Unit 4 videos

Unit 4, Video 1 – Presentation openings (Exercise 1.1)

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Opening 1
Good morning, everyone. Before I start my presentation, I’d like to ask you all a question. How many of you here today have eaten junk food in the last week? Put your hand up please if your answer is yes. Hmmm, that’s almost everyone. Now that’s very interesting, because the topic of my presentation today, is junk food and how it’s contributing to teenage obesity.

Opening 2
Good morning, everyone. Before I start my presentation today, I’d just like to share a few facts with you. As I’m sure you all know, here in Scotland, we have the highest mountain in the UK. I’m proud to say that we also have the largest freshwater lake. But let me tell you something that I’m not very proud about. According to a recent survey, Scotland has the highest incidence of teenage obesity, not only in the UK, but in all of Europe. And in my presentation today, I’m going to be looking at junk food and how its consumption is contributing to the problem.

Opening 3
Good morning, everyone. Before we get started, I have a little task for you. Can you stand up please, if you’ve had any junk food in the last week? Hmmm, that looks like more than half of you, which is very interesting, because the topic of my presentation today is junk food and how its consumption is contributing to teenage obesity.

Opening 4
Good morning, everyone. Before we get started, I’d just like you to listen to something. It’s part of a poem by the writer, Barbara Rice:

So many nights, I whimpered and cried,
Thought that my prayers had all been denied.
Stuffing my feelings, ashamed of my plight,
Trying to stop, with all of my might.
Shoving in cold spaghetti, at three in the morning,
Frying shrimps by the time the daylight was dawning.
Drinking gallons of soda, my heart wildly beating,
Hating myself, ’cause I couldn’t stop eating.
The monster in me would come out to play,
And as much as I begged him, he wouldn’t go away.
Morning would come, and that is when,
The whole vicious cycle would start once again …

The title of that poem is Out of Hell: Reflections On Losing 150 Pounds and if you haven’t already guessed, the topic of my presentation today is junk food and teenage obesity.