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7. Which is your place for eating? Why would you recommend it?

Draw an outline of a restaurant review; choose key vocabulary to every point.

DIY

1. Surf the Internet and find information about different famous/unusual places of eating. Be ready to talk about the most amazing one you would like to visit.

2. Read the text and refresh your vocabulary connected with healthy eating.

Your body needsproteins to build muscles. Proteins are also important for healthy hair and fingernails. You can get lots of proteins from meat, fish, and eggs. Dairy products, like milk, cheese, and yogurt, also contain proteins. Many people don’t eat animal products, they are vegetarians, but they get proteins from plant products. Pulses, like beans and lentils, are rich in proteins. Many grains, nuts and seeds have proteins too.

Carbohydrates give your body energy. You can get carbohydrates from grain products like rice, bread and pasta. Your body digests these foods slowly, so they give you energy for many hours. Some vegetables, like potatoes, also have a lot of carbohydrates.

Sugar is also a carbohydrate. Your body digests sugar quickly, so it gives you energy right away. Don’t eat too many sweet foods like candy and ice-cream, and remember that you can also get sugar from naturally sweet foods. Honey, for example.

You need to eat somefats to stay healthy. Your body also stores fats for extra energy, and to keep you warm in winter. Some types of meat and fish have a lot of fats. Dairy products, like butter and cheese, have fats, too. You can also get fats from plant products like nuts, seeds, and vegetable oils. But too many fats can make you fat!

Your body needs vitamins to stay healthy and fight diseases. Vitamin A keeps your skin healthy. You can get it from orange fruits and vegetables like carrots or pumpkins. Dark green vegetables, like spinach, have lots of vitamin A, too. Dairy products give you vitamin B for healthy blood. You can also get it from meat, fish and eggs. Vitamin C helps your

body fight diseases. You get it from citrus fruits like oranges and lemons.

Your body needsminerals. You need calcium for strong bones and healthy teeth. Dairy products, like milk and yogurt, are good sources of calcium. You also need iron for healthy blood. You can get it from red meat and eggs, from vegetables like broccoli and spinach. Salt is an important mineral but too much salt is bad for you.

Get ready to discuss the following questions:

• Is food a pleasure or fuel ?

• How important is food in your life?

• What are you favorite dishes?

UNIT 3 IT IS THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS

CHAPTER 3 EATING OUT

LESSON 2 WHAT TO EAT?

I WARMING UP

1. How do you like the idea of celebrating family holidays in a café or restaurant? Why? Where?

2. Present the most amazing place for eating out you have found to the audience.

II VOCABULARY

3. There are some words connected with food.

Put them into appropriate category:

bake fry poach slice baked delicious off

bitter grill portion spicy roasted junk sour

bland mild raw spoonful fried wretched convenience

boil nutritious roast sweet boiled plain processed

fresh overcooked salty undercooked grilled rare frozen

Food quantities	Ways of preparing food	Food adjectives describing taste	Other food adjectives
portion

4. Work in pairs. Your partner should tell you sentences with the words above in Russian. You have to translate these sentences into English. After 3-*5 sentences switch the roles.

III READING

5. 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.

• Do you eat a balanced diet with lots of different nutrients?

• What do you understand by healthy eating?

• Why do you think there are so many talks nowadays about healthy eating?

a) Read the passage below and try to answer the introduced questions.

b) Guess or look up the meanings of the words in bold.

In most countries of the developed world, there is no shortage of food, but their inhabitants could be suffering from a form of malnutrition. This is something that 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 nutritious and which is lacking in many of the vitamins, fats, carbohydrates and minerals essential to health. Because of our busy way of life, we rely too much on convenience foods, not taking the time to prepare a nourishing meal for ourselves. Instead, we grab something from the supermarket shelves or freezer and put it in the microwave.

Even when we decide to eat in a restaurant, many of us consider 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 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 risk 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 now known to be high in cholesterol, which can be a contributory factor in heart disease.

Fashion in healthy eating may have changed, but the message remains the same. Watch what you eat!

c) Give a heading to the passage.