WRITTEN MEDIATION TASK: Travelling to the USA
You are an English teacher and you have a group of 30 students who are going to spend the whole summer in the
USA. Both parents and teachers are really concerned about the unhealthy eating habits of the host country.
The headmaster of your school has urged you to write a 150-word article (max. 175) for the school magazine in
which you explain the appropriate way to prevent the students from becoming overweight and help them stay as
healthy as possible during their stay. In your article, use ONLY the relevant information in the infographic below.
Besides, please use 1 question tag, the phrases ‘as a matter of fact’, ‘to begin with’ and ‘let’s call a spade a spade’,
all that glitters is not gold or nothing could be further from the truth and ‘on the whole’ or ‘all in all’.
Please also use a few of the following connectors for:
Purpose: in order to / so as to / so that / in case (don’t forget its real meaning)
Contrast: nevertheless / however / nonetheless /even though / although / despite / in spite of
Result and/or reason: Consequently / therefore / thus / since / as / due to (the fact that)
Others: In addition / furthermore / regarding / with regard to / as regards / as far as ___ is concerned / otherwise
/ that is (to say) / in other words…
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