Eating only meat (P40)
江苏省盐城市亭湖高级中学 丁玲
I. Lead-in
What do you usually have for the three main meals of the day?
What benefits can you get from these foods?
 
II. Skimming
Go through the passage quickly and analyze its structure.
 
III. Scanning
Read the passage again and find out more detailed information. 
 

IV. Discussion
Work in pairs and think about the following questions:
1. Is all food we eat healthy?
Do not touch, buy or eat wild animals (game). Try to avoid visiting markets that sell live animals.
2. What do you think is a balanced diet?
 

V. Summary
Proverb
Food is the first necessity of man.
民以食为天。
You are what you eat.
人如其食。
The first wealth is health.
健康是人生的第一财富。

VI. Language focus
Useful expressions:
 
Difficult sentences:
1. I went into this thing, thinking that this carnivore diet was kind of whacky (怪诞的), but this is as good as I’ve felt in a long time.
这是一个________。____连接两个并列句，_____是非谓语动词，_____引导的是宾语从句。
其中 go into…意为______；kind of意为______。 （并列复合句；but；thinking；that；从事……；有点儿）
我做这个事的时候，以为这种肉食性饮食是有点儿怪异的，但是现在这么长时间以来我感觉很好。

2. Speaking to CNBC, Linda Van Horn, chief nutrition expert at Northwestern University, said that studies consistently show that a high-quality diet with a variety of nutrients is associated with “a better quality of life, longevity (长寿) and reduced risk of chronic (慢性的) diseases”.
这是一个______。第一个that引导的是_______，第二个that引导的是________，_______是非谓语动词。 （复合句；宾语从句；宾语从句；Speaking）
      其中 a variety of=_____________，意为_________；be associated with意为________。 （varieties of/various；各种各样的；和……有关）
      在美国消费者新闻与商业频道中，西北大学首席营养专家琳达·范·霍恩说，研究一致表明：含有多种营养物的高质量饮食和较高质量的生活、长寿以及慢性病风险的降低有关。

3. She added that the energy boost people claim to feel from the carnivore diet is probably not because of the meat.
这是一个______。_____引导的是宾语从句, __________________________是定语从句，先行词是___________，在定语从句中作________，省略了_____________。 （复合句；that；people claim to feel from the carnivore diet；the energy boost；feel的宾语；关系代词that或which ）
她补充说，人们声称从这种肉食性饮食中所感觉到的能量提升，可能不是因为肉本身。

VII. Homework
Faced with the epidemic of COVID-19, can you give some suggestions on how to stay healthy? Please write a short article of 150 words.