Breaking News English: Ready-to-Use English Lessons by Sean Banville
Breaking News English: Ready-to-Use English Lessons by Sean Banville
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Ready-to-Use English Lessons by Sean Banville
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Contents
The Article 2 Discussion (Student-Created Qs) 15
Warm-Ups 3 Language Work (Cloze) 16
Vocabulary 4 Spelling 17
Before Reading / Listening 5 Put The Text Back Together 18
Gap Fill 6 Put The Words In The Right Order 19
Match The Sentences And Listen 7 Circle The Correct Word 20
Listening Gap Fill 8 Insert The Vowels (a, e, i, o, u) 21
Comprehension Questions 9 Punctuate The Text And Add Capitals 22
Multiple Choice - Quiz 10 Put A Slash ( / ) Where The Spaces Are 23
Role Play 11 Free Writing 24
After Reading / Listening 12 Academic Writing 25
Student Survey 13 Homework 26
Discussion (20 Questions) 14 Answers 27
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THE ARTICLE
From https://breakingnewsenglish.com//2303/230313-world-obesity.html
Citizens of the world have been given a gloomy and worrying health
warning – half of us will be classed as obese or overweight by 2035. The
World Obesity Federation (WOF) has warned that in just over a decade,
more than four billion people will be too heavy for their own well-being.
There are currently over a billion obese people in the world. The fastest
rising rates are among children and adolescents. The WHO defines
obesity as "abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that presents a risk
to health". A body mass index (BMI) over 25 is considered overweight,
and over 30 is obese. In June 2013, the American Medical Association
Sources: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-64831848
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/mar/02/more-than-half-of-humans-on-track-to-be-
overweight-or-obese-by-2035-report
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/3881302-more-than-half-the-global-population-will-be-
overweight-or-obese-by-2035-report/
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WARM-UPS
1. OBESITY: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about obesity.
Change partners often and share your findings.
2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, talk about these topics or words from the article. What will
the article say about them? What can you say about these words and your life?
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.
3. FAST FOOD: Students A strongly believe fast food should be banned; Students B
strongly believe otherwise. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.
Food
Drink
Computers
Work
Transport
Daily life
5. CITIZEN: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate
with the word "citizen". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them.
Together, put the words into different categories.
6. FOOD: Rank these with your partner. Put the worst at the top. Change partners
often and share your rankings.
• Fries • Kebabs
• Chocolate • Burgers
• Cheesecake • Potato chips
• Pizza • Steak
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VOCABULARY MATCHING
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
10. federation j. All of the people born and living at about the
same time, regarded collectively.
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BEFORE READING / LISTENING
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1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).
2. SYNONYM MATCH: (The words in bold are from the news article.)
1. gloomy a. teenagers
2. classed b. thought to be
3. warned c. inactive
4. adolescents d. termed
5. considered e. tackled
6. repercussions f. depressing
7. worrying g. limiting
8. addressed h. concerning
9. sedentary i. consequences
10. restricting j. cautioned
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GAP FILL
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the world. The fastest rising rates are among children and classified
(4) _____________________. The WHO defines obesity as "abnormal
decade
or (5) _____________________ fat accumulation that presents a risk to
excessive
health". A body mass index (BMI) over 25 is
(6) _____________________ overweight, and over 30 is obese. In June
2013, the American Medical Association (7) _____________________
obesity as a disease. Many health organizations have described it
as a (8) _____________________.
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LISTENING – Guess the answers. Listen to check.
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LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps
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overweight by 2035. The World Obesity Federation (WOF) has warned that
in just (3) ____________________, more than four billion people will be too
heavy for their own well-being. There are currently over a billion obese
people in the world. The (4) ____________________ are among children and
accumulation that presents a risk to health". A body mass index (BMI) over
economic costs on to the younger generation". The federation called for the
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COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
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MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ
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1) How many people will be obese 6) What might there be in the future
by 2035? if we don't act now?
a) around 4 billion a) serious repercussions
b) more than 4 billion b) a population collapse
c) just fewer than 4 billion c) healthcare collapses
d) exactly 4 billion d) fewer seats on airplanes
3) What number on the BMI 8) What did the WOF say needed to
indicates being overweight? be addressed?
a) 25 a) the root causes
b) 30 b) junk food
c) 35 c) food marketing
d) 20 d) exercise regimes
4) What did the American Medication 9) What kind of behaviour are there
Association classify obesity as? greater levels of?
a) a catastrophe a) sedentary behaviour
b) a challenge b) greedy behaviour
c) a disease c) caring behaviour
d) an epidemic d) unpredictable behaviour
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ROLE PLAY
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Role A – Fries
You think fries is the unhealthiest food. Tell the others three
reasons why. Tell them why their food isn't as unhealthy. Also,
tell the others which is the least unhealthy of these (and why):
cheesecake, pizza or steak.
Role B – Cheesecake
You think cheesecake is the unhealthiest food. Tell the others
three reasons why. Tell them why their food isn't as unhealthy.
Also, tell the others which is the least unhealthy of these (and
why): fries, pizza or steak.
Role C – Pizza
You think pizza is the unhealthiest food. Tell the others three
reasons why. Tell them why their food isn't as unhealthy. Also,
tell the others which is the least unhealthy of these (and why):
cheesecake, fries or steak.
Role D – Steak
You think steak is the unhealthiest food. Tell the others three
reasons why. Tell them why their food isn't as unhealthy. Also,
tell the others which is the least unhealthy of these (and why):
cheesecake, pizza or fries.
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AFTER READING / LISTENING
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obese health
5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try
to recall how they were used in the text:
• gloomy • serious
• just • passing
• currently • root
• fastest • highly
• 30 • lack
• described • content
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OBESITY SURVEY
From https://breakingnewsenglish.com//2303/230313-world-obesity.html
Write five GOOD questions about obesity in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student
must write the questions on his / her own paper.
When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.
Q.1.
Q.2.
Q.3.
Q.4.
Q.5.
• Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found
out. Change partners often.
• Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.
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OBESITY DISCUSSION
STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
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OBESITY DISCUSSION
STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
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DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)
STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1. ________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________________
4. ________________________________________________________
5. ________________________________________________________
6. ________________________________________________________
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1. ________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________________
4. ________________________________________________________
5. ________________________________________________________
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LANGUAGE - CLOZE
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Citizens of the world have been given a (1) ____ and worrying health warning – half
of us will be classed (2) ____ obese or overweight by 2035. The World Obesity
Federation (WOF) has warned that in just over a decade, more than four billion
people will be (3) ____ heavy for their own well-being. There are currently over a
billion obese people in the world. The fastest rising (4) ____ are among children and
adolescents. The WHO defines obesity as "abnormal or (5) ____ fat accumulation
that presents a risk to health". A body mass index (BMI) over 25 is considered
overweight, and over 30 is obese. In June 2013, the American Medical Association
classified obesity as a disease. Many health organizations have (6) ____ it as a
pandemic.
The WOF warned (7) ____ action must be taken to avoid "serious repercussions" in
the future. It said the rise was "particularly worrying". It added that, "governments
and policymakers around the world need to do all they can to avoid (8) ____ health,
social, and economic costs (9) ____ to the younger generation". The federation
called for the root causes to be addressed. These include an increased consumption
of (10) ____ processed foods, greater levels of sedentary behaviour, and a lack of
healthcare services to assist (11) ____ weight management. The WOF recommended
restricting the marketing of food that has high fat, salt or sugar (12) ____, and
providing healthy food in schools.
Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
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SPELLING
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Paragraph 1
3. abnormal or veicesexs
4. fat tuamcliocuna
Paragraph 2
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PUT THE TEXT BACK TOGETHER
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( ) billion obese people in the world. The fastest rising rates are among
children and
( ) the world need to do all they can to avoid passing health, social,
and economic costs on to the younger
( ) a decade, more than four billion people will be too heavy for their
own well-being. There are currently over a
( 1 ) Citizens of the world have been given a gloomy and worrying health
warning – half of us will be classed
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PUT THE WORDS IN THE RIGHT ORDER
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CIRCLE THE CORRECT WORD (20 PAIRS)
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Citizens of the world have been given a gleaming / gloomy and worrying
decade, more than four billion people will be too / far heavy for their own
well-being. There are concurrently / currently over a billion obese people in
the world. The fastest rising ratio / rates are among children and
adolescents / adolescence. The WHO defines obesity as "abnormal or
pandemic / epidemic.
The WOF warned / waned immediate action must be taken to avoid "serious
repercussion / repercussions" in the future. It said the raise / rise was
"particularly worrying". It added that, "governments and policymakers
around the world need to do all they can to avoidance / avoid passing
health, social, and economic costs on / in to the younger generation". The
federation called for the root causes to be addressed / posted. These include
Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and
why the correct word is correct. Look up the definition of new words.
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INSERT THE VOWELS (a, e, i, o, u)
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PUNCTUATE THE TEXT AND ADD CAPITALS
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citizens of the world have been given a gloomy and worrying health warning
federation wof has warned that in just over a decade more than four billion
people will be too heavy for their own wellbeing there are currently over a
billion obese people in the world the fastest rising rates are among children
accumulation that presents a risk to health a body mass index bmi over 25 is
repercussions in the future it said the rise was particularly worrying it added
that governments and policymakers around the world need to do all they can
generation the federation called for the root causes to be addressed these
has high fat salt or sugar content and providing healthy food in schools
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PUT A SLASH ( / ) WHERE THE SPACES ARE
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Citizensoftheworldhavebeengivenagloomyandworryinghealthwarni
ng–halfofuswillbeclassedasobeseoroverweightby2035.TheWorldOb
esityFederation(WOF)haswarnedthatinjustoveradecade,morethanf
ourbillionpeoplewillbetooheavyfortheirownwell-being.Therearecu
rrentlyoverabillionobesepeopleintheworld.Thefastestrisingratesare
amongchildrenandadolescents.TheWHOdefinesobesityas"abnormal
orexcessivefataccumulationthatpresentsarisktohealth".Abodymass
index(BMI)over25isconsideredoverweight,andover30isobese.InJu
ne2013,theAmericanMedicalAssociationclassifiedobesityasadiseas
e.Manyhealthorganizationshavedescribeditasapandemic.TheWOFw
arnedimmediateactionmustbetakentoavoid"seriousrepercussions"i
nthefuture.Itsaidtherisewas"particularlyworrying".Itaddedthat,"go
vernmentsandpolicymakersaroundtheworldneedtodoalltheycantoa
voidpassinghealth,social,andeconomiccostsontotheyoungergenera
tion".Thefederationcalledfortherootcausestobeaddressed.Theseincl
udeanincreasedconsumptionofhighlyprocessedfoods,greaterlevels
ofsedentarybehaviour,andalackofhealthcareservicestoassistinweig
htmanagement.TheWOFrecommendedrestrictingthemarketingoffo
odthathashighfat,saltorsugarcontent,andprovidinghealthyfoodinsc
hools.
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FREE WRITING
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ACADEMIC WRITING
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HOMEWORK
2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about this news
story. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any
new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s).
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ANSWERS
VOCABULARY (p.4)
1. b 2. d 3. f 4. e 5. c 6. g 7. a
8. h 9. j 10. l 11. m 12. n 13. k 14. i
1. f 2. d 3. j 4. a 5. b
6. i 7. h 8. e 9. c 10. g
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