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Look at the following list. Who do you kiss? Why? How do you kiss them? Who do you not
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Kissing keeps you healthy.
If you kiss someone in public in India, you may be arrested.
Animals kiss each other.
True or false? Read this magazine article to find out.
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A There are different ways of greeting a friend from country to country.
BAnimals have different ways of showing they care for each other.
CA kiss can mean many different things.
DDifferent cultures have different attitudes to kissing in public.
ENot all kisses are given with love or affection.
FMouth-to-mouth contact between animals has
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GA kiss is a good way of showing how you feel about someone.
HKissing is nice - and can be good for you too.
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'Well,' replied the boy, 'up until now (27) was just fine!'
Vocabulary The right word
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Eating and drinking
National food
Grammar Nouns
Rewrite these sentences using the words on the right. Make as few changes as possible.
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Reading Ice cream: What's in a lick
Do you know
-what ice cream is made of?
-how it is made?
-where it was first made?
Quickly read this section of a magazine article to find out. Don't worry if there are some words you don't know: you should be able to get the general idea without needing to use your dictionary.
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Using information in the text, write the correct number (1, 2, 3 or 4) in the correct place on the
illustration of the ice cream churn.
Find as quickly as possible the answers to questions 1-6 in the article. Choose the correct
answers from A-H in the box.
According to the article, who
1 first developed the practice of storing ice underground?
2 helped to spread the use of iced desserts from Arab courts to Renaissance Italy?
3 helped to spread the use of iced desserts to 16th century France?
4 helped to spread the use of iced desserts to 17th century England?
5 designed a machine that could make ice cream in a few minutes?
6 helped to make ice cream widely available to the 2()th century public?
ACatherine de Medici
BCharles II
Cthe Chinese
Dthe Crusaders
ENancy Johnson
FItalo Marchiony
GMarco Polo
Hthe Romans
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The secrets of the fridge
Go to your kitchen and look in your fridge or food cupboard. Then prepare as full answers as
you can to questions 1-7. In each case, give reasons with your answers.
Which food/drink
1 is there a lot of?
2 is there not much of?
3 should be eaten soon?
4 do you not like very much?
5 is for emergencies?
6has probably been forgotten?
7is unfortunately missing?
Listen to the example answer to question 1
on the recording.
Now record your own answers on a blank cassette. When you have finished, listen to them and think how you could improve what you say. Then record everything again and see if it sounds better the second time.
Some like it hot
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7Grace would rather
8Jack hates
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bon fresh food grown organically.
cstand fast food and takeaways.
deat nothing than eat something unhealthy.
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fbaking her own bread to buying it.
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Get ideas for your writing by thinking about your answers to these questions.
aWhat do you like to eat to keep you cool in summer?
bWhich do you prefer, eating alone or in the company of good friends?
cDo you enjoy trying dishes you've never tasted before?
dDoes food taste better eaten outdoors?
eWhat kind of food helps you keep warm in winter?
fDo you think eating is one of life's pleasures?
gHow do you feel about eating in bed?
hDo you ever show your affection for someone by cooking them a meal?
iIs there any kind of food you find too disgusting to eat?
jWould you rather eat in an expensive restaurant or have a simple home-cooked meal?
kIf you feel sad, can eating something delicious make
you feel better?
1 Does anyone ever force you to eat anything?
Tick the questions which suggest ideas you want to write about.
Arrange the questions you have ticked in three groups of ideas that seem to go together. For
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Grammar Adverbs
Write sentences putting the words in brackets in normal sentence order.
Complete each sentence with one of the words given in brackets.
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12Aren't you hungry? You've eaten anything. (hard/hardly)
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