SESSION 20: EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT

SESSION 20: EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT

NOTE: IN ORDER TO WORK WITH THE TEXT, UNDERSTAND AND PREPARE IT BETTER I RECOMMEND THESE EXERCISES:

THERE WILL BE TWO TYPES OF EXERCISES:

1. EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT: THESE ARE EXERCISES FOCUSING ON THE READING COMPREHENSION, WORKING WITH VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSIONS.

2. EXERCISES FOR DISCUSSION: EXERCISES FOCUSING ON THE PREPARATION FOR THE DISCUSSION.

1. EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT

1.1 TRUE/FALSE: Look at the article and guess whether these sentences are True (T) or False (F):

a. A man who ate a burger named after heart surgery had a heart attack.

b. The man cooked the burger himself at home.

c. The burger contained over 3 kg of beef.
d. There was also a special sauce that went with the burger.
e. The Heart Attack Grill restaurant has dishes with up to 10,000 calories.
f. The restaurant tell customers its food is not bad for their health.
g. The restaurant owner promises customers they won’t put on weight.
h. A warning with the food says customers may need bigger clothes.


1.2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:
1. fate .................... a. heart attack
2. aptly ................... b. steady
3. cardiac arrest ........ c. hardly
4. unique ................. d. method
5. barely ................. e. destiny
6. approach ............. f. one-of-a-kind
7. diners ................. g. advertisement
8. commercial .......... h. appropriately
9. stable ................. i. clothes
10. wardrobe ........... j. patrons


1.3 PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from this article (sometimes more than one option is possible):
1. A man at a fast food restaurant tempted ..... a. arrest
2. specializes in cholesterol ....................... b. effects
3. he suffered cardiac .............................. c. talk
4. a unique special sauce ........................... d. fate
5. The gentleman could barely .................... e. at the restaurant
6. The Heart Attack Grill hit ....................... f. size
7. Diners .............................................. g. packed food
8. The ad warns of possible side .................. h. full of saturated fats
9. increase of wardrobe ............................ i. decay
10. tooth .............................................. j. the headlines


1.4 GAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text:
EATERY - BARELY - APTLY - UNIQUE - DISTRESS - BY - CARDIAC - CALL

A man at a Las Vegas fast food restaurant tempted fate            (1) ____________ ordering a “Triple Bypass Burger”. The man was dining at the (2) ____________ named Heart Attack Grill – a fast food (3) ____________ that specializes in cholesterol packed food. He was eating a 6,000-calorie hamburger called a “Triple Bypass Burger” when he suffered (4) ____________ arrest. The restaurant owner, Jon Basso, had to (5) ____________ an ambulance and the customer was taken to hospital. The burger contained over 3 kg of beef, 12 slices of bacon, cheese and a   “(6) ____________ special sauce” full of saturated fats. Mr Basso told Fox News how much (7) ____________ his customer was in: “The gentleman could (8) ____________ talk. He was sweating, suffering,” he said.

STABLE - WEIGH - CONTAIN - MILD - PATIENTS - EFFECTS - HIT - LOSS
The Heart Attack Grill (9) ____________ the headlines for its approach to dining. Some of the high-fat meals on the menu (10) ____________ as many as 10,000 calories. There is even a warning on the door that the food is bad for your health. Diners at the restaurant are called “(11) ____________” and the serving staff takes “prescriptions” as orders. Patients who (12) ____________ more than 158 kg get to eat for free. Mr Basso had a special TV commercial promoting his restaurant. He tells people: “I personally guarantee a (13) ____________ upward progression of body weight.” The ad warns of possible side (14) ____________ that include “repeated increase of wardrobe size, back pain, male breast growth, (15) ____________ of sexual partners, tooth decay and…in some cases, (16) ____________ death may occur”.