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Processed meat causes cancer, says WHO (29th October, 2015)

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A new report from the World Health Organisation (WHO) says processed meat causes cancer. Processed meat includes bacon, hot dogs, ham and sausages, as well as canned meat and meat-based sauces. The report was made by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). It said it was important to tell the world about the danger of processed meat because of the large number of people who eat it and get cancer. The report says that eating just 50g of processed meat a day increases the chance of developing certain types of cancer by 18 per cent. Fifty grams is just two slices of bacon or one sausage. The WHO also said eating red meat carried a risk of developing cancer.

Although the WHO warned people about the risk of eating too much processed and red meat, it did say that meat had health benefits. Meat has many important vitamins and minerals. The WHO said people should cut down on the amount of processed meat they eat. People should also eat more food that contains fibre, such as fruit and vegetables, so they have a balanced diet. The meat industry is not happy with some of the details of the report. It does not like the fact that the IARC put processed meat in the same group as tobacco and alcohol. A spokesperson said processed meat is not as harmful as alcohol or tobacco. The North American Meat Institute said the report would unnecessarily scare people.

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Sources

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-34615621
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/26/health/who-processed-meat-cancer-social-reaction/
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=52370#.Vi7GAqRX_88

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The 40 Lesson Activities on the PDF Handout

WARM-UPS

1. MEAT: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about meat. Change partners often and share your findings.

2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, talk about these topics or words from the article. What will the article say about them? What can you say about these words and your life?

report / hot dogs / canned meat / danger / research / developing / red meat / risk / eating / health benefits / vitamins / minerals / balanced diet / alcohol / scare

Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.

3. FOOD: How good or bad is this food for you? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

	Good?	Bad?
Hot dogs
Chocolate
Steak
French fries
Bananas
Pizza

4. VEGETARIAN: Students A strongly believe we should all be vegetarians; Students B strongly believe not. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.

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5. CUT DOWN: Rank these with your partner. Put the things we should cut down on at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.

• red meat

• chocolate

• pizza

• cookies

• burgers

• cola

• sandwiches

• popcorn

6. HOT DOGS: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with hot dogs. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.

BEFORE READING / LISTENING

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).

a.	The news from the WHO comes from an old report about meat.	T / F
b.	The WHO said meat-based sauces can also lead to cancer.	T / F
c.	The WHO said 50g a day of processed meat has no risk of cancer.	T / F
d.	The report said there is no risk of developing cancer with red meat.	T / F
e.	The WHO said red meat had health benefits.	T / F
f.	The report put processed meat in the same group as tobacco.	T / F
g.	A meat industry spokesperson said meat isn't as harmful as alcohol.	T / F
h.	A meat institute said the report would scare people.	T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

1.	causes	a.	advantages
2.	risk	b.	adds to
3.	tell	c.	total
4.	increases	d.	chance
5.	developing	e.	frighten
6.	benefits	f.	leads to
7.	cut down on	g.	getting
8.	amount	h.	class
9.	group	i.	inform
10.	scare	j.	reduce

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

1.	canned meat and meat-	a.	down on the amount
2.	the large number of people	b.	two slices of bacon
3.	eating just 50g of processed meat	c.	as alcohol
4.	Fifty grams is just	d.	based sauces
5.	eating red meat carried	e.	who eat it
6.	meat had health	f.	scare people
7.	people should cut	g.	diet
8.	they have a balanced	h.	a risk
9.	not as harmful	i.	benefits
10.	the report would unnecessarily	j.	a day

GAP FILL

A new report from the World Health Organisation (WHO) says processed meat (1) ____________ cancer. Processed meat includes bacon, hot dogs, ham and sausages, as well as (2) ____________ meat and meat-based (3) ____________. The report was made by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). It said it was important to tell the world about the (4) ____________ of processed meat because of the large (5) ____________ of people who eat it and get cancer. The report says that eating just 50g of processed meat a day increases the (6) ____________ of developing (7) ____________ types of cancer by 18 per cent. Fifty grams is just two slices of bacon or one sausage. The WHO also said eating red meat (8) ____________ a risk of developing cancer.

sauces
number
canned
certain
causes
carried
chance
danger

Although the WHO warned people about the risk of eating too much processed and (9) ____________ meat, it did say that meat had health benefits. Meat has many important (10) ____________ and minerals. The WHO said people should cut (11) ____________ on the amount of processed meat they eat. People should also eat more food that (12) ____________ fibre, such as fruit and vegetables, so they have a (13) ____________ diet. The meat industry is not happy with some of the details of the report. It does not like the (14) ____________ that the IARC put processed meat in the same (15) ____________ as tobacco and alcohol. A spokesperson said processed meat is not as harmful as alcohol or tobacco. The North American Meat Institute said the report would unnecessarily (16) ____________ people.

down
balanced
vitamins
group
red
scare
contains
fact

LISTENING - Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1)	bacon, hot dogs, ham and sausages, as well as canned meat and ______
	a. meat-base sauce is b. meat-based sauce c. meat-base sauces d. meat-based sauces
2)	It said it was important to tell the world about the ______ meat
	a. danger of processed b. danger for processed c. dangers from processed d. dangers of processed
3)	just 50g of processed meat a day increases the chance of developing certain ______
	a. tapes of cancer b. tips of cancer c. tides of cancer d. types of cancer
4)	Fifty grams is just two slices of bacon ______
	a. nor one sausage b. ore one sausage c. or one sausage d. awe one sausage
5)	The WHO also said eating red meat carried ______ developing cancer
	a. a risky of b. a risks of c. a risk of d. a risked of
6)	it did say that meat had ______
	a. health beneficial b. health benefits c. healthy benefit d. healthy benefits
7)	Meat has many important vitamins ______
	a. and mineral b. on mineral c. and minerals d. end mineral
8)	People should also eat more food that ______
	a. contains fibre b. containers fibre c. contents fibre d. constrains fibre
9)	The meat industry is not happy with some of the ______ report
	a. details off the b. details of the c. details of a d. derails of the
10)	The North American Meat Institute said the report would unnecessarily ______
	a. scare people b. scared people c. scary people d. score people

LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps

A (1) ___________________ the World Health Organisation (WHO) says processed meat causes cancer. Processed meat includes bacon, hot dogs, ham and sausages, (2) ___________________ meat and meat-based sauces. The report was made by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). It said it was important (3) ___________________ about the danger of processed meat because (4) ___________________ number of people who eat it and get cancer. The report says that eating just 50g of processed meat a day increases the chance of developing (5) ___________________ cancer by 18 per cent. Fifty grams is just two slices of bacon or one sausage. The WHO also said eating red meat (6) ___________________ of developing cancer.

Although the WHO warned people (7) ___________________ eating too much processed and red meat, it did say that meat had health benefits. Meat (8) ___________________ vitamins and minerals. The WHO said people should cut down (9) ___________________ of processed meat they eat. People should also eat more food that contains fibre, such as fruit and vegetables, so they have (10) ___________________. The meat industry is not happy with some of the details of the report. It does not like the fact that the IARC put processed meat in (11) ___________________ tobacco and alcohol. A spokesperson said processed meat is not (12) ___________________ alcohol or tobacco. The North American Meat Institute said the report would unnecessarily scare people.

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1.	What kind of sauces did the report say could cause cancer?
2.	Who did the IARC want to tell about the danger of processed meat?
3.	How much would 50g of processed meat a day increase the risk by?
4.	How many slices of bacon is 50 grams?
5.	What other meat did the WHO say could cause cancer?
6.	What kind of benefits did the WHO say red meat contained?
7.	What important things did the WHO say meat contained?
8.	What kind of diet did the WHO suggest we have?
9.	What did the IARC put processed meat in the same group as?
10.	What did a meat institute say the report would do to people?

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ

1.	What kind of sauces did the report say could cause cancer?	6.	What kind of benefits did the WHO say red meat contained?
	a) tomato sauce b) cream sauce c) spaghetti sauces d) meat-based sauces		a) money benefits b) health benefits c) cooking benefits d) daily benefits
2.	Who did the IARC want to tell about the danger of processed meat?	7.	What important things did the WHO say meat contained?
	a) vegetarians b) the world c) butchers d) farmers		a) fats b) protein c) calcium d) vitamins and minerals
3.	How much would 50g of processed meat a day increase the risk by?	8.	What kind of diet did the WHO suggest we have?
	a) 50% b) 20% c) 18% d) 14%		a) a balanced diet b) a vegetarian diet c) a white meat diet d) a fish diet
4.	How many slices of bacon is 50 grams?	9.	What did the IARC put processed meat in the same group as?
	a) two b) one c) three d) half		a) candy b) burgers c) alcohol d) fat
5.	What other meat did the WHO say could cause cancer?	10.	What did a meat institute say the report would do to people?
	a) lamb b) chicken c) red meat d) barbequed meat		a) inform them b) scare them c) help them d) change them

ROLE PLAY

Role A – Red meat

You think red meat is the worst thing we can eat. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are not so bad about their things. Also, tell the others which is the least harmful of these (and why): pizza, cola or popcorn.

Role B – Pizza

You think pizza is the worst thing we can eat. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are not so bad about their things. Also, tell the others which is the least harmful of these (and why): red meat, cola or popcorn.

Role C – Cola

You think cola is the worst thing we can eat. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are not so bad about their things. Also, tell the others which is the least harmful of these (and why): pizza, red meat or popcorn.

Role D – Popcorn

You think popcorn is the worst thing we can eat. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are not so bad about their things. Also, tell the others which is the least harmful of these (and why): pizza, cola or red meat.

AFTER READING / LISTENING

1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words 'hot' and 'dog'.

hot

dog

Share your findings with your partners.

Make questions using the words you found.
Ask your partner / group your questions.

2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.

Share your questions with other classmates / groups.
Ask your partner / group your questions.

3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…?

4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.

5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:

new
sauces
made
tell
50
carried

health
cut
contains
happy
same
scare

MEAT SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about meat in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

	STUDENT 1 _____________	STUDENT 2 _____________	STUDENT 3 _____________
Q.1.
Q.2.
Q.3.
Q.4.
Q.5.

Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.

Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

MEAT DISCUSSION

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

1)	What did you think when you read the headline?
2)	What springs to mind when you hear the word 'meat'?
3)	How important is meat for us?
4)	Should we not eat processed meat and red meat?
5)	What do you think about what you read?
6)	Should processed meat carry a health warning like cigarettes?
7)	Should we all become vegetarians?
8)	Which is better, chicken or red meat?
9)	Are there too many reports that tell us food is bad for us?
10)	Why is all the most delicious food bad for us?

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

11)	Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
12)	What are the health benefits of meat?
13)	Why might vegetarians be healthier than meat eaters?
14)	Should the government give better education about diets?
15)	Why do you think the meat industry is unhappy?
16)	How balanced is your diet?
17)	Which is better, fish or meat?
18)	Is it fair to put meat in the same group as alcohol?
19)	Do you think this report will "unnecessarily scare people"?
20)	What questions would you like to ask the WHO?

DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

LANGUAGE - CLOZE

A new report from the World Health Organisation (WHO) says processed meat (1) ____ cancer. Processed meat includes bacon, hot dogs, ham and sausages, as well (2) ____ canned meat and meat-based sauces. The report was made by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). It said it was important (3) ____ tell the world about the danger of processed meat because (4) ____ the large number of people who eat it and get cancer. The report says that eating just 50g of processed meat a day increases the chance of developing (5) ____ types of cancer by 18 per cent. Fifty grams is just two slices of bacon or one sausage. The WHO also said eating red meat (6) ____ a risk of developing cancer.

Although the WHO warned people about the risk (7) ____ eating too much processed and red meat, it did say that meat had health benefits. Meat has many (8) ____ vitamins and minerals. The WHO said people should cut down on the amount of processed meat they eat. People should also eat more food that (9) ____ fibre, such as fruit and vegetables, so they have a balanced diet. The meat industry is not happy with some of the (10) ____ of the report. It does not like the fact that the IARC put processed meat in the (11) ____ group as tobacco and alcohol. A spokesperson said processed meat is not as harmful as alcohol or tobacco. The North American Meat Institute said the report would unnecessarily (12) ____ people.

Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.

1.	(a)	causes	(b)	causing	(c)	cause	(d)	causal
2.	(a)	is	(b)	has	(c)	as	(d)	was
3.	(a)	by	(b)	for	(c)	to	(d)	at
4.	(a)	to	(b)	from	(c)	for	(d)	of
5.	(a)	certain	(b)	curtain	(c)	curtail	(d)	certainty
6.	(a)	grasped	(b)	carried	(c)	touched	(d)	handled
7.	(a)	at	(b)	to	(c)	by	(d)	of
8.	(a)	importance	(b)	important	(c)	importantly	(d)	imported
9.	(a)	cements	(b)	contents	(c)	contains	(d)	curtails
10.	(a)	amounts	(b)	details	(c)	volumes	(d)	fines
11.	(a)	dent	(b)	feel	(c)	gap	(d)	group
12.	(a)	fear	(b)	scare	(c)	afraid	(d)	terror

SPELLING

Paragraph 1
1.	Processed meat elsducni bacon
2.	it was omritptan to tell the world
3.	the rnedag of processed meat
4.	riasecesn the chance of
5.	two scisle of bacon
6.	a risk of enpvedolig cancer
Paragraph 2
7.	ivmtiasn and minerals
8.	fruit and bgsateelve
9.	The meat rtiydnsu is not happy
10.	in the same group as actocob
11.	not as harmful as hcoalol
12.	unnecessarily secra people

PUT THE TEXT BACK TOGETHER

Number these lines in the correct order.

( )	cancer. The report says that eating just 50g of processed meat a day increases the chance of developing certain types
( )	by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). It said it was important to tell the world
( )	details of the report. It does not like the fact that the IARC put processed meat in the same group as tobacco
( 1 )	A new report from the World Health Organisation (WHO) says processed meat causes cancer. Processed meat includes
( )	Although the WHO warned people about the risk of eating too much processed and red meat, it did say that meat had health
( )	of cancer by 18 per cent. Fifty grams is just two slices of bacon or one
( )	about the danger of processed meat because of the large number of people who eat it and get
( )	down on the amount of processed meat they eat. People should also eat more food that contains fibre, such
( )	bacon, hot dogs, ham and sausages, as well as canned meat and meat-based sauces. The report was made
( )	and alcohol. A spokesperson said processed meat is not as harmful as alcohol
( )	benefits. Meat has many important vitamins and minerals. The WHO said people should cut
( )	as fruit and vegetables, so they have a balanced diet. The meat industry is not happy with some of the
( )	sausage. The WHO also said eating red meat carried a risk of developing cancer.
( )	or tobacco. The North American Meat Institute said the report would unnecessarily scare people.

PUT THE WORDS IN THE RIGHT ORDER

1.	world to it about tell was It the the important said danger .
2.	eat who people of number large The cancer get and it .
3.	meat a day increases the chance Just 50g of processed .
4.	of is bacon just two Fifty slices grams .
5.	cancer red a developing Eating carried of meat risk .
6.	much too eating of risk the about people warned WHO The .
7.	did health say benefits that meat It had .
8.	down on the amount The WHO said people should cut .
9.	the as Put in group meat same tobacco processed .
10.	Processed harmful meat as is alcohol not as .

CIRCLE THE CORRECT WORD (20 PAIRS)

A new report from the World Health Organisation (WHO) says processed meat causes / causing cancer. Processed meat including / includes bacon, hot dogs, ham and sausages, as well / good as canned meat and meat-based sauces. The report was made / making by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). It said it was important to told / tell the world about the danger for / of processed meat because of the large figure / number of people who eat it and get cancer. The report says that eating justly / just 50g of processed meat a day increases the chance of developing certain types of cancer by / at 18 per cent. Fifty grams is just two slices of bacon or one sausage. The WHO also said eating red meat carried / handled a risk of developing cancer.

Although the WHO warned people about the risk of eating over / too much processed and red meat, it did say that meat had health benefits / beneficial. Meat has many important / importance vitamins and minerals. The WHO said people should cut up / down on the amount of processed meat they eat. People should also eat more food that contents / contains fibre, such as fruit and vegetables, so they have a balanced diet. The meat industry is not happy / happiness with some of the details by / of the report. It does not like the truth / fact that the IARC put processed meat in the same group as tobacco and alcohol. A spokesperson said processed meat is not as harmful / harmed as alcohol or tobacco. The North American Meat Institute said the report would unnecessarily scary / scare people.

Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and why the correct word is correct.

INSERT THE VOWELS (a, e, i, o, u)

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PUNCTUATE THE TEXT AND ADD CAPITALS

a new report from the world health organisation (who) says processed meat causes cancer processed meat includes bacon hot dogs ham and sausages as well as canned meat and meat-based sauces the report was made by the international agency for research on cancer (iarc) it said it was important to tell the world about the danger of processed meat because of the large number of people who eat it and get cancer the report says that eating just 50g of processed meat a day increases the chance of developing certain types of cancer by 18 per cent fifty grams is just two slices of bacon or one sausage the who also said eating red meat carried a risk of developing cancer

although the who warned people about the risk of eating too much processed and red meat it did say that meat had health benefits meat has many important vitamins and minerals the who said people should cut down on the amount of processed meat they eat people should also eat more food that contains fibre such as fruit and vegetables so they have a balanced diet the meat industry is not happy with some of the details of the report it does not like the fact that the iarc put processed meat in the same group as tobacco and alcohol a spokesperson said processed meat is not as harmful as alcohol or tobacco the north american meat institute said the report would unnecessarily scare people

PUT A SLASH ( / ) WHERE THE SPACES ARE

AnewreportfromtheWorldHealthOrganisation(WHO)saysprocessed
meatcausescancer.Processedmeatincludesbacon,hotdogs,hamand
sausages,aswellascannedmeatandmeat-basedsauces.Therepo
rtwasmadebytheInternationalAgencyforResearchonCancer(IARC).I
tsaiditwasimportanttotelltheworldaboutthedangerofprocessedmeat
becauseofthelargenumberofpeoplewhoeatitandgetcancer.Therepor
tsaysthateatingjust50gofprocessedmeatadayincreasesthechanceof
developingcertaintypesofcancerby18percent.Fiftygramsisjusttwosli
cesofbaconoronesausage.TheWHOalsosaideatingredmeatcarriedari
skofdevelopingcancer.AlthoughtheWHOwarnedpeopleabouttherisk
ofeatingtoomuchprocessedandredmeat,itdidsaythatmeathadhealth
benefits.Meathasmanyimportantvitaminsandminerals.TheWHOsai
dpeopleshouldcutdownontheamountofprocessedmeattheyeat.Peop
leshouldalsoeatmorefoodthatcontainsfibre,suchasfruitandvegetabl
es,sotheyhaveabalanceddiet.Themeatindustryisnothappywithsome
ofthedetailsofthereport.ItdoesnotlikethefactthattheIARCputproces
sedmeatinthesamegroupastobaccoandalcohol.Aspokespersonsaidp
rocessedmeatisnotasharmfulasalcoholortobacco.TheNorthAmerica
nMeatInstitutesaidthereportwouldunnecessarilyscarepeople.

FREE WRITING

Write about meat for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.

_____________________________________________________________________________

ACADEMIC WRITING

We should all be vegetarian. Discuss.

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HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about meat. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. MEAT: Make a poster about processed meat and how healthy or unhealthy it is. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?

4. PROCESSED MEAT: Write a magazine article about meat. Include imaginary interviews with people who are for and against having health warnings on it.

Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s).

5. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.

6. LETTER: Write a letter to an expert on meat. Ask him/her three questions about it. Give him/her three of your ideas on how we can eat more healthily. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.

A Few Additional Activities for Students

Ask your students what they have read, seen or heard about this news in their own language. Students are likely to / may have have encountered this news in their L1 and therefore bring a background knowledge to the classroom.

Get students to role play different characters from this news story.

Ask students to keep track of this news and revisit it to discuss in your next class.

Ask students to male predictions of how this news might develop in the next few days or weeks, and then revisit and discuss in a future class.

Ask students to write a follow-up story to this news.

Students role play a journalist and someone who witnessed or was a part of this news. Perhaps they could make a video of the interview.

Ask students to keep a news journal in English and add this story to their thoughts.

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ANSWERS

TRUE / FALSE (p.4)

a

F

b

T

c

F

d

F

e

T

f

T

g

T

h

T

SYNONYM MATCH (p.4)

1.	causes	a.	leads to
2	risk	b.	chance
3.	tell	c.	inform
4.	increases	d.	adds to
5.	developing	e.	getting
6.	benefits	f.	advantages
7.	cut down on	g.	reduce
8.	amount	h.	total
9.	group	i.	class
10.	scare	j.	frighten

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS (p.8)

1.	Meat-based sauces
2.	The world
3.	18%
4.	Two
5.	Red meat
6.	Health benefits
7.	Vitamins and minerals
8.	A balanced diet
9.	Alcohol and tobacco
10.	Scare them

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ (p.9)

1.

d

2.

b

3.

c

4.

a

5.

c

6.

b

7.

d

8.

a

9.

c

10.

b

ALL OTHER EXERCISES

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