5 Sept 2008
word formation
Noun---Adjective
effect--effective modest--modern (modesty) rain--rainy liberary--liberal (liberty) history--historical difficulty--difficult crime --criminal thirst--thirsty verb --verbal basis -- basic possibility -- possible luck -- lucky ancestor -- ancesty (ancient) sun -- sunny fashion -- fashionable miserability -- miserable (misery) form -- formal wealth -- wealthy urban -- urbane (urbanity) selectivity/selection -- selective mischief -- mischiefy (mischievous) doubt -- doubtful idyll -- idylly (idyllic) guilt -- guilty hawkishy -- hawkish (hawk orhawker) crime/criminal -- criminal redundancy -- redundance (redundant) optimist -- opmisty (optimistic) paralyty -- paralytic (paralysis)
3 Sept 2008
words family
Verb --- Noun
- package -- packaging/pack/package/packer/packet/packing (pack)
- oriente -- orienteering/orientation (orientate)
- dictate -- dictation/dictator/dictatorship
- discuss -- discussing (discussion)
- order -- ordering/order
- count -- counting (counter/count)
- love -- lover/love
- tolerate -- toleration
- earn -- earning (earner/earnings)
- illustrate -- illustration/illustrator
- support -- support
- teach -- teacher
- express -- expression
- create -- creation (creature/creativity)
- talk -- talk
- live -- living
- organize -- organization
- construct -- construct (construction)
- earn -- earnings/earner
- occupy -- occupy (occupant/occupation/occupier)
- object -- objection
- visit -- visitor
- paint -- pain (paint/painter/painting)
- arrive -- arrival
- prepare -- preparation
- explain -- explanation
- view -- viewer
- need -- need
- speak -- speaker
- stimulate -- stimulation
2 Sept 2008
online exercise
Stay Slim -- Cut the Fat Not the Sugar
LONDON, Thursday May 31 (Reuters)
Paragraph 3 The ISO said sugar was given a scientific boost from a research project known as CARMEN - Carbohydrate Management in European National diets. The CARMEN study was conducted in the second half of 2000 in five European research centres. "It shows that eating sugar is not just a vital part of an active lifestyle but also a way to control body weight and cure obesity,'' the ISO said. The study was funded by the Brussels-based European Commission and the European sugar industry and the results of the study were published in the International Journal of Obesity. The European Union is concerned about the rapidly increasing costs of treating obesity-linked diseases, which now account for up to seven percent of health care expenditure in its 15 member countries.
Paragraph 4 Using overweight people as subjects and monitoring their body weight and cholesterol levels over six months, the CARMEN study examined the effects of eating less fat and consuming more simple carbohydrates, such as sugar, or complex carbohydrates, such as starch. Some 300 British, Dutch, Danish, German and Spanish volunteers were divided into three groups and given nutritionally similar diets made up of local foods. One group continued with their usual diet, containing nearly 40 percent of energy in the form of fats, which include potato chips, fried chicken and butter. A second group were given a diet with 10 percent less fatty energy, but compensated by starchy foods such as bread, potatoes and pasta. The third group was put on a diet that was 10 percent lower in fat, but with energy provided by starchy food as well as sugar and sugar-rich foods, including sweets, yoghurt and cereals.
Paragraph 5 After six months, volunteers on the starchy diet lost 0.9 kilograms (kg) and those on a diet containing starch and sugar shed 1.8 kg, whereas those on a normal fat-rich diet put on 0.80 kg. "The volunteers lost weight significantly...without a reduction in overall energy intake,'' the ISO said. Project leader, Wim Saris, Professor of Nutrition at Maastricht University in the Netherlands, was more cautious saying the study provided advice on obesity and carbohydrate balance in the diets of fat people. "It stresses reducing fat intake and focusing less on sugar,'' Saris told Reuters. He said that sugar is part of the balanced daily diet providing 15 percent of total energy and as such doesn't cause obesity so people should carry on eating it. "But it's absolute nonsense to say you should increase sugar intake to control body weight,'' he stressed.
Your score is 92%.
Carbohydrate Management in European National diets
In what year did the research take place?
2000
How long did the study take?
6 months
Aims of the research:
To see what happens to the body weight and cholesterol levels of overweight people when they consume less fat and more simple or complex carbohydrates.
Note about food groups and diet:
Food Group Examples of 3 types of food
Group 1: normal fat rich diet Potato chips, fried chicken, butter
Group 2: starchy diet potatoes, pasta , bread
Group 3: ? and sugar-rich diet sweets, yogurt, cereals
Summary of the data collected in the study:
Research group Number of kgs gained or lost
Group 1: 0.80 kg
Group 2: Lost 0.9 kg
Group 3: 1.8 kg
LONDON, Thursday May 31 (Reuters)
Paragraph 3 The ISO said sugar was given a scientific boost from a research project known as CARMEN - Carbohydrate Management in European National diets. The CARMEN study was conducted in the second half of 2000 in five European research centres. "It shows that eating sugar is not just a vital part of an active lifestyle but also a way to control body weight and cure obesity,'' the ISO said. The study was funded by the Brussels-based European Commission and the European sugar industry and the results of the study were published in the International Journal of Obesity. The European Union is concerned about the rapidly increasing costs of treating obesity-linked diseases, which now account for up to seven percent of health care expenditure in its 15 member countries.
Paragraph 4 Using overweight people as subjects and monitoring their body weight and cholesterol levels over six months, the CARMEN study examined the effects of eating less fat and consuming more simple carbohydrates, such as sugar, or complex carbohydrates, such as starch. Some 300 British, Dutch, Danish, German and Spanish volunteers were divided into three groups and given nutritionally similar diets made up of local foods. One group continued with their usual diet, containing nearly 40 percent of energy in the form of fats, which include potato chips, fried chicken and butter. A second group were given a diet with 10 percent less fatty energy, but compensated by starchy foods such as bread, potatoes and pasta. The third group was put on a diet that was 10 percent lower in fat, but with energy provided by starchy food as well as sugar and sugar-rich foods, including sweets, yoghurt and cereals.
Paragraph 5 After six months, volunteers on the starchy diet lost 0.9 kilograms (kg) and those on a diet containing starch and sugar shed 1.8 kg, whereas those on a normal fat-rich diet put on 0.80 kg. "The volunteers lost weight significantly...without a reduction in overall energy intake,'' the ISO said. Project leader, Wim Saris, Professor of Nutrition at Maastricht University in the Netherlands, was more cautious saying the study provided advice on obesity and carbohydrate balance in the diets of fat people. "It stresses reducing fat intake and focusing less on sugar,'' Saris told Reuters. He said that sugar is part of the balanced daily diet providing 15 percent of total energy and as such doesn't cause obesity so people should carry on eating it. "But it's absolute nonsense to say you should increase sugar intake to control body weight,'' he stressed.
Your score is 92%.
Practise
Full title of the research:Carbohydrate Management in European National diets
In what year did the research take place?
2000
How long did the study take?
6 months
Aims of the research:
To see what happens to the body weight and cholesterol levels of overweight people when they consume less fat and more simple or complex carbohydrates.
Note about food groups and diet:
Food Group Examples of 3 types of food
Group 1: normal fat rich diet Potato chips, fried chicken, butter
Group 2: starchy diet potatoes, pasta , bread
Group 3: ? and sugar-rich diet sweets, yogurt, cereals
Summary of the data collected in the study:
Research group Number of kgs gained or lost
Group 1: 0.80 kg
Group 2: Lost 0.9 kg
Group 3: 1.8 kg
1 Sept 2008
collocation
- Go wrong NOT turn wrong
- Except for NOT except from /// Apart from
- A matter of opinion NOT a point of opinion /// A point of view
- A touch of jealousy NOT a shadow of jealousy
- Best interest lay NOT stood/rested
- Out of work NOT out of income
- Draw to a close NOT approach to a close
- Conclude with much success NOT associate with much success
- Open to question NOT open to enquiry
- Cater for the needs of ... NOT supply for the needs of ...
Another collocation online: Take, Have, Break
- a break -- take/have
- a leg -- break
- a headache -- have
- a window -- break
- a haircut -- have
- an exam -- take
- a seat -- take
- breakfast -- have
- the law -- break
- a holiday -- have
- a taxi -- take
- a world record -- break
- someone's heart -- break
- a bath -- have
- someone's temperature -- take
- a relationship -- have
- a look -- take/have
- a promise -- break
- a chance -- take
- a drink -- have
- the rules -- break
- notes -- take
- time -- have
- a habit -- break
- the ice -- break
- a rest -- take/have
- someone's place -- take
- the news to someone -- break
- a problem -- have
Catch，Pay，Keep
- a cold -- catch
- attention -- pay
- a pet -- keep
- a bus -- catch
- control -- keep
- the bill -- pay
- a promise -- keep
- interest -- pay
- someone's attention -- catch
- a ball -- catch
- calm -- keep
- the price -- pay
- someone's place -- keep
- by check -- pay
- a thief -- catch
- someone a vist -- pay
- a fright -- catch
- an appointment -- keep
- by surprise -- catch
- a salary -- pay
- quiet -- keep
- fire -- catch
- cash -- pay
- a secret -- keep
- a diary -- keep
- someone a compliment -- pay
- someone's eye -- catch
- a mouse -- catch
- the change -- keep
- wages -- pay
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