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воскресенье, 20 мая 2012 г.
Conversation Questions on Junk Food
1) What springs to mind when you hear the term ‘junk food’?
2) How often do you eat junk food?
3) What is it about junk food that is so bad for us?
4) Do you think there should be a junk food tax to help pay for people who go to hospital with heart and weight problems?
5) Why is junk food so delicious?
6) Are parents who feed junk food to their children irresponsible?
7) Do you think there’ll be more or less junk food in the future?
8) What junk food do you really, really like?
9) Is the junk food from your country tastier than the junk food from other countries?
10) How can you change your lifestyle to eat less junk food?
2) How often do you eat junk food?
3) What is it about junk food that is so bad for us?
4) Do you think there should be a junk food tax to help pay for people who go to hospital with heart and weight problems?
5) Why is junk food so delicious?
6) Are parents who feed junk food to their children irresponsible?
7) Do you think there’ll be more or less junk food in the future?
8) What junk food do you really, really like?
9) Is the junk food from your country tastier than the junk food from other countries?
10) How can you change your lifestyle to eat less junk food?
11) Do lots of people eat junk food in your country?
12) Does your government educate people about the dangers of junk food?
13) Do you think junk food makers are immoral and should think more about people’s health?
14) What do you think of people who eat mostly junk food?
15) Does junk food or good quality healthy food make you happier?
16) If you had to choose between a strict vegetarian diet forever or a junk food diet forever, which would you choose?
17) Why does junk food cost so much?
18) What is the definition of junk food?
19) Is chocolate the most addictive junk food?
20) Do you think people ate junk food hundreds of years ago?
12) Does your government educate people about the dangers of junk food?
13) Do you think junk food makers are immoral and should think more about people’s health?
14) What do you think of people who eat mostly junk food?
15) Does junk food or good quality healthy food make you happier?
16) If you had to choose between a strict vegetarian diet forever or a junk food diet forever, which would you choose?
17) Why does junk food cost so much?
18) What is the definition of junk food?
19) Is chocolate the most addictive junk food?
20) Do you think people ate junk food hundreds of years ago?
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MOTHER'S DAY
Mother's Day is a holiday to honor and give thanks to our mothers. People celebrate the day all over the world. In France, a flower-shaped cake is part of the family meal. In the U.S., most restaurants claim this day as their busiest all year. In many other countries, carnations have a special significance.
Although the holiday is very commercial, it's not a Hallmark holiday. In other words, it's not a holiday created by businesses to make money. Mother's Day actually has its origins long ago in ancient Greece. Rome, which copied much of the Greek way of life, had a similar holiday. So did other countries around the Mediterranean Sea. Unlike today, though, people didn't honor their own mothers. People honored the mother of the gods, Rhea. After the Roman Empire fell, Mother's Day disappeared.
So how did our modern version of the holiday come about?
Many believe that Mother's Day as we know it originated from the British holiday called "Mothering Sunday." All through the Middle Ages in Europe, people brought gifts to their home (or mother) church on the fourth Sunday of Lent. Then in the 16th century, people began to live greater and greater distances from where they had been born. About this time, it also became increasingly common for children to work far from home as servants and apprentices. They would often need the day off to make the journey, which also allowed them to visit their mothers and family. They would bring a cake and pick wildflowers to give as presents, too. From here the holiday was born.
Americans have had a great influence on the holiday, too. A woman named Julia Ward Howe brought the holiday from Britain in the 1870s. She saw it as a way to honor mothers, of course, but also as a way to honor and promote peace. Then in the early 1900s, another woman campaigned for a national holiday for mothers. Her name was Anna Jarvis, and she sent letters to business leaders, clergy members, women's clubs, and anyone else who might help. Within a few years, forty-six States celebrated the holiday. In 1914, Mother's Day became an official holiday, and was quickly commercialized with cards, carnation flowers, and chocolate candy. Anna Jarvis "wanted it to be a day of sentiment, not profit." She also called greeting cards "a poor excuse for the letter you are too lazy to write!"
Different countries celebrate the holiday on different days. Different countries have adopted different traditions. But one thing remains the same everywhere: it's a day to say to your mom, "Thank you."
Although the holiday is very commercial, it's not a Hallmark holiday. In other words, it's not a holiday created by businesses to make money. Mother's Day actually has its origins long ago in ancient Greece. Rome, which copied much of the Greek way of life, had a similar holiday. So did other countries around the Mediterranean Sea. Unlike today, though, people didn't honor their own mothers. People honored the mother of the gods, Rhea. After the Roman Empire fell, Mother's Day disappeared.
So how did our modern version of the holiday come about?
Many believe that Mother's Day as we know it originated from the British holiday called "Mothering Sunday." All through the Middle Ages in Europe, people brought gifts to their home (or mother) church on the fourth Sunday of Lent. Then in the 16th century, people began to live greater and greater distances from where they had been born. About this time, it also became increasingly common for children to work far from home as servants and apprentices. They would often need the day off to make the journey, which also allowed them to visit their mothers and family. They would bring a cake and pick wildflowers to give as presents, too. From here the holiday was born.
Americans have had a great influence on the holiday, too. A woman named Julia Ward Howe brought the holiday from Britain in the 1870s. She saw it as a way to honor mothers, of course, but also as a way to honor and promote peace. Then in the early 1900s, another woman campaigned for a national holiday for mothers. Her name was Anna Jarvis, and she sent letters to business leaders, clergy members, women's clubs, and anyone else who might help. Within a few years, forty-six States celebrated the holiday. In 1914, Mother's Day became an official holiday, and was quickly commercialized with cards, carnation flowers, and chocolate candy. Anna Jarvis "wanted it to be a day of sentiment, not profit." She also called greeting cards "a poor excuse for the letter you are too lazy to write!"
Different countries celebrate the holiday on different days. Different countries have adopted different traditions. But one thing remains the same everywhere: it's a day to say to your mom, "Thank you."
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четверг, 3 мая 2012 г.
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