| 1 |
i think, i'm pretty healthy and i just eat what i like. |
| 2 |
most mornings i'll have toast with a lot of peanut butter and jam. |
| 3 |
my mom's always complaining about my diet. |
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but i used to be so unfit and i used to eat burgers and fries all the time. |
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i'd get an ice cream or sth on the way home from school every day. |
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i read a lot of stuff about healthy eating and i knew my diet had to change. |
| 7 |
what does Guy think of government advice on food? |
| 8 |
has Guy's attitude to food ever changed? |
| 9 |
who is healthier, Guy or his mother? |
| 10 |
does Jasmin ever eat things that are unhealthy? |
| 11 |
why did she decide to get fit? |
| 12 |
what does she say about Japanese and American eating habits? |
| 13 |
eating should be one of life's pleasures, but we are constantly bombarded with contradictory information about which foods are healthy and which aren't. |
| 14 |
it can be difficult to know what a nutritious meal consists of these days. |
| 15 |
one minute milk and red meat are good for us, the next they're not. |
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when you have sorted that out, then comes the question of whether we should only eat organically grown food or whether industrially farmed food is just as healthy. |
| 17 |
government agencies are quick to advise us about what and what not to eat, but how much notice do we really take? |
| 18 |
i seldom pay any attention to anyone who tries to tell me what i should or shouldn't eat whether it's the government or anyone else. |
| 19 |
anyway, they frequently change their minds. |
| 20 |
eggs used to be good for you. |
| 21 |
high in protein, then they were bad for you. high in cholesterol. |
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and now they're good for you again. |
| 23 |
we're always hearing stuff about only eating organic food that's grown locally. |
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it's much healthier for you. |
| 25 |
but i read an article which said the scientists found no difference between nutrients in organically grown food compared to industrially grown food. |
| 26 |
some reports say there are more vitamins in frozen vegetables than in fresh ones. |
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so who do you believe? |
| 28 |
i think i'm pretty healthy and i just eat what i like. |
| 29 |
most mornings i'll have toasts and a lot of peanut butter and jam. |
| 30 |
tonight i'll probably have a pizza. |
| 31 |
my mom's always complaining about my diet. |
| 32 |
she gets sick way more than me. |
| 33 |
well, about a year ago i got into running. |
| 34 |
so most of the time i'm pretty careful about what i eat. |
| 35 |
sometimes i'll eat junk foods if i'm with friends. |
| 36 |
i used to be so unfit. |
| 37 |
i used to eat burgers and fries all the time. |
| 38 |
i'd get an ice cream or sth on the way home from school every day. |
| 39 |
i hardly ever did any exercise. |
| 40 |
but then this Japanese guy, Hideo, joined our class. |
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he was so cute. |
| 42 |
i used to see him out running every morning. |
| 43 |
that's when i decided to get fit. |
| 44 |
and then i read a lot of stuff about healthy eating. |
| 45 |
i knew my diet had to change. |
| 46 |
pretty soon i was running with Hideo every day. |
| 47 |
did you know Japanese people have far fewer heart attacks than we do? |
| 48 |
that's because they have a very low-fat diet. |
| 49 |
they don't add fat to anything. |
| 50 |
Hideo's mom doesn't anyway. |
| 51 |
i'm always telling my mom to stop cooking with butter. |
| 52 |
it's a killer. |
| 53 |
last night i had two burgers for dinner and i felt a bit sick afterwards. |
| 54 |
i hardly ever drink coffee now, but at one time it used to be my favourite drink. |
| 55 |
i don't usually pay attention to government reports about food because they're always changing their advice. |
| 56 |
i'll walk/i walk to work just for the exercise and i frequently go to the gym. |
| 57 |
i eat/i'll eat vegetables occasionally, but only because i know they're good for me. |
| 58 |
i'm always worrying/i always worry about my diet. |
| 59 |
once i tried not adding salt to my food. it tasted awful. |
| 60 |
when i was younger, i didn't use to like coffee. |
| 61 |
Bernie and i had wanted to buy a place before we started a family. |
| 62 |
most days we'd work/worked/used to work 12 hours a day to earn extra money. |
| 63 |
more often than not when we got home from work, we were/used to be so tired that we just had/just used to be/'d just have a sandwich. |
| 64 |
we seldom used to watch/seldom watched/'d seldom watch tv in the evening. |
| 65 |
we'd rarely go/rarely went/rarely used to go to bed later than 10 p.m. |
| 66 |
however, once in a while, Bernie took/used to take/'d take me to a local coffee for a treat. |
| 67 |
Bernie's always telling/always told/'d always tell Guy how hard life was/used to be back then. |
| 68 |
most of the time Bernie and i were be happy. |
| 69 |
every now and again i got/used to get/'d get upset because we didn't have much money. |
| 70 |
then in 1981 we bought a small apartment and ten months later we had Guy. |
| 71 |
now that we have more money, we'll eat/eat out quite often. |
| 72 |
every so often we'll go/go to a restaurant we love. |
| 73 |
even though, Bernie's always saying/ always says we can't afford it. |
| 74 |
you can eat chips every so often. |
| 75 |
try to eat some fruits every day. |
| 76 |
it's all right to snack on biscuits once in a while. |
| 77 |
only eat crisps every now and again. |
| 78 |
eating red meat most days isn't good for you. |
| 79 |
more often than not i'll choose fish or chickens rather than a burger. |
| 80 |
i have chips for dinner most days. |
| 81 |
i seldom remember to eat an apple or an orange. |
| 82 |
i have a biscuit with my coffee every now and again. |
| 83 |
every so often, when i'm on the computer, i'll have a packet of crisps. |
| 84 |
i only eat vegetable at weekends. |
| 85 |
my favourite food is cheese sandwiches on white bread - i eat them for lunch once in a while. |
| 86 |
when my father reached 40, sth strange happened to him. |
| 87 |
before this, he was always eating/always used to eat what he wanted. |
| 88 |
now he won't eat any fried food and he's always worrying about how much sugar and salt there is in everything. |
| 89 |
this is the same man who used to eat/would eat chocolate all day long. |
| 90 |
these days he gets up early to go to the gym every morning before work. |
| 91 |
before his 40th birthday, he would even complain/he was even complaining about having to walk to the car. |
| 92 |
i've always been fascinated by exotic countries. |
| 93 |
imagine how excited i was about having the opportunity to work as a volunteer nurse in Mongolia. |
| 94 |
before i came here, all i knew about the country was that it was full of wide open spaces and nomadic people moving from place to place. |
| 95 |
tending their animals and living in tents, known as gers. |
| 96 |
my work mainly takes me to the rural parts of Mongolia. |
| 97 |
although sleeping in a ger seemed very strange to me at first, i'm used to staying in these wonderful tents now. |
| 98 |
the one thing i really wasn't prepared for was how different Mongolian food is, but i'm slowly getting used to it. |
| 99 |
the diet is mainly milk-based in summer (yoghurt, cheese etc.) with a shift to meat in winter. |
| 100 |
it took me a while to get used to eating so much meat, especially as it's usually served without vegetables. |
| 101 |
i certainly wasn't used to the lumps of fat my Mongolian friends ate with such pleasure. |
| 102 |
this amount of fat in the diet is necessary because Mongolian have to withstand viciously cold winters. |
| 103 |
it can go as low as - 40 degrees. |
| 104 |
i'll never get used to being outside in those temperatures. |
| 105 |
the highlight of my stay in Mongolia so far has been the Naadam festival, which happens every year in July. |
| 106 |
all over the country you'll see people in their spectacular traditional dress. |
| 107 |
taking part in wrestling, archery and horse racing which are 15 to 30 kilometres long. |
| 108 |
the jockeys riding these horses are fearless children -- boys and girls, aged between 5 and 13. |
| 109 |
one more thing about Mongolia - i still haven't got used to Airag, which is made from fermented horse's milk. |
| 110 |
it's been the Mongolian traditional alcoholic drink for 5000 years. |
| 111 |
i'm told it's an acquired taste. |
| 112 |
Julia kept drinking lots of water. she isn't used to eating such spicy food. |
| 113 |
i'm always losing my sunglasses. i haven't got to used to wearing them yet. |
| 114 |
i'm finding it more difficult than i thought to get used to on the right. |
| 115 |
my children are used to flying because we travelled abroad when they were babies. |
| 116 |
it's taken me ages, but i've finally got used to drinking tea with milk. |
| 117 |
are you used to living in a country without seasons yet? |
| 118 |
my grandmother is now used to answering emails, but she still can't use a mobile phone. |
| 119 |
before i worked from home, i used to waste at least three hours a day on the train. |
| 120 |
i still can't get used to not having to leave home at seven o'clock every morning. |
| 121 |
i'm still not used to organising my own working day. |
| 122 |
i get distracted easily. |
| 123 |
i used to enjoy chatting to people in the office so i sometimes feel a bit lonely. |
| 124 |
i'm slowly getting used to focusing on work, rather than what's happening at home. |
| 125 |
i'd find it difficult to get used to wearing suits and ties again instead of my jeans. |
| 126 |
when i worked in an office, i never used to get home in time to go to the gym in the evenings. |
| 127 |
it was hard to get used to just eating rice for breakfast. |
| 128 |
i'm not used to sleeping in daylight, so i find it difficult in the summer when it never gets dark. |
| 129 |
i don't think i'll ever get used to the written language - it has three alphabets. |
| 130 |
the summers here aren't very warm and i'm used to temperatures of about 35 degrees in the summer. |
| 131 |
i'm getting used to finding my way around new places using a map, but i can't read the streets signs here. |
| 132 |
he isn't used to working at night so he sometimes falls asleep. |
| 133 |
are you used to the climate? |
| 134 |
i used to go jogging nearly every day. |
| 135 |
i didn't used to exercise on a regular basis. |
| 136 |
did you used to exercise regularly? |
| 137 |
it took them a long time to get used to their new boss. |
| 138 |
they couldn't get used to driving on the left. |
| 139 |
have they got used to eating so much sea food? |
| 140 |
since i moved to the city, i've got used to noise. |
| 141 |
i've moved to Canada this year. i hope i'll get used to snow soon. |
| 142 |
Harry used to play the piano, but he gave it up some time ago. |
| 143 |
at first getting up at 6 a.m. was horrible, but now i'm used to it. |
| 144 |
it took me some time to get used to getting up at 6 a.m, now it's not a problem. |
| 145 |
when i first started to live in Spain, it took me ages to get used to the hot summers. |
| 146 |
as a child i was used to learning. now, however, i find it a struggle. |
| 147 |
my wife insists on listening to opera music, it used to drive me mad. these days, i'm used to it, so i don't get angry. |
| 148 |
my boss is always giving me extra work to do, at first it was a real problem. nowadays i'm used to it and i do what i can. |
| 149 |
my English teacher is from midlands and has a strange accent. it took me a while to get used to the way he spoke. |
| 150 |
my grandmother used to cook on an open fire. she tried to teach my mum but she couldn't get used to it. |
| 151 |
i'll never get used to watching tv in German, it is so hard to understand. |
| 152 |
when you got to England, it may take you some time to get used to driving on the other side of the road. |
| 153 |
i'm used/'ve got used to studying every day, although i don't like it. |
| 154 |
my son is slowly getting used to living in a small village. |
| 155 |
my whole class never got used to our math teacher shouting when we made mistakes. |
| 156 |
he isn't sure if he will ever get used to working overseas. |
| 157 |
i used to hate wearing glasses until i realized i could see well. |
| 158 |
while he's cooking, he's getting used to following the instructions. |
| 159 |
i have always loved going to school, my sister on the other hand used to hate it. |
| 160 |
when i bought my first smartphone, it took such a long time before i got used to using it. |
| 161 |
during the company restructure no one could get used to the new working systems. |
| 162 |
if i win the lottery, i'm sure i'll have problems getting used to having so much spare cash. |
| 163 |
we used to have an electric oven. when we changed to gas, my wife found it hard to get used to it and she burnt everything. |
| 164 |
living in a different country can be tricky, until you've got used to the cultural differences. |
| 165 |
i used to have a small car, and then i bought sth bigger. it took some time, but now i'm used to it. |
| 166 |
are you still advertising for another accountant? |
| 167 |
yes, and we've started interviewing. |
| 168 |
Peter and I saw a couple of people this morning. |
| 169 |
and there are a few more applicants on the list. |
| 170 |
i'm seeing another 2 later on this afternoon actually. |
| 171 |
how did the interviews this morning go? |
| 172 |
well, to be honest, with the first guy i made my mind up in about ten seconds. |
| 173 |
i just had a hunch that he wasn't right for our company. |
| 174 |
what. you knew that in ten seconds. |
| 175 |
you didn't give him much of a chance, did you? |
| 176 |
we didn't ask him to leave after ten seconds. |
| 177 |
we interviewed him for at least half an hour, but i didn't change my initial opinion of him - nor did Peter. |
| 178 |
what was it you didn't like? |
| 179 |
it wasn't anything in particular. |
| 180 |
that was just sth about him. |
| 181 |
he had all the right qualifications or everything. |
| 182 |
can't put my finger on it, really. |
| 183 |
it's instinct, isn't it? |
| 184 |
it's what that guy Malcolm Gladwell says. |
| 185 |
we get an immediate impression about someone, and it's often right. |
| 186 |
Malcolm who? Malcolm Gladwell. |
| 187 |
he wrote a book called 'blink'. |
| 188 |
he says we should go with our gut feelings more often. |
| 189 |
is he just talking about people or first impressions of people? |
| 190 |
no, anything, really. |
| 191 |
he just says, we make unconscious decisions about things and we do it almost instantly. |
| 192 |
he's suggesting it's a good thing, is he? |
| 193 |
pretty much, yes. |
| 194 |
does he believe in things like love at first sight. |
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i don't know for sure, but yes, he probably does. |
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why, do you? |
| 197 |
well, that's what happened to my uncle and his wife. |
| 198 |
the saw each other across a room in a library when they were about 17. |
| 199 |
it was love at first sight. |
| 200 |
they got married as soon as they could. |
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and are they still together? |
| 202 |
well, they've just had their 25th wedding anniversary. |
| 203 |
so a bit too soon to tell. |
| 204 |
Gladwell's book, Blink, is all about first impressions and what he calls 'rapid cognition'. |
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in his own words, "it's a book about the kind of thinking that happens in a blink of an eye. |
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when you mee someone for the first time or walk into a house you are thinking of buying or read the first few sentences of a book. |
| 207 |
your mind takes about two seconds to jump to a series of conclusions. |
| 208 |
Gladwell's critics point out that most scientific tradition is based on a great deal more than two seconds thought. |
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but he would argue that years of scientific study can originate from an instant observation - such as Archimedes 'eureka' moment. |
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however, Gladwell himself is realistic about rapid recognition and he does recognise there is a basic weakness - some first impressions don't seem to be based on anything. |
| 211 |
for example, he noticed that Americans show a strong preference for the taller candidates in their presidential elections. |
| 212 |
in fact, since 1900, only four candidates have beaten men who are taller than themselves. |
| 213 |
with this in mind Gladwell contacted 500 companies in the US and found that almost all of their directors were tall. |
| 214 |
Gladwell commented, "now that's weird. there's no correlation between height and intelligence or height and judgement. |
| 215 |
but for some reason corporations overwhelmingly choose tall people for leadership roles. |
| 216 |
i think that's an example of bad rapid cognition. |
| 217 |
as an example of good rapid cognition, Gladwell talks about the ability to make a quick decision with a small amount of data and says. |
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a little bit of knowledge goes a long way. |
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he tells the story of the Emergency Room doctors at Cook County Hospital in Chicago. |
| 220 |
a few years ago, the hospital changed the way they diagnosed heart attacks. |
| 221 |
they instructed their doctors to gather less information on their patients. |
| 222 |
they told them to ignore the patient's age, weight and medical history etc. |
| 223 |
concentrate only on a few really significant pieces of information, e.g. blood pressure and heart rate. |
| 224 |
Cook County is now one of the best places in the US for diagnosing chest pain. |
| 225 |
it's responsible for saving the lives of thousands of people. |
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overall, Gladwell believes the power of first impressions should be investigated further. |
| 227 |
the first task of Blink is to convince you of a simple fact. |
| 228 |
decisions made very quickly can be every bit as good as decisions made cautiously and deliberately. |
| 229 |
what's the longest river in the world? |
| 230 |
Many encyclopaedias state with confidence that the River Nile in Africa is the longest river in the world. |
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its length is often given as being 6 695 kilometers. |
| 232 |
however, there are scientists who would question that. |
| 233 |
indeed, some would argue that the River Amazon in South America is in fact longer than the Nile. |
| 234 |
at first sight it seems unbelievable that we don't know exactly how long the rivers are. |
| 235 |
the situation becomes more understandable, though, when we consider that there's not always agreement about where a river actually starts. |
| 236 |
also, how long a river is can change over time. |
| 237 |
so perhaps the correct response to the question should be 'it depends'. |
| 238 |
London is one of the great cities of the world. |
| 239 |
there's evidence that people lived in the area in pre-historic times. |
| 240 |
however, the history of the city really began with the arrival of the Romans in 43 AD. |
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they built a wooden bridge over the river Thames. |
| 242 |
this bridge was very useful and soon the city of Londinium (as it was called) grew around it. |
| 243 |
the city played an important role in the economic life of the country, as it does today. |
| 244 |
the growth of London since then has been incredible. |
| 245 |
the modern city is home to about 7.5 million inhabitants. |
| 246 |
from small beginnings nearly two thousand years ago, London has become a place of global importance. |
| 247 |
imagine what life used to be like before people had frozen food. |
| 248 |
everything had to be bought fresh and fresh meat lasted only a few days. |
| 249 |
that all changed in 1916 when an explorer called Clarence Birdseye went on an expedition to Canada with his family. |
| 250 |
they were unable to get fresh vegetables, so Clarence used ice to make their food last longer. |
| 251 |
after a lot of hard work, he finally found a way of successful freezing food. |
| 252 |
he returned to the USA, started a business and became wealthy. |
| 253 |
Clarence Birdseye is famous for finally finding the solution to a problem that people had been trying to solve for thousand of years. |
| 254 |
even today, shopping will find Bird's Eye products on sale in supermarkets all over the world. |
| 255 |
sorry, more plates. |
| 256 |
thanks. are the kids alright? |
| 257 |
yes. Judy and Martin are playing party games with them in the garden. |
| 258 |
your grandson's having a lovely birthday, Val. |
| 259 |
can i help in here? |
| 260 |
look, Jack and Helen have eaten everything. |
| 261 |
Ben's hardly eaten anything. |
| 262 |
one bite of an apple, oh, and birthday cake, of course. |
| 263 |
don't worry about it. it's best just to let kids eat what they want. |
| 264 |
i don't know about that. i think it's important for kids to get used to good eating habbits as early as possible. |
| 265 |
that's what i did with Helen, anyway. |
| 266 |
right from the word go. |
| 267 |
i think you should make them stay at the table until they finish their food. |
| 268 |
i can't really see the point of forcing kids to eat. |
| 269 |
i think that just makes kids hate meal times and then food becomes a bigger problem. |
| 270 |
oh, do you think so? i think if kids aren't allowed to play until they've eaten their food, they soon learn to empty their plates and then they're not fussy eaters. |
| 271 |
i see what you mean. |
| 272 |
oh, i wouldn't say that. i wasn't strict with any of my kids and they used to eat anything. |
| 273 |
all you have to do is make it fun, like letting them help when you're getting food ready. |
| 274 |
i see your point, but we don't let Ben help in case he hurts himself. |
| 275 |
that's right. it can be dangerous in a kitchen for a five-year-old. |
| 276 |
but life's dangerous for a five-year-old. |
| 277 |
they're always falling down and things. |
| 278 |
i'm not suggesting you leave the kids on their own. |
| 279 |
you're there supervising everything. |
| 280 |
but surely it slows everything down if they're helping you. |
| 281 |
yes, i suppose that's true, actually, but on the other hand they're learning valuable life lessons. |
| 282 |
that's a good point. you might be right there. |
| 283 |
well, i'm still not convinced. |
| 284 |
what can a five-year-old do to help in the kitchen, anyway? |
| 285 |
little things. let them get things for you or let them wash vegetables. |
| 286 |
just simple things. |
| 287 |
you mean, sort of make it a game. |
| 288 |
but i've never seen your son cook, Val. |
| 289 |
well, i can't argue with that. |
| 290 |
no, i mean, do you think little boys are interested in helping in the kitchen? |
| 291 |
that's a bit sexist. |
| 292 |
i wasn't being sexist. i just mean that little boys.. |
| 293 |
usually want to kill each other. |
| 294 |
well, yeah, there is that. |
| 295 |
and anyway, it's important boys learn how to cook, don't you think? |
| 296 |
i suppose you've got a point there. |
| 297 |
right, i'll go and get Ben. |
| 298 |
tell him he's cooking tonight. |
| 299 |
i wasn't strict about many things, but i was strict about bedtime. |
| 300 |
i think children under eight should go to bed at seven. |
| 301 |
oh, do you think so? why not let them go to bed when they're tired? |
| 302 |
i don't know about that. kids never admit they're tired. |
| 303 |
that's a good point. and kids like routines. |
| 304 |
you might be right there. |
| 305 |
well, i can't really see the point of forcing kids to go to bed. |
| 306 |
but if you don't, parents never have any time on their own. |
| 307 |
i see what you mean. but i'm still not convinced. |
| 308 |
as a working mum, i'd hardly ever see my kids if they went to bed at seven. |
| 309 |
but if they're up late, they get bad-tempered. |
| 310 |
yes, you can't argue with that. |
| 311 |
yes, i suppose that's true actually. but anyway it's too late to change now. |
| 312 |
oh, i wouldn't say that. it's never too late. |
| 313 |
school holidays are much too long. well, i can't argue with that. |
| 314 |
they're certainly difficult for working parents. |
| 315 |
do you think so? kids need a break from studying. |
| 316 |
holidays are always better abroad. i suppose that's true, actually. they're more interesting. |
| 317 |
oh, i wouldn't say that. you spend too much of your holiday travelling. |
| 318 |
travelling by train is more relaxing than driving. you might be right there. you can sit and read a book. |
| 319 |
well, i'm still not convinced. you don't always get a seat. |
| 320 |
it's better for kids to read books than watch TV. i see your point. they have to use their imagination more. |
| 321 |
i don't know about that. it takes too long to finish a book. |
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