Class 13, Gorging

 By Nate Feldman

James is in his house.  He is chowing down on a massive bowl of spaghetti with marinara sauce.  There are two others bowls filled with pasta beside him.  Julie, his friend, comes in to talk with him.

Julie: Hey James!  What are you up to?

James: Nothing much.  Just chowing down on some pasta with homemade marinara sauce.  I'm so famished I could eat like three bowls of this stuff! 

Julie notices the two other bowls of pasta in front of him.

Julie: Wow!  Make sure you don't gorge too much on this.  It might give you a bad stomachache.  

James: I know.  It's just I haven't eaten in a day or so, and I am starved right now.

Julie: You haven't eaten in a day or so?  Are you nuts?  Why would you do that?

James: I've just been so busy with assignments and stuff for classes.  You know, I'm really swamped with classwork.

Julie: Yeah, me too.  I get it.  But, you still have to take time to have meals every now and again.  


Vocabulary:

1. What are you up to?  >>>>What are you doing?  What is happening?

2. gorge >>>>to eat a large amount of something 

3. nuts>>>>crazy (in slang) 

4. swamped>>>>overwhelmed 


For discussion:

1. Do you ever gorge on food?  When do you do that?

2. Do you think people should gorge on food, or should they avoid this?

3. Are you ever swamped with classwork?  When have you been swamped with classwork?

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