You will need most of this vocabulary for the listening exercises. Answer the questions.
1. What is the opposite of to lose weight?
2. What is the verb from weight?
3. Do the following words have positive or negative connotations?
slim, thin, fat, skinny, slender,
overweight.
4. Make sure you know the meanings of the following words. Look in a dictionary if necessary:
lag behind, huff and puff, stride.
Activity 2
Listen to somebody talking about dieting. Which three ways of visualising successful weight loss are mentioned? Circle the correct letters.
1. ____
2. ____
3. ____
Imagine how you will look in the clothes that don’t fit you now.
Imagine people pointing at you.
Imagine wearing shorts without feeling embarrassed.
Imagine climbing a hill without difficulty.
Imagine standing on the scales and feeling happy with your weight.
Imagine having your photograph taken and not feeling self-conscious.
Listen again and fill in the blanks in the text, as in the example. You will hear the recording twice.
4. OWL gives you the freedom to take control of your head and body.
5. Imagine getting in the car to go on a family vacation without ______________________________________ of where you want to go.
6. It’s the same thing with ______________________________.
7. Do that and your body _______________________________.
8. Any behavioural psychologist will tell you that you are more _________________________________ change in your life, if you have a ______________________ in your mind of how you want to change.
Activity 3
Our diets have changed over the past 20 years as society itself has changed. Discuss.
Compare:
Write an email to a friend telling them about a diet you’re trying out.
Hi John How’s life? Thanks for your email. Good to get your news and to know all’s well. Thought you might like to know I’m trying out this new diet everyone is talking about. It involves….
