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Vocabulary 5
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1 Match pictures 1–14 with the words in the box.

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apple bread cake carrots cheese fish ice cream
meat milk nuts pasta potatoes strawberries yoghurt

2 Listen and repeat.

3 Talk about the Eat well plate. Complete the gaps with the
words and phrases in the box.

carbohydrates dairy products fat fibre protein vegetables

A healthy diet
consists of: Now say it!
33% fruit and a) …,
like apples or carrots –
they contain a lot of
b) … and vitamins
4 Listen to Ben, Alex and Emily.
What’s their favourite food?
33% c) … like
potatoes and pasta
15% d) … like 5 Work in pairs. Ask and answer
yoghurt and cheese questions about your favourite food.
12% non-dairy
sources of e) … like What’s your favourite food?
nuts and fish
7% food and drink
It’s pasta.
high in f) …, like ice
cream and cake

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Reading
6 Read headings A–E. Which ones do you think are true?

Before you read, look at the

Food myths headings. They help you get
a general idea of the text.
We need to eat and drink to stay alive.
But is it true that …?
8 Read and listen again. Match 1–5 with a–e
A Carrots help us to see in the dark to make sentences.
Carrots contain beta-carotene, and our body converts Carrots don’t help you to see in the dark.
beta-carotene into vitamin A. Vitamin A maintains our
1 Carrots a) are low in fat.
eyesight, but it doesn’t help our night vision.
2 Apples b) helps you to relax.
B An apple a day keeps the doctor away 3 Eating fish c) a home-made pizza.
This old myth isn’t completely false. Apples contain regularly d) don’t help you to see in
antioxidants, and they help to protect our body’s cells. 4 Chocolate the dark.
Apples also contain natural sugars and are low in fat, so 5 There’s fibre in e) helps your intelligence.
they’re the perfect snack!
9 Answer the questions.
C Eating fish makes you intelligent 1 Do carrots contain vitamin A?
Some scientists say this is true! Boys who eat fish every 2 Do apples contain sugar?
week do much better in intelligence tests than boys who 3 What causes acne?
don’t eat fish regularly. Do you like fish? 4 What kind of pizza is healthy?
D Chocolate gives you acne Sometimes words in English
Chocolate contains antioxidants, so it doesn’t cause are similar to words in your
acne. What’s more, it contains a substance that helps language because they are
people to relax. Stress causes spots and acne, so borrowings or loanwords of
chocolate is good for you! Latin or Germanic origin.

E Pizza’s bad for you 10 Find at least six words in the text that are
In fact, if you don’t buy pizza in a shop but you make it at similar to words in Romanian.
home, it’s very healthy! Home-made pizza contains fibre,
vitamin, chocolate …
vitamins, minerals, proteins … perfect for young people!

11 CLASS VOTE Which paragraph of the

7 Read, listen and check your answers. text surprises you?

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At the café

Listen
1 Look at the picture. What food and drink
can you see?

2 Listen to Ben ordering some food.

Then answer the questions.
1 What does he want to eat?
2 What does he want to drink?

3 Listen and complete the dialogue.

Hello. What would you like?

I’d like a (1) …, please.

Of course. Would you like anything to drink?

Could I have an (2) …, please?

There you go. Would you like anything else?

Yes, please. Can I have some strawberries, please?

Sure. Anything else?

No, that’s everything. How much is it, please?

That’s (3) …, please.

Here you are.

Thank you! Enjoy your meal!

We express preference using:

What would you like?
I’d like … please. Functional language
and polite requests using:
Could I have …, please? Ordering food
Can I have …, please?
Assistant
What would you like?
Practise Would you like anything to drink?
4 Listen again and repeat the dialogue. Would you like anything else?
That’s £6.30, please.
5 Order the words to make sentences. Ben
1 pizza / have / I / Can / some ? I’d like a sandwich, please.
2 is / How / it / please / much ? Could I have an apple juice, please?
3 cheeseburger / like / I’d / a . Can I have some strawberries, please?
4 you / like / Would / else / anything ? How much is it?
5 would / What / like / you ?

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Speaking task
Prepare a dialogue between you and the Culture
assistant. British food

Step 1
Traditional
First, look at the menu and decide what you
want to eat and drink.
Sunday lunch
A traditional British family
meal is a roast dinner. This
MENU is beef, lamb or chicken
cooked in the oven. The
Sandwiches £3.00 meat is served with different
vegetables and gravy.
Tomato, cheese, tuna, chicken,
egg mayonnaise
International
Jacket potatoes £1.40
food
Tuna, cheese, beans The British love food from
all over the world. They
Extras love spicy food from India
Salad £2.00 like curries and Mexican
Chips £2.00 food like fajitas. Chinese
food such as fried rice is
Drinks also very popular.
Mineral water £1.30
Apple juice, cola £1.30 Vegetarians
About four million British
people are vegetarian.
Step 2 Some vegetarians eat fish,
but don’t eat meat. Some
Think about what the assistant says.
vegetarians also don’t eat
What would you like? or drink any dairy products.
Would you like anything else? They are called vegans.
That’s £…, please.

Think about what you say. 6 Read and listen to the information about
I’d like a … British food. Then answer the questions.
Could / Can I have a / an / some …? 1 What meat and vegetables can you see in
How much is it, please? the pictures?
2 Where is fried rice from?
Step 3 3 What is a vegan?

Write your dialogue. 7 Work in small groups. Talk about your favourite
traditional Romanian food.
Step 4
Singing time!
Work in pairs. Take it in turns to practise your
dialogue. Follow this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Fr1iDqemjY
a) Listen to The healthy habits song.
What habits are mentioned in the song?
Write them in your notebook.
b) Bring the song to the class to sing it together.

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