1. 1) Match the words to their meaning.
1 Prescription
2 Dining
3 Packed
4 Cardiac arrest
5 To suffer
6 Unique
7 Triple Bypass
8 Distress
9 Guarantee
10 To sweat
11 Side effects
12 Aptly
13 Cholesterol
14 Commercial
a The name of a heart operation, heart surgery
b Advertisement
c Hearth attack
d Negative symptoms
e Full
f Promise
g Medical treatment written on a piece of paper
h Eating
i To exercise or get hot so that water comes out of your skin
j To experience emotional or physical pain
k Fat related to the body
l Pain and suffering
m Exclusive
n Appropriately, suitably
A man at a Las Vegas fast food restaurant nearly died after he ordered a “Triple Bypass Burger”. The man was
dining at the aptly named Heart Attack Grill – a fast food restaurant that specializes in cholesterol packed food.
He was eating a 6,000-calorie hamburger called a “Triple Bypass Burger” when he suffered cardiac arrest. The
restaurant owner, Jon Basso, had to call an ambulance and the customer was taken to hospital. The burger
contained over 3 kg of beef, 12 slices of bacon, cheese and a “unique special sauce” full of saturated fats. Mr.
Basso told Fox News how much distress his customer was in: “The gentleman could barely talk. He was sweating,
suffering,” he said
The Heart Attack Grill hit the headlines for its attitude to dining. Some of the high-fat meals on the menu contain
as many as 10,000 calories. There is even a warning on the door that the food is bad for your health. Customers
at the restaurant are called “patients” and the waiters and waitresses take “prescriptions” as orders. Patients
who weigh more than 158 kg get to eat for free. Mr Basso had a special TV commercial promoting his restaurant.
He tells people: “I personally guarantee a stable increase of body weight.” The ad warns of possible side-effects
that include; “repeated increase of wardrobe size, back pain, male breast growth, loss of partners, tooth decay
and…in some cases, death may occur”.
Article from BBC News US & Canada.
2) Read the next article.

2. 3) Now that you have read the article, decide if the next questions are true, false or doesn’t say.
 A man who ate a burger named after heart surgery had a heart attack.
 The Heart Attack Grill restaurant has meals with up to 10,000 calories
 The man cooked the burger himself at home
 The restaurant owner promises customers they won’t put on weight
 A warning with the food says customers may need bigger clothes.
 The burger contained more than 3 kg of beef.
 The restaurant tells customers its food is not bad for their health
 There was also a special sauce that went with the burger
4) In pairs, talk about this situation but this time imagine that it is happening in your country.
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What would you do?
Do you think the government is an
accomplice of this big fast food chains?
In your opinion who is to blame for obesity
in your country?
Is it a real problem being overweight?
How would you stop it?
What is the most similar diet that you
have in your daily life?
To which of these fast food branches do you
usually go? Are you conscious of the damage
that may cause to your health? Think about
it and discuss your answers with a partner.