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Fathers-To-Be Gain Weight During PregnancyIt’s not just women who worry about their weight during pregnancy. Men do too. This is according to a new report carried out on 5,000 men by Onepoll.com in the U.K. Their online survey found that up to 25 per cent of fathers-to-be gained around 6kg in weight. One reason for the weight gain in men is they feel sorry for their partner. The men said they ate more during their partner's pregnancy to make her feel better about getting bigger. Another reason is that there is usually more food in the house. Pregnant women usually have a craving to eat more fatty foods and have more snacks. A spokesperson for Onepoll said: "If the kitchen cupboards are suddenly brimming with snacks and food, it's no wonder guys are tempted to tuck in as well."
The report suggested dads-to-be needed to be more careful about what they ate during pregnancy. Their favourite snacks included pizza, chocolate, crisps, and beer. Onepoll.com said men needed to support their pregnant partner more by eating healthier snacks. A spokesperson said: "The only problem seems to be that men are choosing to snack on unhealthier [food] - and I don't think women can be blamed for their partners drinking more beer.” Forty-two per cent of couples ate out more often at restaurants. This was to make the most of their time together before the birth, and because they were too tired to cook. The result of all this snacking was that many men added as much as 4cm to their waistline. They then had to buy new trousers.
WARM-UPS1. FATHERS: Walk around the class and talk to other students about fathers. Change partners often. Sit with your first partner(s) and share your findings. 2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring.
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently. 3. FATHERS-TO-BE: What advice would you give fathers-to-be? Complete this table with your partner(s). Talk about what you wrote to your partner. Change partners and share what you heard.
4. SUPPORTING MUM: Students A strongly believe fathers-to-be should put on weight to make their partner feel better; Students B strongly believe fathers-to-be have a duty to be as slim as possible. Change partners again and talk about your conversations. 5. PARENT WORRIES: What do parents-to-be worry about most? Rank these with your partner – biggest worry to smallest worry. Change partners and share your rankings. Decide how you can stop parents-to-be worrying about these things.
6. PREGNANCY: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word ‘pregnancy’. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories. BEFORE READING / LISTENING1. TRUE / FALSE: Look at the article’s headline and guess whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F):
2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:
3. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one. combination is possible):
WHILE READING / LISTENINGGAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text.
LISTENING: Listen and fill in the gaps.It’s not just women ____________________ weight during pregnancy. Men do too. This is according to a new report carried out on 5,000 men by Onepoll.com in the U.K. Their online survey ____________________ 25 per cent of fathers-to-be gained around 6kg in weight. One reason for the weight gain in men ____________________ their partner. The men said they ate more during their partner's pregnancy to make ____________________ getting bigger. Another reason is that there is usually more food in the house. Pregnant women usually have a craving ____________________ and have more snacks. A spokesperson for Onepoll said: "If the kitchen cupboards are suddenly brimming with snacks and food, it's no wonder guys are ____________________ as well." The report suggested dads-to-be ____________________ careful about what they ate during pregnancy. Their favourite snacks included pizza, chocolate, crisps, and beer. Onepoll.com said men ____________________ pregnant partner more by eating healthier snacks. A spokesperson said: “The only problem ____________________ men are choosing to snack on unhealthier [food] - and I don't think women can be blamed for their partners drinking more beer.” Forty-two per cent of couples ____________________ restaurants. This was to make the most of their time together before the birth, and because they ____________________. The result of all this snacking was that many men ____________________ 4cm to their waistline. They then had to buy new trousers. AFTER READING / LISTENING1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionaries / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘gain’ and ‘weight’.
2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.
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:
STUDENT WEIGHT SURVEYWrite five GOOD questions about weight 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.
DISCUSSIONSTUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
LANGUAGEIt’s not just women who worry (1) ____ their weight during pregnancy. Men do too. This is according to a new report carried (2) ____ on 5,000 men by Onepoll.com in the U.K. Their online survey found that up to 25 per cent of fathers-to-be gained around 6kg in weight. One reason for the weight gain in men is they (3) ____ sorry for their partner. The men said they ate more during their partner's pregnancy to (4) ____ her feel better about getting bigger. Another reason is that there is usually more food in the house. Pregnant women usually have a craving to eat more (5) ____ foods and have more snacks. A spokesperson for Onepoll said: "If the kitchen cupboards are suddenly brimming with snacks and food, it's no (6) ____ guys are tempted to tuck in as well." The report suggested dads-to-be needed to be more careful about what they (7) ____ during pregnancy. Their favourite snacks included pizza, chocolate, crisps, and beer. Onepoll.com said men needed to support their pregnant partner (8) ____ by eating healthier snacks. A spokesperson said: “The only problem seems to be that men are choosing to (9) ____ on unhealthier [food] - and I don't think women can be blamed (10) ____ their partners drinking more beer.” Forty-two per cent of couples ate out more often at restaurants. This was to make the (11) ____ of their time together before the birth, and because they were too tired to cook. The result of all this (12) ____ was that many men added as much as 4cm to their waistline. They then had to buy new trousers. Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
WRITING:Write about parenting for 10 minutes. Correct your partner’s paper. _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ HOMEWORK1. 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 fathers-to-be. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. MY WEIGHT: Make a poster about the ups and downs of your weight. Include what happened to make your weight go up and down. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things? 4. GETTING BIGGER: Write a magazine article about a father-to-be who is putting on the same amount of weight as his pregnant partner. Include imaginary interviews with him and a health expert. 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. LETTER: Write a letter to a father-to-be. Ask him three questions about what he thinks of becoming a father. Give them three ideas on how to be a good father. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions. ANSWERSTRUE / FALSE:
SYNONYM MATCH:
PHRASE MATCH:
GAP FILL: Fathers-to-be gain weight during pregnancyIt’s not just women who worry about their weight during pregnancy. Men do too. This is according to a new report carried out on 5,000 men by Onepoll.com in the U.K. Their online survey found that up to 25 per cent of fathers-to-be gained around 6kg in weight. One reason for the weight gain in men is they feel sorry for their partner. The men said they ate more during their partner's pregnancy to make her feel better about getting bigger. Another reason is that there is usually more food in the house. Pregnant women usually have a craving to eat more fatty foods and have more snacks. A spokesperson for Onepoll said: "If the kitchen cupboards are suddenly brimming with snacks and food, it's no wonder guys are tempted to tuck in as well." The report suggested dads-to-be needed to be more careful about what they ate during pregnancy. Their favourite snacks included pizza, chocolate, crisps, and beer. Onepoll.com said men needed to support their pregnant partner more by eating healthier snacks. A spokesperson said: “The only problem seems to be that men are choosing to snack on unhealthier [food] - and I don't think women can be blamed for their partners drinking more beer.” Forty-two per cent of couples ate out more often at restaurants. This was to make the most of their time together before the birth, and because they were too tired to cook. The result of all this snacking was that many men added as much as 4cm to their waistline. They then had to buy new trousers. LANGUAGE WORK
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