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Diets

Make up the proverbs

Answer the questions

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1. Have you ever been on a diet?

2. Have you ever heard about doctor Atkins and his diet? Would you like to discover something about it?

Were you successful?

3. Could you translate the noun banting?

Would you like to discover their meanings?

The verb to bant?

1. reign a. (in Great Britain, not in the USA) a measure of weight equal to 14 pounds or 6.35 kg

2. craze b. the rule of a monarch

3. stone c. a very strong enthusiasm for or interest in

4. warrant d. a cure, a medicine

5. household name e. official duty

6. remedy f. common, slang

7. funeral g. to have a special choice of food eaten for a special reason

8. to be constantly on a diet h. fatness, when the middle of one’s body is round

9. corpulence i. the burial of a dead person with all the ceremonies that are performed

10. tumbler j. to lose; to throw off; to get rid of

11. to shed k. wild animals or birds hunted for food

12. game l. a drinking glass

13. oz m. domestic birds (ducks, hens, etc)

14. poultry p. ounce, a weight equal to one-sixteenth of a pound or 28.3 gr

15. nightcap o. someone who is very fond of something

16. devotee n. a drink taken before going to bed at night

Match the word with its definition

reign

craze

the rule of a monarch

stone

warrant

household name

remedy

funeral

to be constantly on a diet

corpulence

tumbler

to shed

game

oz

poultry

nightcap

a very strong enthusiasm for or interest in

(in Great Britain, not in the USA) a measure of weight equal to 14 pounds or 6.35 kg official duty

common, slang a cure, a medicine

the burial of a dead person with all the ceremonies that are performed

to have a special choice of food eaten for a special reason

fatness, when the middle of one’s body is round a drinking glass

to lose; to throw off; to get rid of

wild animals or birds hunted for food

ounce, a weight equal to one-sixteenth of a pound or 28.3 gr

domestic birds (ducks, hens, etc) a drink taken before going to bed at night

1. Read the text and fill in the missing sentences: a) Mr. Banting tried every fashionable remedy, he was constantly on a diet, but everything was useless. b) So, Mr. Banting became a household name: the verb to bant, meaning to diet, was absorbed into the Oxford English Dictionary. c) “The craze for the Atkins’ diet is northing new: 140 years ago a corpulent, middle-class funeral director became the original diet guru with a book that is virtually identical to the Atkins’ diet.”

How to Get Thin the Victorian Way In 1972 an American cardiologist by the name of Dr. Robert Atkins published his own New Diet Revolution. But was he a pioneer for what is now a multimillion-pound industry that numbers among its devotees such Hollywood stars such as Jennifer Aniston, Catherine Zeta Jones, Demi Moore and Renee Zelweger? No, because dietetic historians and lexicographers say: William Banting was born in London and for 5 generations his family firm held the Royal warrant. Among those whose state burials they organized were Admiral Nelson, George III, Prince Albert and Queen Victoria in 1901. William Banting was absolutely happy in his family and lucky in his business, but corpulence was the greatest problem for him. By chance he met a distinguished surgeon who handed him a sheet of paper with a new regime. On the August morning 26 years into the reign of Queen Victoria, the short and very fat William Banting began his diet. Twelve months later, in 1863 he shed more than 3 stones and declared the diet “simply miraculous”. The noun banting is frequently used nowadays.

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1.Queen Victoria shed her weight with the help of the Atkins Diet in 1901.

2. Admiral Nelson, George III, Prince Albert and Queen Victoria were the devotees of Atkins’ New Diet Revolution.

3. Dietetic historians and lexicographers consider that William Banting was the pioneer for what is now a multimillion-pound industry.

4. William Banting was 26 when he began his diet.

5. Twelve months later, in 1863 Mr.Banting shed more than 19 kg and declared the diet “simply miraculous”.

6. To bant means to diet.

7. William Banting’s family organized the state burials of Admiral Nelson and Queen Victoria.

8. Dr. Atkins became a household name.

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Now have a look at Banting’s diet

Bantig’s dietBreakfast, 9am: 6oz of either beef, mutton, broiled fish, bacon or cold meat of any kind except pork or veal; 9oz of tea or coffee without milk or sugar; a little biscuit or 1oz of dry toast.Lunch, 2pm: 5-6oz of any fish except salmon, herrings or eels or any meat except pork or veal; any vegetables except potato, parsnip or beetroot, turnip or carrot; 1oz of dry toast; fruit, not sweetened; any kind of poultry or game; 2-3 glasses of good claret, sherry or Madeira. Champagne, port and beer are forbidden.Tea, 6pm: 2-3oz of cooked fruit, a rusk or two, tea without milk or sugar.Supper, 9pm: 3-4oz of meat or fish similar to lunch. For nightcap, if required, a tumbler of grog (gin, whisky or brandy without sugar) or a glass or two of claret or sherry.

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