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Foundations
Eating Extremes
What is the weirdest
thing you’ve eaten?
Course Contents
Unit 1 Lesson 1 A Mysterious Visitor
Mysteries
Lesson 2 The Lost City of Atlantis
Unit 2 Lesson 3 The World of Speed Eating
Eating Extremes
Lesson 4 The Hottest Chilies
Unit 3 Lesson 5 Digging for the Past
Cool Jobs
Lesson 6 Getting the Shot
Unit 4 Lesson 7 I’ve Found the Titanic!
Shipwrecks
Lesson 8 My Descent to the Titanic
Unit 5 Lesson 9 The Disease Detective
Science Investigators
Lesson 10 At the Scene of a Crime
Unit 6 Lesson 11 Planting for the Planet
Plants and Trees
Lesson 12 Fatal Attraction
What do you usually eat in
Chinese New Year's Eve?
Have you ever eaten
these unusual foods?
Century egg, China
Stargazey Pie, England
1. What kind of
competition is it? Where
and when does it take
place?
2. How many hot dogs do
you think one person
can eat in 10 minutes?
Are you ready to get grossed out?
Let’s watch a video
about speed eating!
[Link] much food can a normal person
eat before they get nauseous?
Answer:____________________
1 liter
2. How much can a professional eater
eat?
4 plus liters
Answer:______________________
3. How long could a person survive on
69 hotdogs?
4 months!
Answer:
_________________________
[Link]
a
b
a
c
Identifying the Parts of a Passage
1. 4.
2.
3.
6.
7.
5.
The World of Speed Eating
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No
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Kobayashi
Your sentence:
tradition
exactly Fruit Dumplings
various
records
about
with
for
Your sentence:
• Which food would you be best at speed
eating? Why?
The author asks if some eating contest are “in bad taste.”
What do you think?
Mukbang: What is it and What Does it do to Your Health
Your sentence:
Homework:
Are eating contests “in bad taste?’
Would you enter one? Why or why not?