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S Unit 2: Health issues Listening–writing: The “five-second rule” for dropped food (B2) a) Listen to a radio feature on new discoveries about food safety. b) Listen to the feature again and match the sentence halves below. 1. The “five second” rule A than on someone else’s. 2. A study was carried out B depends on the type of floor surface. 3. Around 80 per cent of the people interviewed C refers to food that has been dropped on the floor. 4. More people eat food dropped on their own floor D than tiles or laminate floors. 5. Nearly as many would give fallen food E that is full of dirt. 6. Professor Farina warns not to eat food F eat food that has been dropped on the floor. 7. If food might be contaminated by harmful bacteria G to their partners as to their dogs. 8. Carpets usually carry lower risks H in Birmingham. c) You have decided to write an e-mail to the editor of the radio station commenting on the feature on food safety. In your e-mail to the editor you should: comment on your own behaviour when it comes to food safety relate food safety to the problem of wasting food discuss hygiene and people’s current fear of bacteria in general Write around 250 words . Reading–speaking: If you are overweight, pedicures will be $45 (B2) a) First, read the following article about a nail salon in Tennessee. 1  14 3.2 2  A photo of a sign allegedly posted at a Memphis nail salon has led to an uproar after it was posted on Facebook. The salon has come under fire for apparently putting up a sign stating that bigger customers must pay more for treatments. The handwritten sign in the photo reads, “Sorry, but if you are overweight, pedicures will be $45 due to service fees for pedicurists.” Since the picture was posted Saturday it has been shared more than 500 times, with many women across the city expressing shock. The woman who snapped a photo of the offending sign said she took it at Rose Nails in Frayser, Tennessee. Rose Nails usually charges up to $30 for a pedicure. “I’m a nail tech and am gobsmacked with the sign. Just wow,” one person commented on the Facebook post. When DailyMail.com called the salon, the person who answered the phone tried to claim that a wrong number had been dialed. A local Tennessee station, WREG, had more luck and spoke to the owner, Son Nguyen, in person. He denied that the sign ever existed despite being confronted with the photographic evidence. However, he said he had considered one. A reporter from the station also showed him another picture that appears to have been taken inside the salon. The sign of the pedicure fee is visible, along with the same flooring, same chairs and the same walls that exist in the shop. When asked if it he thought it was his salon, Nguyen said, “I don’t think so.” Nguyen said instead of putting a sign up he had decided to just not service someone if they are severely overweight. He said it was difficult for technicians to give them pedicures and he had chairs broken twice in the past, which he said cost him about $2,250. 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 152 Semester self-checks Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv