sábado, 5 de julio de 2014
IS CHOCOLATE GOOD FOR YOU?
IS CHOCOLATE GOOD FOR YOU?
THE PROS AND CONS
Chocolate is
made from the beans of the cacao tree and has been popular for thousands of
years. The Aztecs in South America used cocoa beans to make a chocolate drink wish was refreshing and nourishing but bitter
to taste in Europe ,sweetener were added
and modern chocolate contains cocoa , butter, sugar ,and cream or milk.
BUT IS
CHOCOLATE GOOD FOR YOU? First the good news.
Research a
Harvard University suggests that people who eat chocolate three times a month
will live almost a year longer than people who don´t.
Chocolate
contains flavonoids-substances that can reduce the _________Of coronary artery
diseases .Chocolate also contains small amounts of caffeine which can
be beneficial as it
________________your endurance and ________________feeling of fatigue.
Eating
chocolate makes you feel good .Like other
sweet food chocolate stimulates the releases of endorphins –natural body hormones that
produce feelings of pleasure and help to lift your________________ and
because chocolate melts in the mouth at body temperature .It produces a
wonderful , silky sensations that people love. According to
psychologists ,this is one of the main reasons why people can become addicted to chocolate.
But is
not all good news ____________________chocolates
contains a lot of calories –just 100 g of milk chocolate
contains 520 Kcals. while dark chocolate contains 510 Kcals. That’s about the
______________________number of calories as 2.5 Kg. of grapes or 300gramos of
grilled chicken.
The Harvard
research also suggests that people who
eat too much chocolate have a ____________ live
expectancy . Chocolate is __________________in saturated fats and sugar,
so eating too much can contribute
to obesity and related health problems. And the sugar and chocolate
can cause ________________decay.
But is you
really can’t resist chocolate, eat dark chocolate- it’s higher in cocoa than
milk chocolate and helps to increase levels of HDL a type cholesterol that
helps prevent fat clogging up arteries.
1. - Read the text quickly .Who is this information for:
a. - Doctors
b.- Nutritionists
c.-the general public
2.-Read the text again and complete it using words
from below:
Unfortunately
Decreases
Hungry
Improves
Because
Quickly
Mood
Before
Lower
Tooth
Same
Risk
high
4.-Complete the following sentences with the words :
After---slowly----full-----100 g per day-----
quality____ fresh
1) Eat good _________dark chocolate, not milk or white
chocolate.
2) Eat chocolate
after a meal when you are ________________
3) Don’t eat more
than ________________
4) Clean your teeth
___________ eating chocolate
5) Eat it with ________fruit
6) Eat it ________________
so that you can experience the full flavour.
3.- Link these
words from the text with the
correct definitions :
a. Pros and cons
b. Fatigue
c. Sensation
d. Addicted to
e. Contribute to
f. Clog up
1. To help cause something
2. Feeling
3. Tiredness
4. To block
5. Good points and
bad points
6. Can’t stop doing something eating etc..
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ENGLISH READING COMPREHENSION
A MISTAKE
1
In the first
few days of my Oncology
placement I watched nurses doing
drug calculations and
administering chemotherapy . They were
helpful to me an talked me through what they were doing . I found out that
though drugs are checked by the pharmacy, the ward nurses always check them
again. If a patient is on a combination of drugs , then the calculations nurses do can be quite complicated
,especially if the drugs are administered via pump .Later in my placement I started
to do drug calculations myself and
my confidence grew.
2
Then came the time when I was on night shift. The ward
was extremely busy and I assisted the charge nurse as he gave out medication .
I asked If I could give out some
medication myself and, when he agreed ,I picked up the medicine pot for my
first patient , and gave him the tablets
. Almost immediately, I realized that I
had given him the wrong ones. Because chemo medication is cytotoxic.
And potentially fatal .I knew that the consequences of my mistake could be
disastrous.
3
I went into a panic and started to sweat
and shake .I rushed to the charge
nurse and told him what I had done . He called the doctor who
came within minutes. That gave me a
chance to compose myself –after all
.panic ,would not help the situation at
all. In the end it was OK . The doctor said
that the patient would not suffer
any ill effects from this
particular medication .
4
What did I learn from this? I learned how important
it is to be alert and
careful and about the
kind of stress .I will have to deal
with when I am fully qualified
.Perhaps my mistake would never have
been noticed ,but I know that I did the
right thing by telling the
charge nurse what I
had done . If I had said nothing. I would
never have learned how important it is to follow the correct procedure and check
and check again
I.-Reflective writing:
Read the student’s nurse reflections
on an experience and say which title a-d is the best one for each paragraph 1 -4
a.- The lesson________
b.- The observation_______
c.- The error __________
d.-Reassurance ________(reaffirmation )
II.- Decide
which of the following is the
most accurate summary of the student nurse’s experience :
a. When I was on placement, I observed a mistake being made
. A patient was given the wrong medicine and nearly died. But it was OK in the
end .The Doctor saved his life and I
learned how important it is to be
careful when administering drugs and how easy it is to make a mistake .
b. One Oncology placement did taught me a very important
lesson. I made the wrong calculation and gave the wrong quantity of medicine to
a patient .I stayed calm and kept quiet and because of this everything
turned out all right in the end .I
learned never to panic in a crisis and always to double –check drug
calculations.
c. Honesty is the best policy when you make a mistake. I
learned that from the time on the Oncology ward
when I gave the wrong medicine to
a patient . My mistake taught me about the importance of accuracy in
administering drugs and how to keep calm in difficult situations.
III.-Respond the following questions
1. The drugs are checked by the pharmacy and the ward nurses always check and check again?( )
2. The calculations nurses do can be
quite complicated ,especially if the
drugs are administered via pump ( )
3. The consequences of my mistake could not
be disastrous.( )
4. The nurse called the doctor who came within minutes.( )
6. If I had said nothing. I would never have learned how important it is to
follow the correct procedure and
check and check again ( )
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