Other words and expressions which you might find useful include: information technology / bioclimatology / geopolitics / chemistry / physics / cryogenics + other specialized scientific or
technological fields.
Page 78 Food and diet answers A. 1. calories 2. protein 3. carbohydrate 4. fat 5. fibre (we can also use the word
roughage ) 6. cholesterol
7. vitamin 8. mineral (we often talk about the vitamin or mineral
content of a food) 9. overweight (if somebody
is very overweight, we can say they are
obese ) 10. malnourished 11. nutrition (we often talk about the
nutritional value of a food. The adjective is
nutritious. A person who specializes in the study of nutrition and advises on diets is
called a
nutritionist )
Note: Fats in food come under four categories: saturated fat (which contains the largest amount of hydrogen
possible); unsaturated fat; polyunsaturated fat (which is less likely to be converted into cholesterol in the
body); and monounsaturated fat
B. 1. H 2. C 3. A 4. I 5. D 6. E 7. B 8. F 9. J 10. G
C. 1. fast food 2 / 3. minerals / vitamins (in either order) 4 / 5. fat / carbohydrates (in either order) 6. malnutrition
(the adjective is
malnourished ) 7. scarcity 8. harvest 9. balanced diet 10. fibre 11. fat / cholesterol 12. calories
13. Genetically modified 14. organic 15 / 16. salmonella / listeria (in either order) 17. food poisoning
Other words and expressions which you might find useful include: consume / consumption / underweight / eating disorder / anorexia / anorexic / bulimia / bulimic / vegetarian / vegan
health foods
Page 80 Children & the family answers A. 1. nuclear 2. extended 3. single-parent 4. bring up (we can also use the words
raise or
rear ) 5. upbringing
6. divorced 7. childcare 8. adolescence (the noun is
adolescent ) 9. formative 10. birth rate 11. dependant (the
adjective is
dependant ) 12. juvenile delinquency (in Britain, a juvenile is anybody below the age of 18, which is the
age at which somebody becomes legally responsible for their own actions)
B. 1. H (
authoritarian can be a noun and an adjective) 2. C 3. G 4. K 5. A 6. D 7. J (we can also use the expression
over-caring ) 8. B 9. E 10. F 11. I 12. L
C. 1. formative 2. divorced 3. brought up 4. foster family (a child who is raised by a foster family is called a
foster child . The verb is
to foster ) 5. authoritarian 6. upbringing 7. running wild 8. adolescence
9. juvenile delinquency 10. responsible 11. siblings 12. well-adjusted 13. lenient 14. over-protective
15. nuclear 16. single-parent 17. dependants 18. extended