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Super Size Me is a 2004 American documentary film directed by and starring Morgan Spurlock, an American independent filmmaker. Spurlock's film follows a 30-day period from February 1 to March 2, 2003 during which he ate only McDonald's food. The film documents this lifestyle's drastic effect on Spurlock's physical and psychological well-being, and explores the fast food industry's corporate influence, including how it encourages poor nutrition for its own profit.

Spurlock dined at McDonald's restaurants three times per day, eating every item on the chain's menu at least once. Spurlock consumed an average of 20.92 megajoules or 5,000 kcal (the equivalent of 9.26 Big Macs) per day during the experiment.

As a result, the then-32-year-old Spurlock gained 24½ lbs. (11.1 kg), a 13% body mass increase, acholesterol level of 230, and experienced mood swings, sexual dysfunction, and fat accumulation in his liver. It took Spurlock fourteen months to lose the weight gained from his experiment using a vegandiet supervised by his future wife, a chef who specializes in gourmet vegan dishes.

The reason for Spurlock's investigation was the increasing spread of obesity throughout U.S. society.

Watch the beginning of the movie  on this site :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9zJv1JvQ_A, or the full movie =http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-eRXuuH9AI

Now you can answer the folllowing questions about the movie

1st part:

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

a) suer sang et eau
b) suivre dans la rue
c) 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?
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