Unit 2 补充阅读理解练习Digital Pickles 课件+阅读原文+学案 2023-2024学年人教新目标八年级英语上册

Digital Pickles Pre-reading Have you ever watched videos while eating? What kind of videos do you like to watch? While reading Digital Pickles More and more young people like to watch videos while eating.People call these videos"digital pickles" because they seem to make the food taste way better. But is it a good eating habit?Can it affect your diet?A research team in 2019 asked 62 volunteers to follow different eating patterns on four different days.The patterns included eating without distraction, eating while looking at the phone and eating while reading a magazine.The team found that people ate more while playing with their phones or reading. To find the reason,the team also invited two groups of people:one group ate while listening to an audio clip about another person eating and the other group listened to a clip that helped them imagine themselves eating.The results showed that the second group ate less because they focused more on their meals.So when eating with the"digital pickles",people's attention can be distracted and they will end up eating more than expected. This works not only for watching videos but for doing difficult tasks as well.A research project by the University of Sussex,UK,invited 120 people to do different tasks while having drinks and snacks.The study found that when their attention was distracted by difficult tasks,they were less likely to tell how full they felt. Though videos are interesting,don't watch too much while eating.Anyway,as we all know,eating too much isn't good for our health.So,when you eat,just focus on your food.Enjoy the taste and smell of your food. Reading tasks .Answer the questions. .1.How many people took part in the research in 2019? 62. 2.Why did the team invite another two groups of people? To find the reason why people ate more while playing on their phones or reading. Reading tasks Fill in the blanks. "Digital pickles"are very popular among young people. Digital pickles”refer to(l)】 videople watching while