1 Match the highlighted words and phrases in the article to the underlined parts of the sentences.
1 Even if you’re not particularly hungry, if you smell freshly baked bread, you get a sudden message from your stomach.
2 It’s important to let your body digest dinner before doing anything energetic.
3 When I come home from sports training, I usually eat everything I can find.
4 Come over now and I’m sure I can quickly cook something to eat.
5 Even when you’re watching your diet, I think something tasty and full of unhealthy ingredients is OK just occasionally.
Answers
1 your stomach rumbles 2 let your dinner go down 3 devour 4 rustle up 5 comfort eating
2 Match questions 1–7 with writers A–C. Each writer may be chosen more than once.
Which writer …
1 □ connects an appetite trigger to an emotion or a state of mind?
2 □ wants the reader to visualise a situation?
3 □ believes people are manipulated to eat unhealthily?
4 □ mentions something that does not only trigger a desire for food?
5 □ mentions more than one sense that reacts to the appetite trigger?
6 □ compares his appetite trigger with other people’s?
7 □ cites other appetite triggers that do not affect him?
Answers
1 B 2 A 3 C 4 C 5 A 6 B 7 A
3 Read extract a and its paraphrase b. Then study Active Reading and answer questions 1–3 below.
a I used to be a midnight snacker. I’m sure this is what triggered my sleepless nights.
b He blames the onset of his insomnia on late night eating habits.
1 Which phrase from extract a is reflected in the reporting verb blame in paraphrase b?
2 In sentence b, find synonyms for triggered, sleepless nights and I used to be a midnight snacker.
3 What other main difference do you notice between the extract a and the paraphrase?
Answers
1 I’m sure this is what triggered 2 onset, insomnia, late night eating habits 3 The paraphrase is shorter.
ACTIVE READING|Identifying paraphrases
• You can use reporting verbs to introduce paraphrased opinions and information, e.g., criticise, blame, verify, etc.
Some people don’t know when to stop eating and he says that this is completely their own fault.
Paraphrase: He criticises people who lack self-control over their eating.
• The paraphrase may use synonyms: He thinks that … – He is of the opinion that …
• The paraphrase may be shorter and combine information from more than one sentence.
4 Complete the sentences with the verbs from the box.
| bombarded devoured sneak strike succumbed trawl triggered wafting water wavering |
1 I had to.............................through all my old emails to find the information I was looking for.
2 I was starving and........................the whole plate of sandwiches in five minutes.
3 The smell of roast lamb...........................from the kitchen always makes my stomach rumble.
4 By the fifth kilometre of the marathon, my enthusiasm for the experience was..............................
5 When I was young, I used to...............................into the kitchen to snack at night.
6 We’re............................with adverts for fast food every day on TV and online.
7 The smell of my mum’s lemon cheesecake always makes my mouth........................
8 His action...................... a massive response from the people.
9 My hunger pangs.......................... when I miss breakfast and skip straight to lunch.
10 Fadi........................... to temptation and had a second serving of the stew.
Answers
1 trawl 2 devoured 3 wafting 4 wavering 5 sneak 6 bombarded 7 water 8 triggered 9 strike 10 succumbed
5 SPEAKING In pairs, discuss appetite triggers that you have, which foods you fi nd hard to resist and what you do to practise self control over your eating.
Answers
Student's own answers
