Unit5Thinkbeforeyoueat-(2)VIP专享VIP免费

Very VegetarianS1AU5R1. Eating fish increases your brain power.2. White rice is better for you than brown rice.3. Hot tea warms your body better than a cold drink.4. The most important meal of the day is breakfast.5. People who eat meat are stronger than people who eat only vegetables.6. A snack before you go to bed keeps you awake.1. Eating fish increases your brain power.This is a false but commonly held English belief. Students frequently eat fish before sitting examinations.2. White rice is better for you than brown rice.Brown rice is much healthier than white rice. White rice has had the bran ( 麸皮 ) and germ ( 胚芽 ) removed. This means it supplies very little fibre and has fewervitamins and minerals. During World War II, when people were forced to eat brown rice, deaths from stomach and intestinal cancer dropped.3. Hot tea warms your body better than a cold drink.Of course, a hot drink will make you feel warmer than a cold one, but your body actually uses the sugar in a cold drink to keep your body temperature up.4. The most important meal of the day is breakfast.If you have eaten breakfast, you will be ready for work and be much better able to concentrate during the day.5. People who eat meat are stronger than people who eat only vegetables.A vegetarian diet with beans, nuts and bean curd (tofu) can supply just as much protein, vitamins and minerals as a dietwith meat. However, a diet of only green vegetables would be as imbalanced as a diet consisting of only meat.6. A snack before you go to bed keeps you awake.A light snack before bed can make you drowsy because your body must expend energy to digest the food, draining ( 排出 ) blood from other parts of the ...