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An apple a day keeps the doctor away (28th December, 2014)

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New research says eating an apple every day can protect your body from a heart attack. The research is from Oxford University in England. The researchers said if people in England over 50 years old ate a daily apple, 8,500 fewer people would die each year from heart attacks and strokes. They added that if all adults ate more fruit and vegetables every day, there would be 11,000 fewer deaths in England. Lead researcher Dr Adam Briggs explained how healthier eating can have big effects on our health. He said: "It just shows how effective small changes in diet can be, and that both drugs and healthier living can make a real difference in preventing heart disease and stroke."

The phrase "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" entered the English language over 100 years ago. People in the 19th century knew about the benefits of apples. Scientists in the 21st century are still telling us. Apples contain chemicals that lower cholesterol in our bodies. Too much cholesterol increases the risk of having a heart attack. Wikipedia.com says there are more than 7,500 different kinds of apples. In 2010, we ate 69 million tons of the fruit. China grows nearly half of the world's apples. The USA is the second-leading producer, with around six per cent of world production. People do many things with apples, from eating them raw, baking them, stewing them, and making sauces and cakes with them.

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Level 0, Level 1 or Level 2

Sources

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25413939
http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2013/12/30/An-apple-a-day-to-all-age-50-and-older-prevents-deaths/UPI-53131388456397/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple

Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice, drag and drop activities, crosswords, hangman, flash cards, matching activities and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

The 40 Lesson Activities on the PDF Handout

WARM-UPS

1. APPLES: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about apples. Change partners often 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.

new research / heart attack / fruit and vegetables / healthier eating / diet / difference / an apple a day / benefits / chemicals / cholesterol / raw / baking / sauces / cakes

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

3. HEART ATTACK: How can we lower the risk of having a heart attack? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

	The best thing to do	What you do about this
Food
Exercise
Vitamins
Lifestyle
Cholesterol
Stress

4. NO MORE: Students A strongly believe scientists will one day make heart attacks a thing of the past; Students B strongly believe this will not happen. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.

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5. FOOD: Rank these and share your rankings with your partner. Put the best at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.

• apples

• garlic

• chocolate

• spaghetti

• yoghurt

• steak

• potatoes

• pizza

6. DOCTOR: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "doctor". 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.	Researchers from a French university found new things about apples.	T / F
b.	Thousands of over-50-year-olds would not die early if they ate apples.	T / F
c.	11,000 fewer adults in England would die if they ate healthier food.	T / F
d.	A doctor said only big changes in diet can make a difference to health.	T / F
e.	The phrase "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" is 300 years old.	T / F
f.	Apples contain chemicals that help lower cholesterol in out body.	T / F
g.	There are over 7,500 different kinds of apples in the world.	T / F
h.	China grows over half of the world's apples.	T / F

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

1.	protect	a.	food
2.	daily	b.	successful
3.	effects	c.	reduce
4.	effective	d.	came into
5.	diet	e.	results
6.	phrase	f.	good points
7.	entered	g.	guard
8.	benefits	h.	uncooked
9.	lower	i.	expression
10.	raw	j.	every day

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

1.	eating an apple every day can	a.	effects on our health
2.	8,500 fewer	b.	kinds of apples
3.	healthier eating can have big	c.	a real difference
4.	how effective small changes	d.	are still telling us
5.	healthier living can make	e.	protect your body
6.	an apple a day keeps	f.	cakes with them
7.	Scientists in the 21st century	g.	in diet can be
8.	Apples contain chemicals that	h.	the doctor away
9.	there are more than 7,500 different	i.	lower cholesterol
10.	making sauces and	j.	people would die

GAP FILL

New research says eating an apple every day can (1) ____________ your body from a heart attack. The (2) ____________ is from Oxford University in England. The researchers said if people in England over 50 years old ate a daily apple, 8,500 fewer people would die each year from heart attacks and (3) ____________. They added that if all (4) ____________ ate more fruit and vegetables every day, there would be 11,000 (5) ____________ deaths in England. Lead researcher Dr Adam Briggs explained how healthier eating can have big (6) ____________ on our health. He said: "It just shows how effective small changes in (7) ____________ can be, and that both drugs and healthier living can make a real (8) ____________ in preventing heart disease and stroke."

effects
adults
research
diet
difference
protect
fewer
strokes

The (9) ____________ "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" entered the English language over 100 years ago. People in the 19th century knew about the (10) ____________ of apples. Scientists in the 21st century are still telling us. Apples contain chemicals that lower (11) ____________ in our bodies. Too much cholesterol increases the (12) ____________ of having a heart attack. Wikipedia.com says there are more than 7,500 different (13) ____________ of apples. In 2010, we ate 69 million tons of the fruit. China grows nearly half of the world's apples. The USA is the second-leading (14) ____________, with around six per cent of world production. People do many things with apples, from eating them (15) ____________, baking them, stewing them, and making (16) ____________ and cakes with them.

risk
raw
benefits
producer
phrase
sauces
cholesterol
kinds

LISTENING - Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1)	New research says eating an apple every day can protect your body ______ attack.
	a. for a heart b. form a heart c. from a heart d. free a heart
2)	8,500 fewer people would die each year from heart attacks ______
	a. and stroke b. and stokes c. and stroked d. and strokes
3)	healthier eating can have big effects ______
	a. in our health b. on our health c. and our health d. an our health
4)	It just shows how effective small changes ______
	a. in diet can been b. in diet can be c. in diet can being d. in diet can bee
5)	both drugs and healthier living can make a real difference in preventing ______
	a. heart diseased b. heart decease c. heart disease d. heart diseases
6)	The phrase "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" entered the English language
	a. entrance the English b. entered the English c. entered in the English d. entering the English
7)	People in the 19th century knew about the ______
	a. beneficial of apples b. benefits of apples c. benefits off apples d. benefit of apples
8)	Apples contain chemicals that lower cholesterol ______
	a. in your bodies b. in our bodies c. in our body d. in their bodies
9)	Wikipedia.com says there are more than 7,500 different ______
	a. kind of apples b. kinds off apples c. kind off apples d. kinds of apples
10)	The USA is the second-______
	a. lead-in producer b. leaking producer c. leading producer d. leaving producer

LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps

New research says eating an apple every (1) ___________________ body from a heart attack. The research is from Oxford University in England. The researchers said if people in England (2) ___________________ a daily apple, 8,500 fewer people would die each year from heart attacks and strokes. They added (3) ___________________ ate more fruit and vegetables every day, there would be (4) ___________________ in England. Lead researcher Dr Adam Briggs explained how healthier eating can have big effects on our health. He said: "It just shows (5) ___________________ changes in diet can be, and that both drugs and healthier living can make a real (6) ___________________ heart disease and stroke."

The phrase "an apple a day (7) ___________________ " entered the English language over 100 years ago. People in the 19th century knew about the benefits of apples. Scientists in the 21st (8) ___________________ telling us. Apples contain chemicals that lower cholesterol in our bodies. Too much cholesterol (9) ___________________ having a heart attack. Wikipedia.com says there are (10) ___________________ different kinds of apples. In 2010, we ate 69 million tons of the fruit. China grows nearly half of the world's apples. The USA is the (11) ___________________, with around six per cent of world production. People do many things with apples, from eating them raw, baking them, stewing them, and (12) ___________________ with them.

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1.	Where is the research from?
2.	How many lives of over 50-year-olds could be saved?
3.	How many lives of adults could be saved if they ate apples every day?
4.	Who is Dr Adam Briggs?
5.	What two things can make a real difference in preventing heart disease?
6.	When did people start using the phrase "an apple a day…"?
7.	What did people in the 19th century know?
8.	What do apples reduce in our bodies?
9.	How many different kinds of apples are there?
10.	Which country grows 6% of the world's apples?

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ

1.	Where is the research from?	6.	When did people start using the phrase "an apple a day…"?
	a) The Apple University b) Yale University c) Oxford University d) Université de la Pomme		a) in the 18th century b) before 1914 c) when apples were first discovered d) April 17, 1931
2.	How many lives of over 50-year-olds could be saved?	7.	What did people in the 19th century know?
	a) 8,500 b) 5,800 c) 58,000 d) 85,000		a) how to make kinds of apples b) how to make apple pie c) why some apples were green and some were red d) that apples were good for us
3.	How many lives of adults could be saved if they ate apples every day?	8.	What do apples reduce in our bodies?
	a) 110,000 b) 111,000 c) 11,100 d) 11,000		a) apple juice b) cholesterol c) protein d) our height
4.	Who is Dr Adam Briggs?	9.	How many different kinds of apples are there?
	a) an apple grower b) the lead researcher c) someone whose life was saved by apples d) a nutritionist		a) over 7,500 b) exactly 7,500 c) slightly less than 7,500 d) no more than 7,500
5.	What two things can make a real difference in preventing heart disease?	10.	Which country grows 6% of the world's apples?
	a) apples and rice b) apples and drugs c) drugs and healthier living d) healthier living and chocolate		a) UXZ b) UK c) UAE d) USA

ROLE PLAY

Role A – Apples

You think apples are the healthiest thing we can eat. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their things. Also, tell the others which is the least healthy of these (and why): milk, spinach or fish.

Role B – Milk

You think milk is the healthiest thing we can eat. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their things. Also, tell the others which is the least healthy of these (and why): apples, spinach or fish.

Role C – Spinach

You think spinach is the healthiest thing we can eat. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their things. Also, tell the others which is the least healthy of these (and why): milk, apples or fish.

Role D – Fish

You think fish is the healthiest thing we can eat. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their things. Also, tell the others which is the least healthy of these (and why): milk, spinach or apples.

AFTER READING / LISTENING

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

heart

attack

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
50
all
11,000
just
real

away
19
risk
7,500
second
cakes

APPLES SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about apples 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.

APPLES DISCUSSION

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

a)	What did you think when you read the headline?
b)	What springs to mind when you hear the word 'apple'?
c)	What do you think of apples?
d)	Why are apples so healthy?
e)	Will you eat apples more often from now?
f)	How much fruit and vegetables do you eat every day?
g)	How healthy is the food you eat?
h)	How would you describe an apple to someone who had never seen one?
i)	What small changes do you need to make to your diet from today?
j)	Do you worry about your health?

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

a)	Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
b)	Do you believe that "an apple a day keeps the doctor away"?
c)	Why are scientists only telling us now that apples are good for us?
d)	What is cholesterol?
e)	Do you know what your cholesterol level is?
f)	Are you surprised there are more than 7,500 kinds of apples?
g)	What apples do people grow in your country?
h)	Why do people say, "As American as apple pie"?
i)	What's the best dish or dessert that uses apples?
j)	What questions would you like to ask an apple expert?

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

New research says (1) ____ an apple every day can protect your body from a heart attack. The research is from Oxford University in England. The researchers said if people in England over 50 years old ate a (2) ____ apple, 8,500 fewer people would die each year from heart attacks and strokes. They added that if all adults ate more fruit and vegetables every day, there would be 11,000 fewer (3) ____ in England. Lead researcher Dr Adam Briggs explained (4) ____ healthier eating can have big effects on our health. He said: "It just shows how (5) ____ small changes in diet can be, and that both drugs and healthier living can make a real difference (6) ____ preventing heart disease and stroke."

The phrase "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" (7) ____ the English language over 100 years ago. People in the 19th century knew about the (8) ____ of apples. Scientists in the 21st century are still telling us. Apples contain chemicals that (9) ____ cholesterol in our bodies. Too much cholesterol increases the risk of having a heart attack. Wikipedia.com says there are more than 7,500 different (10) ____ of apples. In 2010, we ate 69 million tons of the fruit. China grows nearly half of the world's apples. The USA is the second-leading producer, with around six per cent of world production. People do many things with apples, from eating them (11) ____, baking them, (12) ____ them, and making sauces and cakes with them.

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

1.	(a)	eating	(b)	eats	(c)	ate	(d)	eaten
2.	(a)	day	(b)	days	(c)	daily	(d)	day's
3.	(a)	dead	(b)	deadens	(c)	dies	(d)	deaths
4.	(a)	what	(b)	how	(c)	which	(d)	however
5.	(a)	effectively	(b)	effects	(c)	effect	(d)	effective
6.	(a)	out	(b)	up	(c)	in	(d)	on
7.	(a)	came	(b)	entered	(c)	wrote	(d)	invented
8.	(a)	benefits	(b)	benefit	(c)	beneficial	(d)	beneficiaries
9.	(a)	lower	(b)	less	(c)	reduces	(d)	cuts
10.	(a)	benefits	(b)	helps	(c)	kinds	(d)	cares
11.	(a)	saw	(b)	jaw	(c)	paw	(d)	raw
12.	(a)	folding	(b)	stewing	(c)	beating	(d)	whisking

SPELLING

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PUT THE TEXT BACK TOGETHER

Number these lines in the correct order.

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( )	and healthier living can make a real difference in preventing heart disease and stroke."
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( )	adults ate more fruit and vegetables every day, there would be 11,000 fewer
( )	telling us. Apples contain chemicals that lower cholesterol in our bodies. Too much cholesterol increases the risk
( )	on our health. He said: "It just shows how effective small changes in diet can be, and that both drugs
( )	million tons of the fruit. China grows nearly half of the world's apples. The USA is the second-
( )	daily apple, 8,500 fewer people would die each year from heart attacks and strokes. They added that if all
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( )	The phrase "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" entered the English language over 100 years
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PUT THE WORDS IN THE RIGHT ORDER

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CIRCLE THE CORRECT WORD (20 PAIRS)

New research says eating an apple every day can protect / protection your body from a heart attack. The research is from Oxford University in England. The researchers said if people in England over 50 years old ate a day / daily apple, 8,500 fewer people would die each year for / from heart attacks and strokes. They added that if all / every adults ate more fruit and vegetables every day, there would be 11,000 few / fewer deaths in England. Lead researcher Dr Adam Briggs explained how health / healthier eating can have big effects / affects on our health. He said: "It just shows how effective small changes in diet can do / be, and that both drugs and healthier living / livelihood can make a real / really difference in preventing heart disease and stroke."

The phrase "an apple a day keeps the doctor out / away" entered the English language over 100 years ago. People in the 19th century know / knew about the benefits of / for apples. Scientists in the 21st century are still telling them / us. Apples contain chemicals that lower cholesterol in your / our bodies. Too much cholesterol increases the risky / risk of having a heart attack. Wikipedia.com says there are more than 7,500 different kind / kinds of apples. In 2010, we ate 69 million tons of a / the fruit. China grows nearly half / halve of the world's apples. The USA is the second-leading producer, with around / round six per cent of world production. People do many things with apples, from eating them / it raw, baking them, stewing them, and making sauces and cakes / caked with them.

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

new research says eating an apple every day can protect your body from a heart attack the research is from oxford university in england the researchers said if people in england over 50 years old ate a daily apple 8500 fewer people would die each year from heart attacks and strokes they added that if all adults ate more fruit and vegetables every day there would be 11000 fewer deaths in england lead researcher dr adam briggs explained how healthier eating can have big effects on our health he said "it just shows how effective small changes in diet can be and that both drugs and healthier living can make a real difference in preventing heart disease and stroke"

the phrase "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" entered the english language over 100 years ago people in the 19th century knew about the benefits of apples scientists in the 21st century are still telling us apples contain chemicals that lower cholesterol in our bodies too much cholesterol increases the risk of having a heart attack wikipediacom says there are more than 7500 different kinds of apples in 2010 we ate 69 million tons of the fruit china grows nearly half of the world's apples the usa is the second-leading producer with around six per cent of world production people do many things with apples from eating them raw baking them stewing them and making sauces and cakes with them

PUT A SLASH ( / ) WHERE THE SPACES ARE

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tack.TheresearchisfromOxfordUniversityinEngland.Theresearcherssaidifpe
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chyearfromheartattacksandstrokes.Theyaddedthatifalladultsatemorefruita
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searcherDrAdamBriggsexplainedhowhealthiereatingcanhavebigeffectsono
urhealth.Hesaid:"Itjustshowshoweffectivesmallchangesindietcanbe,andth
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Englishlanguageover100yearsago.Peopleinthe19thcenturyknewabouttheb
enefitsofapples.Scientistsinthe21stcenturyarestilltellingus.Applescontainc
hemicalsthatlowercholesterolinourbodies.Toomuchcholesterolincreasesthe
riskofhavingaheartattack.Wikipedia.comsaystherearemorethan7,500differ
entkindsofapples.In2010,weate69milliontonsofthefruit.Chinagrowsnearlyh
alfoftheworld'sapples.TheUSAisthesecond-leadingproducer,witharoundsi
xpercentofworldproduction.Peopledomanythingswithapples,fromeatingthem
raw,bakingthem,stewingthem,andmakingsaucesandcakeswiththem.

FREE WRITING

Write about apples for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner's paper.

_____________________________________________________________________________

ACADEMIC WRITING

An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Is this true? What are the advantages and disadvantages of eating an apple a day?

_____________________________________________________________________________

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 apples. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. APPLES: Make a poster about apples and health. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?

4. AN APPLE A DAY: Write a magazine article about eating an apple a day. Include imaginary interviews with people who think apples are great for our health.

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 apple expert. Ask him/her three questions about apples. Give him/her three of your opinions on them. 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

T

d

F

e

F

f

T

g

T

h

F

SYNONYM MATCH (p.4)

1.	protect	a.	guard
2.	daily	b.	every day
3.	effects	c.	results
4.	effective	d.	successful
5.	diet	e.	food
6.	phrase	f.	expression
7.	entered	g.	came into
8.	benefits	h.	good points
9.	lower	i.	reduce
10.	raw	j.	uncooked

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS (p.8)

1.	Oxford University
2.	8,500
3.	11,000
4.	The lead researcher
5.	Drugs and healthier living
6.	Over 100 years ago
7.	The health benefits of apples
8.	Cholesterol
9.	Over 7,500
10.	The USA

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ (p.9)

1.

c

2.

a

3.

d

4.

b

5.

c

6.

d

7.

b

8.

d

9.

a

10.

d

ALL OTHER EXERCISES

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