Super Size Me

Answer the questions as you watch the extras
 
1. Don Gorske, BigMac expert

1) What does Don usually eat?
2) What does he have in his freezer?
3) How long does he have them there?
4) What does Don's wife think about his diet?
5) What does she recommend her patients?
6) What's his favourite food?
7) How many does he eat a day?
8) What does Don's son think about this kind of food?
9) How have the Big Macs changed in the past years?
10) What does Don do when he's travelling?
11) How many hamburgers did he buy in one go?

 
2. The Chip Shop restaurant

1) How can you improve a Twinkie?
2) Why is fried food better, according to the restaurant owner?
3) What things does he fry in his restaurant?
4) Why don't you see obese people in London?
5) How often does he recommend people to go to his restaurant?

 
3. Experiment with hamburgers
 

a. What's the meaning of the following words?

rot / rotten   sweaty   yummy  
mould / mouldy   break down   fantastic  
smell / smelly   beat up   impressive  
juice / juicy   coagulate   black  
grease / greasy   goo   goodness  
frosty   cloud   floss  
 

b. Which of these words best describe the food in this experiment?

 
2 weeks
3 weeks
5 weeks
8 weeks
10 weeks
Big Mac          
Chicken McGrill          
Fillet-o-fish          
Quarter Pounder          
McDonald's fries          
Regular burger          
Regular fries          



Núria Brichs
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