Health ESL Conversation Questions
1. Are you addicted to anything, such as coffee, tobacco?
2. Are you afraid of the dentist?
3. What is the best cure for a hangover?
4. What is the ideal amount of sleep to get per night? Are you getting it?
5. Is your country smoker-friendly?
6. Have you heard of the paleolithic diet? What is it?
7. What do you think of vegetarianism? Veganism?
8. What do you think of your country's health care system?
9. Do you have any allergies?
HEALTHY VENDING
These days if you're buying a snack from a vending machine it's usually something not so good for you. But now, you might have an alternative. Fruit and veg vending machines are now a thing and one school is helping them take off.
This is me at a vending machine. This is me at a vending machine where instead of a chocolate bar, I receive fruit! And while I look slightly confused by this development, getting fruit this way might soon be just how we do things.
At this vending machine there's not a chocolate or chip bag in sight. And it turns out there are lots of people keen to ditch a sugary snack, for a healthier, fresh one.
It's a pretty new idea. The company behind it started out last year with a vending machine that just sold bananas. And that was a world first. Now they've gone one better, selling everything from berries to apples. But while it shouldn't be a surprise that people love fruit, you probably don't expect to see it sold like this.
We use vending machines because they're convenient. We can get what we want, when we want. And we know a bag of chips is always going to taste like a bag of chips. Freshness doesn't really come into the picture.
On the other hand, if I chose an orange, I'd want to be fairly certain it was still fresh. And I'd have no idea if it was delicious and juicy, or just not very tasty.
So a fruit vending machine sounds like a serious challenge, both to stock and to buy from. But the company behind these machines, say they only select fruit that's really tasty. And they visit their machines every day to restock and make sure everything's fresh. It seems to be working, too. Here at Brisbane Boys Grammar School, this fruit vending machine is a huge hit.
DAVID CARROLL, DEPUTY HEAD, BRISBANE BOYS GRAMMAR: It's in a good spot. It's got a population that's hungry early in the morning, late afternoon, and so that's really helped.
The idea to install this machine actually came from one of the students, too.
We've been hearing that some of the fruit in this vending machine is some of the best fruit they've ever had. It's been paying off. Students have been really loving these bananas and fruits.
So does that mean we'll soon be seeing heaps of these machines? Well, it's hard to say. There are some big challenges sourcing fruit in different areas and getting it to where it's needed while it's still fresh. But if machines like these keep becoming more popular, buying a nutritious snack might soon be even easier.
1.What do you usually get from vending machine?
2.What are the advantages of vending machines?
3. Have you heard of healthy vending? What do you think about this idea?
4. What are some challenges for making them successful?
5. If you can put other stuff in vending machine, What would be best?
6. New York's ban on big soda is rejected by final court. Should soft drink soda be banned?