Ted talk

1. Jamie Oliver – Teach every child about food
http://www.ted.com/talks/jamie_oliver.html
Answer the questions
Before watching
 Who is Jamie Oliver? What does he do? Is he well-known in your country?
 Read the title of the talk. What do you think the talk will be about?
 What is obesity and how is it related to diet related diseases?
 What is junk food and how often do you consume it? Is it healthy?
 Have you ever cooked? If yes, do you remember the recipe and the ingredients
that you used?
While watching
1. What does the diagram show?
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2. What is impressive about Brittany?
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3. Complete what is missing on the triangle that Mr Oliver presented in the talk
as the “Landscape of food”
4. What was food like 30 years ago?(think about production, cooking,
consumption) . What has changed since then?
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5. What seems to be the problem with the labeling of foods in the USA?
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6. What facts did Mr Oliver present about food consumed at American schools?
What impressed you the most?
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7. Is food education included in the school curriculum?
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Olga Xenitopoulou

2. After watching
 What is the purpose of this talk?
 What seems to be the problem with the American food culture? Is the same
problem encountered in your country and to what extent?
 Is obesity a preventable disease?
 Do you know any people who are overweight? How do they deal with it?
 Are life skills like cooking taught at schools? Do you think they should be
taught?
 According to Jamie Oliver, what can be done so as to fight obesity? Do you
agree? Do you have any other suggestions?
Write
At the end of his TED talk Jamie Oliver made a wish: “ My wish is for you to
help a strong sustainable movement to educate every child about food, to inspire
families to cook again and to empower people everywhere to fight obesity”.
Write an essay expressing your opinion on whether you believe that Mr Oliver’s
suggestions can be effective so as to fight obesity. Do you have any other
suggestions?
Quotes
“Every one of your individual efforts makes a difference”
“If the kids don’t know what stuff (food) is, then they will never eat it.”
“Your child will live a life ten years younger than you because of the landscape of
food that we’ve built around them.”
Olga Xenitopoulou

3. Activities
1. Visit dictionary.cambridge.org , look up and write down the meaning of the
following words or phrases. Write an example as well.
a. purveyor :
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b. movers and shakers:
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c. the eye of the storm :
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d. tangible :
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e. processed :
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f. the time is ripe :
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g. additives :
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h. reboot :
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i. rant :
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Olga Xenitopoulou

4. 2. Match the following phrasal verbs to their meanings.
slag somebody off / pass something on / wean somebody on / wean somebody off /
roll out
1. ………………………………… : learn about and be influenced at a young
age
2. …………………………………. : to make a new product, service or system
available for the first time.
3. ………………………………….. : criticize somebody
4. ……………………………………: to make somebody gradually using what
is bad for them
5. ……………………………………. : to give something to someone, after
someone else gave it to you:
3. Now write a sentence for each phrasal verb
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Olga Xenitopoulou