Magic Curry Essay

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Informative Speech Outline Name: Hannah & Linda Date: October 27, 2010 Topic reviewed: _____ Topic: The Magic Curry Purpose: Arouses people’s attention to curry. Specific purpose: Help audience learn more about the curry that they think they already know a lot about it. For example, the history of the word curry and the health benefits it provides. Thesis: Today, we want to tell you how magical curry is in terms of its history, ingredients and health benefits. Introduction: I. Attention: Do you like curry? Have you ever noticed there are a variety of curries—Indian curry, Thai curry, Japanese curry or Taiwanese curry? Or, have you ever heard about the benefits that curry can contribute to our health? II. Reveal & relate topic: Recently, scientists become curious about the underlying secret of the low proportion of Indian elderly come down with Alzheimers, which is four times lower than Americans. These scientists started to do research on Indian eating habits. And surprisingly, they found this secret lying in THE MAGIC CURRY! III. Credibility: Because we like curry so much that we did a lot of research to learn more about it. IV. Preview: First we’d like to define the word “curry” and how it becomes the curry we know today. Second, we’ll introduce the ingredients of curry and the differences in various countries. Third, discuss the effects of curry to our health. Body: I. Curry is originated from India. A. The word curry is an anglicized version of the Tamil word kari. B. The British people’s influence on their colony. (transition) Now you understand that the word curry means “sauce.” Let’s move on to have a closer look at the ingredients in curry. II. The basic ingredients of curry and how it transforms into different styles to suit its own culture and
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