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V food and cooking Do you P short and tong vowel sounds alotof coffee? ye. butt trying to cut down Tt Mood food eer 1 VOCABULARY food and cooking 3 LISTENING & SPEAKING a Do the quizin pairs, alae SS 4 Isthere any food or drink that you couldn't live without? How often do you FOOD QUIZ Can you think of...? drink ie? ONE red fruit, ONE yellow fruit, ONE green fruit kinds of food that some people are allergic to epee ever heve Two peop gi ready-made food? ‘THREE kinds of food that come from milk bb takeaway food? What kind? FOUR vegetables that you can put in a salad B What's your favou FIVE containers that you can buy food in a frult? ‘1X things that people sometimes have for breakfast b vegetable? Are there any that you really don'tlike? b> p.152 Vocabulary Bank Food and cooking, 4 When you eat out do you normally order ‘meat, fish, or vegetarian? @4)) Listen to these common adjectives to describe food. Do you know what they mean? Then say one kind of food which we often use with each adjective. S What food do you usually eat ‘2 when you'e feeling a bit down? before doing sport or exercise? fresh frozen low-fat raw spicy takeaway tinned © before you have an exam or some important work to do? 2 PRONUNCIATION short andlong vowel sounds a6) Listen to ive people talking, Fach a Lookat the eight sound pictures. What are the words and sounds? What part of the symbol tells you that a sound is long? person is answering one of the questions in Food & Eating above. Match each speaker with a question 1 8 squid chicken sausages roast 4) Speaker A Speaker D spicy grilled chocolate box Speaker B Speaker E a beef steamed oor raw fork Speaaee {| beans breakfast boiled salt b_Listenagain and make notes about their 5, prawns salmon "2 cook suger answers. Compare with a partner lamb cabbage mushrooms food Ask and answer the questions witha partner. 4 margarine carton SUF | cucumber beetroot ‘Whatels you hier int eomnatine b_ Look at the words in each list. Cross out the word which doesn't have the sound in the sound picture © @5\) Listen and check, 4d >p.166 Sound Bank. Look at the typical spellings of the sounds ina. =" 4 READING Are the foods in the list carbohydrates or proteins? With a partner, think of four more kinds of food for each category cake chicken pasta salmon We live in a stressful world, and daily life can sometimes b_ With partner, answer the questions below REEL TE aGessed cx Aerecsed. Bosse people go with either carbohydrates or proteins. Bea aires fie hale, ctisere try allernative thesapton. What kind of food do you thinkitis better to but the place to find a cure could be somewhere completely eat? different: in the kitchen. + for lunch if you have an important exam or .* Paul Clayton, a food expert from Middlesex University says meeting ‘The brains affected by what you eat and drink, just lke every «+ Forbreakfase other part of your body. Certain types of food contain substances which * for your evening meal ‘affect haw you think and feel.” «Hyon are festing stressed For example, food which is high in carbohydrates can make us feel more che , relaxed. It also makes us fel happy. Research has shown that people on © Lookat the title ofthe article. What do you diets often begin to feel a litte depressed after two weeks because they think it means? Read the article once to {are eating fewer carbohydrates. Ais ons abut eieckevoursnswecy eb (On the other hand, food which i rich in protein makes us feel awake d_ Read the article again. Then with a partner, ‘and focused, Research has shown that schoolchildren who eat a high- sayin your own words why the protein breakfast often do better at school than children whose bbreakfastis lower in protein. Also, eating the right kind of meal ‘at lunchtime can make a difference if you have an exam in the afternoon or a business meeting where you need to make some following people are mentioned. Give as much information as you “ ‘quick decisions. In an experiment for a BBC TV programme two 1 DrPaul Clayton ‘chess players, both former British champions. had different 2 people ondiets meals before playing each other. Paul had a plate of prosciutto 3 schoolchildren and salad (Full of protein from the red meat) and his opponent 4 Pauland'Terry Terry had pasta with a creamy sauce (fll of carbohydrate). In the 5 nightclub ownersin Bournemouth chess match Terry felt sleepy. and took much longer than Paul to ‘make decisions about what moves to make. The experiment nd adjectives in the article for the verbs was repeated several times with the same result and nounsin the list. What's the difference between the two adjectives made from ‘Another powerful mood food could become a secret : weapon in the fight against crime. in Bournemouth in stress the south of England, where late-night violence can be 2 problem, some nightclub owners have come up with 2 solution. They give their clients free chocolate at the end stress (nour) (x2) relax (verb) wake (verb) sleep (verb) power (noun) violence (noun) oil (nour) ofthe night. The results have been dramatic with a 60% reduction in violent incidents. £ Askandanswer the questions with a Why does chocolate make people less aggressive? First, it partner. causes the brain to release feel-good chemicals called endorphins. It also contains a lat of sugar, which gives you energy, and can help stop late-night tiredness turning into aggression. These two things, together ‘with a delicious taste, make chocolate a powerful mood changer. 1 What time of day do you normally eat protein and carbohydrates? How do they make you feel? How often do you eat chocolate? Does it make you feel happier? 3 After reading the article, is there anything you would change about your eating habits? ‘Mood food - what the experts say «+ Blueberries and cocoa can raise concentration levels for up to five hours. * Food that is high in protein helps your brain to work more efficiently. + For relaxation and to sleep better, eat carbohydrates * Dark green vegetables (¢, cabbage and spinach) and cily fish (eg. salmon) eaten regularly can help to fight depression. Adapted from a Bish newspaper LISTENING & SPEAKING Ask and answer the questions with a partner RESTAURANTS 1 How often do you eat out? 2 What's your favourite..? 2 kind of food (French, Italian, etc) b restaurant dish 3 How important are these things to you in a restaurant? Number them 1-4 (1= the most important). the food the service the atmosphere the price 4 Have you ever tried English food? What did you think of it? b (7) Read the text about Steve Anderson, Then listen to Part 1 of an interview with him, and number the photos in the order he mentions them, Listen again. Why does he mention each thing? 8») Now listen to Part 2 and answer the questions. 1 What does he say isthe best and worst thing 2 What's the main difference between British and Spanish customers? 3. What kind of customers does he find difficult? 4 How does he think eating habits in Spain are changing? ¢ What about you? Answer the questions with a partner. 1 What was your favourite food when you were a child? 1 you like / don't like 2 Isthere anything cookin, 3 Inyour country, when people eat out would they normally tell the chef what they really think about the food? 4 Do you know anyone who isa ‘difficult STEVE ANDERSON has always had a passion for food, He was first taught to cook by his mother, who is half Burmese. After studying physics at university, he got a holiday job helping on a cookery course in Italy, where he met several famous chefs. One of them, Alastair Little, later ‘employed him asa trainee chef. Two years later he moved to Valencia in Spain and opened a restaurant, Seu Xereo, ‘now one of the most popular restaurants in town,

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