1ères8 :SuperSize Me (Part 1)

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Super size me

Anticipation: Have you ever seen the movie? What does it deal with?

1st part:

WWhat is the most significant adjective in this passage? How many times can you find it? Do you know any equivalents/synonyms?

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2nd part: a) Match the figures with what they correspond to:

has doubled 100 million three times as many one in four more than 60 % twice as many

Americans are either overweight or obese the number of overweight people of the American population overweight children

overweight adolescents people in Mississippi are obese

b) From the figures given, can you infer the total population in the US? ........................ c) In the script, highlight the structures used to express comparisons:

1. Compare the eating habits of families from before and now. ................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................

2. Does smoking cause more deaths than obesity in the US? Use the following phrases in your answers: more lethal than, lower number of deaths than, not as fatal as.

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3. How many obesity-related deaths are there every year?

...................................................................................................................................... 4. What does the verb "to sue" mean in "they sued the bastards"?

a) b) c)

suer sang et eau suivre dans la rue poursuivre en justice

5. Draw the portraits of the two girls.

Girl A Age: Size:

Weight:

Girl B

Age:

Size: Weight:

Compare these two girls: ........................................................................................................................

6. What did the girls decide to do?

........................................................................................................................ 7. What does the expression "the golden arches" refer to?

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