Unit 6 Eating Habits pp.68-79
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| Look at the pictures. Which of these foods are healthy and which are unhealthy? The fish and the chicken with vegetables are healthy. Sandwich and cake are unhealthy foods. Can you think of any other healthy or unhealthy kinds of food?- I can think of such other healthy food: fruits, boiled (cooked) meat, beef, fresh juices, grilled vegetables, bread with bran, boiled eggs. And unhealthy kinds of food are: chips, sweets, fried potatoes, roast, ice-cream, fat meat and cheese. J b What is your favourite dish?- My favourite dishes are cutlets and fried potatoes. Because its very delicious! Why? Have you ever tasted ethnic food (e.g. Chinese. Indian, etc.)?- No, I have never tasted ethnic food. Did you enjoy it? ■ What is junk food? Junk food is unhealthy food. Such food is bad for stomach, and you must eat such food very rare! This food is prepared very fast. Why do people eat so much junk food nowadays?- Nowadays, people eat much junk food, because they have no time to prepare really healthy and qualitative food. |
| You are going to read a newspaper article about unhealthy food. Six para- 1 graphs have been removed from the article. Choose from paragraphs A-G the one which fits each gap (1-5). There is one extra paragraph which you do not need to use. There is an example at the beginning (0). Vocabulary Practice 2 Fill in the correct word(s) from the list below: let alone rejecting predicting adolescence signify gain glowing skin consume nutrients limit research tend to 1 Vegetables are an essential part of our diet as they contain a lot of nutrients............................ (healthy substances) 2 I dont even know what a breadfruit looks like, let alone.......... ................................... what it tastes like! (not to mention) 3 You should limit the........................... amount of chocolate you eat if you want to lose weight, (restrict) 4 The stars on the label signify.............................................................. that the brandy is of the best quality, (mean) 5 Scientific research................... has shown that saturated fats are a major cause of cancer. (investigation) 6. People who eat lots of sweets tend to...... have dental problems, (are likely to) 7.Jill is overweight because she ate so much junk food during her adolescence. (teenage years) 8.Her glowing skin.............. is a result of all the fruit and vegetables she eats, (healthy- looking complexion) 9. More and more people are rejecting........ meat in favour of more fruit and vegetables. (not accepting) 10. Unless you cut down on junk food and sweets. you will gain weight! (put on) 11. Nutritionists are predicting...... that junk food consumption will increase in the near future, (foreseeing) 12. Young people consume large amounts of carbonated drinks with their meals, (take in) |
| Reading |
B, 1-D, 2-G, 3- F. 4- A, 5- E
Fill in the correct word(s) from the list below. Use the words only once.
room vast chocolate junk
eating couch-potato to do to keep
gourmet balanced heart saturated
fast-moving the pressures high side
A fast-moving world 9. the pressures of modern life
Chocolate bars 10. Saturated fat
a couch-potato lifestyle 11. To do service
