Preparation for Discussion with Doshisha 2 + Notes and Pictures with Doshisha
By Yiler Huang
Preparation
1. Nutrition and Food
a. introduce the semester project and how food and nutrition is related to this topic
We are making smoothies for astronauts to drink. Because they are for astronauts, we need some special nutritions that astronauts need when they are in space.
b. share 3 pieces of information that you learned about healthy eating, and how that will affect your body
- A human needs to eat certain amount 5 kinds of foods a day(vege, meat & egg, nuts, milk, and fruit)
- There are different vitamins that could help you grow more muscle or grow taller.
- People burn calories all the time, and the amount depends on the body stat of different people.
c. show 3 examples of things Taiwanese students often eat for lunch (with pictures), ask partner what they think about the taste/nutrition of this food
1. McDonald (only us I guess)
picture from article ARTICLE McDonald’s joins the plant revolution https://www.newfoodmagazine.com/article/94705/mcdonalds-joins-the-plant-revolution/
2. Frozen vegetables (I think this one looks like food waste and also tastes terrible)
picture from wikipedia https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%89%E8%89%B2%E8%B1%86
3. Bento
d. explain the health/unhealth of these 3 foods based on what the nutrition teacher taught you (with nutrition information)
- McDonald’s might be the most terribly unhealthy one because all the things are fried and oily and that’s bad for your skin.
- Three colored vegetables have corn, which could replace rice, and some vegetables. Therefore this one might be the most healthy one out of the three, but also the most bad-tasting one.
- Tainwanese bento boxes are usually very oily and that is also very bad for your skin.
e. you will need to explain in simple words what the nutrition information you are talking about means (giving examples makes it easier)
Different foods have different kinds of nutritions that the human body needs, and we can see if a food has enough or too much of a kind of food to decide if it is healthy or not.
f. ask about the most unhealthy Japanese food Japanese students often eat
2. Covid and Life
a. explain the situation with covid in Taiwan for the last year, and also the past 2 weeks (numbers and charts would be very useful)
The situation last year was not as horrible as these 2 weeks, because there were fewer cases last week. However, people were more scared last year.
b. ask your partner to talk about the situation in Japan
c. talk about how you feel with this situation in regards to school, social relationships, relationships with family, feeling about society in general
I think my relationship with other people is not affected because I feel more free when I am talking to people online instead of face to face.
d. ask your partner to say what they feel about the same topics
e. talk about your guess about how the covid situation will develop in the next 3 months and 1 year
I think the number of cases will keep increasing for about two weeks, and then it will decrease slowly and go back to normal.
3. One more area of interest that you feel would be interesting to talk and ask about with your partner
I’ve Been reading a manga called Spy x Family recently and it was very interesting, and that is popular in Japan too.
Notes
They bring bento boxes themselves, and there is often vegetable and meat inside.
I showed this to my partner and said that this is the worst food in Taiwanese school, and asked him if there’s anything that tastes bad in their lunch. My partner said the food in Japan is all very good.
I showed him this picture of Taiwanese bento. He said this does not look healthy because there are too few veggies.
pictures of my partner and I
