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It is a well-known fact that olive oil is good for our health. Many studies show people who use a lot of olive oil in their food have fewer heart attacks. A new study finds that oilve oil also cuts the risk of having a stroke. A report from France’s University of Bordeaux finds that using a lot of olive oil in cooking and salad dressings reduces the risk of stroke by an average of 41 per cent. Research leader Dr Cécilia Samieri said doctors should recommend olive oil for older people, alongside more fruit and vegetables and less salt.
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There has been lots of research into the benefits of olive oil with diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and obesity. The places in the world where people use a lot of olive oil are those where people live longer. Olive oil is a key part of the Mediterranean diet, which is famous for being healthy. Thousands of years ago people called olive oil “liquid gold”. In ancient Greece, people used it as medicine and athletes rubbed it all over their bodies because they believed they would run faster.
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Match the following phrases from the article.
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It ____________________ that olive oil is good for our health. Many studies show people ____________________ olive oil in their food have fewer heart attacks. A new study finds that oilve oil ____________________ of having a stroke. A report from France’s University of Bordeaux finds ____________________ olive oil in cooking and salad dressings reduces the risk of stroke ____________________ 41 per cent. Research leader Dr Cécilia Samieri said doctors should recommend olive oil for older people, ____________________ and vegetables and less salt.
There has been lots ____________________ the benefits of olive oil with diabetes, high ____________________, heart disease and obesity. The places in the world where people use a lot of olive oil ____________________ people live longer. Olive oil is a key part of the Mediterranean diet, which ____________________ being healthy. Thousands of years ago people called olive oil “liquid gold”. In ancient Greece, people used it as medicine and athletes ____________________ their bodies because they believed they ____________________.
It is a well-(1) ____ fact that olive oil is good for our health. Many studies show people who use a lot of olive oil in their food have (2) ____ heart attacks. A new study finds that oilve oil also cuts the risk (3) ____ having a stroke. A report from France’s University of Bordeaux finds that (4) ____ a lot of olive oil in cooking and salad dressings reduces the risk of stroke by an average (5) ____ 41 per cent. Research leader Dr Cécilia Samieri said doctors should recommend olive oil for older people, alongside more fruit and vegetables and (6) ____ salt.
There has been lots of research (7) ____ the benefits of olive oil with diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and obesity. The places in the world where people use a lot of olive oil are (8) ____ where people live longer. Olive oil is a (9) ____ part of the Mediterranean diet, which is famous (10) ____ being healthy. Thousands of years ago people called olive oil “(11) ____ gold”. In ancient Greece, people used it as medicine and athletes rubbed it (12) ____ over their bodies because they believed they would run faster.
Put the correct words from this table into the article.
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Number these lines in the correct order.
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pressure, heart disease and obesity. The places in the world where people use a lot of olive oil are those |
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41 per cent. Research leader Dr Cécilia Samieri said doctors should recommend olive oil for |
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of olive oil in their food have fewer heart attacks. A new study finds that oilve oil also cuts the risk of |
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cooking and salad dressings reduces the risk of stroke by an average of |
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There has been lots of research into the benefits of olive oil with diabetes, high blood |
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It is a well-known fact that olive oil is good for our health. Many studies show people who use a lot |
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for being healthy. Thousands of years ago people called olive oil “liquid |
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having a stroke. A report from France’s University of Bordeaux finds that using a lot of olive oil in |
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where people live longer. Olive oil is a key part of the Mediterranean diet, which is famous |
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over their bodies because they believed they would run faster. |
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older people, alongside more fruit and vegetables and less salt. |
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gold”. In ancient Greece, people used it as medicine and athletes rubbed it all |
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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. OLIVE OIL: Search the Internet and find more information about olive oil. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about olive oil. Include imaginary interviews with olive oil experts and doctors . Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
4. 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.
5. LETTER: Write a letter to an olive oil expert. Ask him/her three questions about olive oil. Give him/her three of your opinions on it. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Your partner will answer the questions you asked.
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