Pag . 1 - Organigramma

SECTION 1
1 Look through the text and find the English correspondent for the following ltalian words "‘
or phrases.
How do you like your water?
lt seems ironic that when we British go abroad we become snooty about drinking the local water,
when
it seems some of us are not exactly keen to drink our own. In theory though, 99.7% of UK tap water
meets European purity standards. Ofwat, the water watchdog, says that pesticides have been
“almost
eliminated” from UK tap water.
Still, it's not difficult to see why people are attracted to bottled water. Buzzwords such as “natural”,
“spring" and “pure” conjure up images of healthy living and fitness. But surely no one would waste
their money on water that was no purer or better tasting than tap water — would they?
In one blind tasting conducted by The Sunday Times, a panel of drink, food and water-quality
experts
graded plain old tap water as highly as bottled. In another experiment, Which? magazine found
similar results.
So are we fooling ourselves about bottled water? The argument rages on, but there are other
reasons
why buying bottled water may be less than desiderable. Friends of Earth is concerned about the
envi-
ronmental impact - we currently dispose of about 600,000 tonnes of plastic water bottles every year
in landfill sites. To say nothing of the lunacy of transporting the stuff from such far-flung places as
Argentina.
Elixir of life
Why do we need to drink so much water anyway? Nutritionist Jane‘Clarke, author of Body Foods
for
Life (Weidenfeld & Nicolson), explains: “Water keeps the body flushed of waste products and helps
to keep the skin, hair and organs healthy. It aids digestion and enables the body to take up essential
nutrients from food”. -
Clarke believes that many health problems could be avoided if we drank more water. In addition,
she
says “central heating and air-conditioning cause us to lose more water than before, plus our diets
contain more salt, additives and sugar — all of which places more strain on the body’s water
reserves”.
Research carried out in April this year by Gallup showed that nearly 60% of us drink less than four
glasses of water a day — a worrying statistic. Yet most of us find it difficult to get through even a
litre
a day, let alone the two or three recommended. Clarke advises us to get into the habit of taking fre-
quent sips — keep a bottle of fresh chilled water in the fridge/on your desk/in the car, as well as
drinking a glass every hour if you can. But which is the best, bottled or tap water? “l think it’s a
question of
taste. The tap water in your area may be indistinguishable from the purest mineral water. If you’re
unsure, you could always use a water filter’.
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(Adapted from: Good Food)