13 Dec 2012 Sogesta

Time

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2129811,00.html

or https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B89FhbfryOecTW1pZkRBWXp0NFk

frozen

slightly slimy

farmer's market

sprouting

glossy cookbook

long winded

green ice

bounty

suspect

whip up

foodie culture

small batch

price tag

affordable

buzz kill

candy

soda

stalwart

caught hold

flash freeze

to peel

to blanche

water soluble

somewhat

shortchange

to seal

airtight

unappetizing

salt shaker

number crunch

To factor

Free-range

Grass-fed

pasture

to dwell

crowded

feedlot

lean meat

built to handle

kids

catcher's mitt

dot

bucket

raw

goodness

Down-market

mess up

to heap

Whole-wheat

comfort food

blowback

landmine

MSG

car ride

well being

focal point

take a toll

mainstream

Brand-name

salsa

guacamole

hold the line

scoop up

dips

lard

pickles

loaded

label

microwavable

acute threat

fussy

snooty

below our station

cachet No comprehension questions for this... so far !

6 Dec 2012 Sogesta

Microbes Maketh Man

http://www.economist.com/node/21560559

full article http://www.economist.com/node/21560523

trillions

gut

scalp

crevices

orifices

subtend

to harbour

microbiome

commensal

align

host

bug

shelter

break down

misbehave

acute

deal with

colour a view

richness

illness

albeit

liver

scatter

salient

phyla

repertoire

grassland

coral reef

usable

stuffed

chew up

Fatty-acid

whence

pathway

lay down

Off-kilter

alter

storage

weird

converse

malnourished

Well-nourished

discordant

rejig

twofold

links

bred

hardened

morbidly

opted

web

healthy

unenviable

hostile

suspicious

lead to

confirmatory

mice

To trigger

strip away

go awry

intriguing

top up

advert

dose

tonic

to ease

shift

range

wheel out

do the trick

take over

claim

deplete

trendy

imputed

misplaced

tick over

puzzling

a fair few

turn out

hint

What % of bacterial cells in humans are inherited ?

The microbiome is implicated in what NON-NUTRITIONAL diseases ?

What % of large bacterial groups make up most of the human microbiome ?

What human genes enable milk digestions ?

What types of bacteria change with a person's weight ?

How does malnourishment affect intestinal bacteria ?

Where does most formic acid come from in humans ?

What % of C. dificile patients were cured with 2 treatments ?

What field of science is fashionable ?

What human inheritance is non-genetic ?

29 Nov 12 Sogesta - Economist Computing with soup

DNA - Computing with soup Computihttp://www.economist.com/node/21548488ng

advent

propagate

soup

giant

base pair

Velcro

bind

strand

rung

network

linked

route

test tube

task

a far cry

prompted

pattern

disease

signature

pioneer

Free-floating

Sticky

tab

detach

culminate

threshold

weight

match

loop

trigger

Tic-tac-toe

destroy

piggyback

classifier

tricked

hijack

pathway

model

debug

behaviour

workbench

How many bases in a gene?

Can the Qian circuit fit in all cells?

What underlies the natural circuit controlling gene activity?

What was the solution to the travelling salesman problem?

What are the advantages of DNA computing?

What are the disadvantages ?

Sogesta 22 Nov - Economist – Nutrition and Poverty

http://www.economist.com/node/21547771

misleading

favela

charity

filling

campaign

shift in approach

pay attention

how-to

stand for

nail colours to the mast

galvanising

underlying

stress

iron

damning record

crops

harvest

undermine

biblical proportions

taught

spike

held flat

sink in

bloated

wasted limbs

lethargy

ravages

veiled

impairments

stunted

struggle

peers

spouse

squirrel away

clinically obese

sedentary

puzzling

fourfold

stunningly good

cheap

next to nothing

lifelong

tackle

the norm

fancy wedding

stealth

staple crop

cassava, beans, millet

intractable

sheer complexity

household

sucklng child

backfire

tick off a list

push all the buttons

smalholder

gobbledegook

cajole

broad-based

Why is the hunger "hidden"

How many people in the world are malnourished

What causes obesity in poor countries

What are the main deficiencies with malnutrition

What are the simple solutions

Urbino - Sogesta 15/11/12

Time – Food that lasts forever

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2108051,00.html

Vocabulary-----------------------

marshmallow

corn syrup

amber

pool

shelf life

chewy

barring

sticky wad

life span

pudding

springy

concocted

throw out

Vacuum-seal

Spam

imperishable

Palate-wise

standard bearer

edible

longevity

Directorate

rations

moisture

mold/mould

salting

seeping

tucking

wrapping

sealed

chamber

handle

oysters

crispness

canning

boundaries

coins

cobbler

texture

extrapolating

rot and decay

Which food do many people think lasts forever ? (its an urban myth!)

Who is a major patron of research into food preservation ?

What needs to be controlled to preserve food ?

How do ancient preservation techniques work ?

5 advantages of food preservation ? An advantage of HPP ? Why does meat have a longer shelf-life ?

Urbino - 8 Nov

Introduction, registration and test.
For beginners you need to improve your English or you will not pass the exam, I recommend

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/
especially this series starting with
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/episode01/index.shtml

also
the Mister Duncan series starting with:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohJCdihPWqc&feature=relmfu

Bring dictionaries or web access to class on Nov 15th.

Scientific English at Uni Urbino

I will post the articles we do in class on this blog, together with the vocabulary.
The exam will be in 2 parts.
1/ Vocabulary - no dictionaries or other assistance allowed - 20 marks
2/ Comprehension - on an article similar to the ones we do in class, dictionaries, Google Translate allowed - no communication in any form with anyone other than the invigilator - 10 marks.

People who come to class will learn more about how to learn English, will have a better chance of passing the exam...... and will have more fun!