UJCV 2 - 2022 Basic 2 Unit 2

Unit 2
Healthy Eating

Food
a. Match the food to the pictures.

chicken • cucumbers • fish • fruit • lemons • eggs • milk • vegetables

1. ___________
eggs 2. _____________
chiken 3. ____________4.
fruit _____________
vegetables

5. ___________
milk 6. _____________
cucumbers 7. ____________
lemons 8. _____________
fish

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b. Which of the food from activity a. did Sheila talk about in the radio show, “Sheila’s
Kitchen”?

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I´m talking about salads

c. Did you enjoy the radio show, “Sheila’s Kitchen”? What do you think Sheila will say
next? Mark the sentences that she might say.

1. Durelle products are very expensive.

✔ 2. Salads are quick and easy to make.

✔ 3. Vegetables are a very important part of our everyday diet.

4. Can I please have a big plate of fruit salad for dessert?

5. Another great thing about salads is that they are tasty, but not fattening.

✔ 6. You can add many kinds of dressings to salads.

d. Imagine you are presenting a radio show about healthy food. Complete the
phrases below.

1. Hello and welcome to ______________________________________________.

Eat healthy with Katy

2. Today’s program is about ___________________________________________.

healthy food

3. When I was young, ________________________________________________.

I made fruit salad

4. Today we know that _______________________________________________.

salads can be combined with chicken

5. And now a few words about_________________________________________.

the variopint plates, in them you can bake, refrigerate

e. Read your radio show script to your partner. Record yourself and play the
recording to the class.

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Basic 2 Unit 2

Dieters Are Feeling Great!

a. What did you learn about dieting from the article “Dieters Are Feeling Great”? The
following sentences are false. Correct them to make them true.

1. Steak is better for you than chicken.

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Chicken is better for you

2. Salty food is very healthy.

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Salty food is not healthy

3. Dinner is the most important meal of the day.

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Breakfast is the most important thing in the day

4. The body doesn’t need any food first thing in the morning.
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the body needs to feed

5. If you want to lose weight, eat lots of fried food

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If you want to lose weight, eat healthy and exercise

b. Imagine you are on the “Kim Fit” diet. Write a list of important rules to remember.

“Kim Fit” Rules to Remember

1.__________________________________________________________
Consume foods from all the groups on the plate of good eating

2.__________________________________________________________
Consume vegetables and fruits daily at all meals

3.__________________________________________________________
combine the cereals

4.__________________________________________________________
control the consumption of meats

5.__________________________________________________________
Reduce the consumption of sugary drinks

6.__________________________________________________________
Have five meals a day

c. Exchange rules with your partner. Does your partner have any good rules that you
can add to your list?

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d. Read this letter from one of Kim Fit’s readers. Complete the letter using the
following words:

body • breakfast • diet • energy • fried foods • never • salt • weight

Dear Kim Fit,

A few months ago I decided to go on a (1) __________________________.

diet

I stopped eating (2) _______________________

fried foods and I also started to use

less (3) ____________________________.

salt I ate only vegetable salads for

(4) _______________________,
breakfast lunch and dinner.

At first I lost a lot of (5)______

energy _________________, but after a few

weeks, I couldn’t continue any more.

My (6) ________________
body needed more (7) ________________________!
never
It’s always the same story – I can (8) ________________________
weight stay on

a diet for long! What can I do? Please help me.

Yours,

Jack Roland

e. Which of these sentences do you think will be in Kim Fit’s answer to Mr. Roland?

✔ 1. Don’t give up. Try to find a diet that you can keep to.

✔ 2. Nobody can live on only vegetable salads for long.

3. Eat as much as you want, especially fried foods.

✔ 4. It’s OK to eat unhealthy food sometimes.

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f. You are Kim Fit. Write your answer to Jack Roland. Use some of the sentences from
activity e.

Dear Jack,

Thank you for your letter.

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Hello do not give up try to find a diet that you can follow.
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No one can live on vegetable salad alone for long.
It´s okay to eat unhealthy foods sometimes
__________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

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__________________________________________________________

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__________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

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Best wishes,
Kim Fit

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Piece of Cake
a. Separate the sentences to make two alternative dialogues.

But even people on diets have to eat.

OK. If you say it’s good.
Mmm. This is delicious!
Thanks, but I really don’t want any cake.
I’m not hungry right now, but thanks anyway.
OK. You don’t have to get angry.
I’m not angry. I’m just on a diet.
But it’s really very good. Are you sure?
It is good. Here you are.
No, thank you. I’m on a diet.

Dialogue 1
Man: Would you like some cake?
Woman: __________________________________________________________
I´m not hungry right now, but thanks anyway
Man: ok. You don´t have to get angry.
__________________________________________________________
I´m not angry. I’m just on a diet.
Woman: __________________________________________________________
Man: But even people on diets have to eat.
__________________________________________________________
No, thank you. I’m on a diet.
Woman: __________________________________________________________

Dialogue 2
Man: Would you like some cake?
Woman: __________________________________________________________
Thanks, but I really don´t want any cake.
Man: But it´s really very good. Are you sure?
__________________________________________________________
Ok. If you say it´s good
Woman: __________________________________________________________
Man: It is good. Here you are.
__________________________________________________________
Woman: __________________________________________________________
Mmm. This is delicious

b. Choose one of the dialogues and practice it with a partner. Take turns reading the
different parts.

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c. Mark which of the following phrases express refusal and which express acceptance.

Refusal Acceptance

1. You’re right!

2. Sure, why not?

3. Sorry, I don’t like…

4. I said I don’t want any.

5. No, thank you anyway.

6. Not now, thanks.

7. Great! I’d love to.

d. Write a dialogue for one of the following situations:

• Your friend wants to go out, but you are too tired.

• Your friend wants to invite you to a movie that you don’t want to see.
• Your friend wants to go out to lunch, but you just ate something.

You: ________________________________________________________
Hello, how are you? Did you call me?
Your friend: ________________________________________________________
Hello, if I call you, I want to invite you to see a movie, do you want to go?
You: ________________________________________________________
mmm, I can´t, I´m very tired
Your friend: ________________________________________________________
And do you want to go to lunch with me?
You: ________________________________________________________
I just had lunch
Your friend: ________________________________________________________
It´s okay

e. Now change your dialogue so that this time you agree to do what your friend wants.

You: ________________________________________________________
Hello, how are you? Did you call me?
Your friend: ________________________________________________________
Hello, if I call you, I want to invite you to see a movie, do you want to go?
You: ________________________________________________________
yes, I want
Your friend: ________________________________________________________
before watching the movie we can go to lunch
You: yes, see you later
________________________________________________________
Your friend: ________________________________________________________
great

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Nouns: Quantifiers
a. Kim Fit is talking to her friend Fiona about her diet. Use the quantifiers below to
complete their conversation. There is more than one possible answer.

a lot of • some • a few • much • any

Kim: Do you eat (1)______________________

much fried food?

Fiona: Well, I usually eat (2)______________________

a few chips with my lunch.

Kim: How about cake and chocolate?

Fiona: Oh, I love cake. I always have (3)______________________

a lot of cake with my
morning coffee.

Kim: What do you have for breakfast?

Fiona: I don’t really have (4)______________________

any breakfast.

Kim: Do you drink (5)______________________

much coffee?

Fiona: I drink (6)____________________

a few cups of coffee a day, but not many really.

b. Do you think that Fiona’s diet is healthy? Why? Why not?

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No, because he doesn´t eat breakfast
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