. this will help you find the right text.

Now read the texts fairly quickly to see what they are about and link them to the opinions 1-4.

Then do ex 3.

vocabulary

Mind the clues you get in the sentences, for example after a or the you get a noun. If the missing word is before a noun you get an adjective.

Mind that you sometimes are given the right part of speech but the intention is that you turn it into a negative.

do ex 1 and 2

hypothesising

There are different ways to signal a hypothesis or a proposition.

Language used for hypothesising is sensitive to register ( informal/ formal) and context, but there is some overlap and , for example, tone of voice can also turn informal into formal and vice versa.

formal language ( speaking and writing)

Particle phrases

Allowing for the fact (that) …

Given that …

Speculating for a moment, …

Inversion

Were we to …

Had we …

If we were to …

Let often introduces a hypothesis in formal speech

Let me describe a hypothetical case …

Let us imagine / consider / suppose / assume that …

Let us imagine / consider

Neutral speech and informal writing

These phrases are shorter and simpler than the ones above

If we had …

I wonder …

Suppose …

What if …

Just imagine …

If only ….

Now do ex. 1 and 2 + corpus spot

TIP FOR THE TEST:

Have a thorough look at Hypothesising on p. 173/4. 

You'll find clear example sentences there and perhaps you want to learn the phrases by heart in preparation for the test ;) 

--> you'll be able to freely use them on a test then :D

reading

do ex. 1-4