Communicative Objective: Describing
Thinness (Negative)
Context: World Hunger
Part 1, Speaking: The words listed
below are all synonyms of the adjective “thin.” Each varies slightly from the
others in meaning and use. Discuss the definition and application of each word.
1. emaciated: (adjective) negative,
formal synonym of “extremely thin”
Example: Facebook posts of emaciated children are very
difficult to swallow.
2. gaunt: (adjective) negative,
formal synonym of “very thin”
Example: Cancer has left her looking gaunt.
3. scrawny: (adjective)
negative, informal synonym of thin
Example: He is scrawny, but he is tough!
4. shriveled: (adjective)
negative synonym of “thin,” usually related to dehydration
Example: My cucumber plants are shriveled because they were
in the scorching sun all day!
5. underweight: (adjective)
negative, formal, medical synonym of “thin”
Example: Her pediatrician said that she is underweight for
her age.
Part 2, Reading Exercise: Complete the reading passage with the most
appropriate vocabulary.
Hunger remains a major problem confronting the world, for both
developing and developed countries.
Famine is the most saddening example of
this in the developing world. Although sometimes related to displaced
agricultural populations due to war, it is most often caused by adverse growing
conditions. Too little rain or irrigation, for example, results in _____ crops
and, in turn, _____ livestock. Human starvation and death follows, as
documented by the tragic and shocking images of _____ children which have spread
across the world.
The developed world normally experiences
hunger differently, and less severely, as a consequence of poverty. As
unemployment has grown and incomes have fallen, especially since the economic
crises beginning in 2007, pediatricians have observed more _____ children in
their offices and the general public has noted that there are more _____ kids
in their neighborhoods.
© James Doyle, 2013
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