1.Answer the questions:
What do you understand by healthy eating?
Why do you think there so much talk nowadays about healthy eating?
Do you agree with these statements& Give your reasons for each of your answers.
All food is good for us if not eaten in large amounts.
Healthy eating is only talked about in rich countries.
2. Read the passage below.
Most of us would like to live a long and healthy life. Increasingly, doctors are telling us that, in order to do so, we must eat a healthy diet. Too often we ignore the advice.
In most countries of the developed world there is no shortage of food, but their inhabitants could be suffering from the form of malnutrition. This is something we are accustomed to associate with poor countries which regularly suffer from famine, caused by primitive agricultural methods and over-population.
The problem in the developed countries is that all too many of us are eating food which is far from being nutritious and which is lacking in many of the vitamins essential to health. Because of our busy way of life, we rely too much on convenience foods, not taking time in preparing nourishing meal for ourselves. Instead we grab something from the supermarket shelves or freezer and put it into microwave.
Even we decide to eat in a restaurant, many of us decide that we have very little time and that our food must be served instantly.
It is for this reason that there are, in many countries, so many restaurants that specialize in serving fast food. Unfortunately, much of this food is also junk food, and even more unfortunately many children have become addicted to this, refusing to eat healthier alternatives.
In general, we are eating too much more processed food and not enough wholefood. Ideally, we should eat more cereal products in order to increase our intake of fibre, since there is some evidence that this reduces the risks of certain cancers. Antioxidants, too, are thought to have some effect in preventing cancer and these are found in significant quantities in fruit and vegetables.
Formerly, it was considered important to eat plenty of eggs and dairy products to remain healthy. Such foods are known to be high in cholesterol, which can be a contributory factor in heart disease.
Fashions in healthy eating may have changed, but the message remains the same. Watch what you eat!
3. Explain the meaning of the words in bold. Use the dictionary if it is necessary. Give examples.
4 Match each word in column A with its meaning in column B.
1. Suffer
2 famine
3 nutritious
4 essential
5 alternatives
6 products
7 quantities
8 message
A Foods
B good for health
C substitutes
D statement
E feel pain
F shortage of food
G necessary
H amounts
5. Match each word in column A with the opposite meaning in column B.
1 Long
2 developed
3 accustomed to
4 primitive
5 instantly
6 reduces
7 effect
8 significant
A later
B short
C underdeveloped
D cause
E unused to
F small
G modern
H increases
6. Complete the sentences so that make sense and be grammatically correct.
1To live a long and healthy life, doctors advise people to…..
2 People in poor countries suffer from malnutrition because….
3 People in developed countries may suffer from malnutrition because of…
4 People like to eat fast food as……
7. Answer the questions.
1 Give one reason why the writer said that people buy convenience food.
2 Name the kinds of food that is recommended for our health.
3 What is the health risk in taking too much dairy products.
4. Give some examples of wholefoods that you know of.
5 What do you think are the benefits of following a nutritious diet?
6. Do you think that people need to be educated on eating healthily?
7 Would life be boring for you if you cut down on fast food? Give your reason.
LISTENING
1 Study each picture. You are going to listen to a TV chef describing how to make a mushroom risotto. Put the 6 pictures in the correct order, showing the stages involved in making the dish.
2 Take the recipe card. Complete the recipe with the missing information
WRITING
1. Write an essay to comment on one of the following proverbs.
a. It’s no use crying over spilt milk.
b. You can’t make an omelet without breaking eggs.
Man doesn’t live by bread alone.
2. Write down the recipe of your favourite dish.
SPEAKING
Discuss the following questions with your partner and use them as a plan when making up the final monologue on the topic.
Questions for Reproduction
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1.How can you describe your lifestyle? 2.What comes to mind when you hear the word ‘lifestyle’? 3.Do you lead a healthy lifestyle? 4.Do you stick to a low-calorie diet ? 5.Do you eat three quarters plant food and one quarter animal food? 6.Do eat seven servings of fruit and vegetables every day? 7.Do you think “you are what you eat”? 8.What do you think about canned, frozen and processed food? 9.Do you like fast food and slow food? Would your life be boring for you if you cut down on fast food? 10.Do you think that people need to be educated on eating healthily? 11.What national dishes from your country would you recommend to the world? 12.What is your attitude to technologies? 13.Where do cars rank in the list of most important inventions? 14.Do you drive a car? 15.Can you describe the car of your dream? 16.Do you think the car a person drives is an extension of his/her personality? If you were a car, what car would you like to be? 17.What features and functions of a car do you need most? 18.How different do you think cars of the future will be? 19.Should governments restrict engine sizes to protect the environment? |