2A Reading and Vocabulary What Tickles Your Taste Buds

• I can identify paraphrases in an article and talk about appetite triggers.

Match the highlighted phrases to the underlined parts

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.

Underlined: you get a sudden message from your stomach

2 It’s important to let your body digest dinner before doing anything energetic.

Underlined: let your body digest dinner

3 When I come home from sports training, I usually eat everything I can find.

Underlined: eat

4 Come over now and I’m sure I can quickly cook something to eat.

Underlined: quickly cook

5 Even when you’re watching your diet, I think something tasty and full of unhealthy ingredients is OK just occasionally.

Underlined: something tasty and full of unhealthy ingredients

Which writer? Seven questions, three readers

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?

Which writer … 2 □ wants the reader to visualise a situation?

Which writer … 3 □ believes people are manipulated to eat unhealthily?

Which writer … 4 □ mentions something that does not only trigger a desire for food?

Which writer … 5 □ mentions more than one sense that reacts to the appetite trigger?

Which writer … 6 □ compares his appetite trigger with other people’s?

Which writer … 7 □ cites other appetite triggers that do not affect him?

3 Read extract a and its paraphrase b. Then study Active Reading and answer questions 1–3 below.

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?

What makes you reach for a snack?

Everyone knows that it’s important to have a regular routine regarding meals, but it’s also true to say that it’s often impossible to ignore hunger pangs outside regular mealtimes, when we give in to temptation of one type or another and indulge ourselves. We wanted to hear what can trigger people’s appetites – when and why they succumb to temptation. Here are some contributions from different readers. Can you relate to any of these?

Reader A: the food on the TV screen

Reader B: boredom between activities

Now a reader who snacks when nothing else is going on.

Reader C: the smell of fresh bread

And a third reader, whose trigger is a smell.

Paraphrasing: say it again, differently

• 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.

Ten verbs for food and temptation

4 Complete the sentences with the verbs from the box.

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.