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Let’s Eat! Talking about foods Use the adjectives in the box to talk about the foods in the pictures. Add one more adjective to the list The potato chips are sally und crispy. The pieWes ore) @ escrve other foods you like using the adjectives from the box. | 12 Unit2 Let's eat « Listening Foods of the southern United States Q Listen to Bill and Marta's conversation. Which food doesn’t Marta like? Check (V) the box. (CD 1, Track 9) mY = LD) fie chicken Osis [el ester ete eileen ea re se osn. wt he nord or word Mari ss ode eh fod ae 1) 1. fried chicken 3. fried green tomatoes 2. grits 4, Mississippi mud pie 5 your hometown famous for any spectal food? not, do you know a town that is famous for a special food? Describe it. RE tied m2) Sentence stress and rhythm ) A) Listen and repeat the sentences. Note where the stress falls. (CD #, Track 11) Oranges are sweeter than grapefiuit. Potato chips are saltier than crackers. Circe the stressed sytables in these sentences. 1. Math is harder than English, 3. The curry is spicier than the chil. 2. Apples are juicier than carrots. 4, August is hotter than July, 4) @ Pair work. Listen and check your answers. Then practice saying the sentences with your partner. (C01, Trace 12) Lesson A+ Foods we like 13 g} By ot-rel dite ex Pizza again? Listen to the conversation. Then listen again and underline the words used for suggesting, (C0 1, Track 1) Where do you want to go for dinner? I don't know. Why don't we go to the pizza place on the corner? Pizza again? I don’t like their pizza. It's too spicy. You're right. It's spicier than the pizza at Pizza House. Well, I still want to go out tonight. How about that new Japanese restaurant downtown? OK! Let's go! ® Pair work. Practice the conversation with a partner. Roe me. | Offering and suggesting ‘You can use Why don’t we...? or How about... ? to make suggestions. Why don’t we is followed by the base form of the verb: Why don't we go to the pizza place on the comer? | How about is followed by a noun or by a verb + ing: How about the restaurant downtown? How about having a picnic in the park? 1. Can I offer you anything to eat? _How about. a piece of pic? 2, stop at that café? They have delicious coffee cake! 3, This museum is interesting, but I'm tired. go home? 4, What time do you want to meet? seven o'clock? 5, Let's go somewhere. Soing to the beach? go to a movie? There's one with Jet Li that I'd love to see. 6. 8 Group work. Practice inviting your group's members to your favorite restaurant. ® Study the Useful Expressions. Then complete the sentences below with Why don’t we or How about. | | They can either accept or refuse. If they refuse, they should say why. | “Why don’t we goto Parr’s a | ‘Steakhouse fordinner? } That's o great idea! "goes ei 14 unit2 + Let's eat ANNOUNCING... GRAND REOPENING! Yes, we are open again! Come and see the improvements: (The portions were large... but now they are LARGER} eating area was spacious... by i +.» but new MORE SPaCious! Se The s There are two different forms of adjectives frighlighted in the advertisement. How are they different? A popular dessert in Guatemala is hot bananas served with a rich chili- flavored chocolate sauce! Mute acne end co Three oF more syllables sweeter simpler. more relaxing delicious big bigger more crowded || interesting J) Complete the sentences with the comparative form of the adjective in parentheses. 1. The red curry is spicier than the green curry. (spicy) 2. Chery candy i 3. Wow! This apple pie is than real cherries, (sweet) than my Mom's! {delicious} 4. Our English teacher is than our math teacher. (nice) 5. This market is on Sunday than on Monday. (crowded) 6. She is really embarrassed. Her face is than an apple! (red) 1D Trink oF foods to compare using these adjectives. GREE Ther iy ennesopennd te taal epee iii. good healthy refreshing sweet. crispy _—_ salty & Which do you like better, really spicy foods or not so spicy foods? Why? [ies Pe you prefer foreign foods or foods from your country? Why? Talk about drinks. Which are more refreshing? sweeter? more delicious? Lesson A + Foods we like 15, Communication s Veronica's Restaurant Look at the pictures of Veronica's Restaurant. Talk about the changes you see. Use the adjectives in the box to help you. Veronica BGaecl ~~ clean new happy bright big cheerful messy old dirty good bad nice beautiful Make notes fora rato advertisement for the new Veronica's. Include the changes you noticed in A. @ Presene your tai aivertsement othe as. 16 Unit2- Let's Eat! ~Let’s Eat! Lesson B | Eating out = ss | 1 Vocabulary Link | £} Restaurant experiences Read what Sylvia and Hiro said about eating out recently. Then match the words and the definitions below. Sylvia: I wanted to get a hamburger at the drive-through window, but it was closed, I parked my car and walked to a pizza place instead. I didn’t want to eat in the restaurant, so I got takeout. Some people think that pizza is junk food. They say it isn’t very healthy. Hiro: I arrived at the restaurant early. I had salad for my appetizer, fried chicken for my entree, and a piece of pie for dessert. I couldn't eat everything, so I had to get a doggie bag. g_ 1. drive-through window a. a bag or box to carry extra food home from a restaurant 2. takeout b. a dish served as a main meal ___ 3. junk food ¢. unhealthy food ____ 4. appetizer da sweet food served after a meal = Baenree €. food that you buy at a restaurant to eat at home 6. dessert f. food eaten before the main meal 7. doggie bag g. a restaurant window that serves food to people in their cars 8 Pair work. Discuss these questions with a partner. 1. What are some popular appetizers and desserts? 2. Do you ever take home doggie bags? Why or why not? Lesson B + Eating out 17 2 Listening i?) The Slow Food movement The average French pers @) @ ‘What do members of the Slow Food movement believe? cats 500 snails 2 yea Listen and check (V)} your answer. (CD 1, Track 14] j Now that's an examp of really “slow food”! We should support and celebrate local food traditions. [Fy We should cook and serve food slowly. [E] We shoutd grow food slowly and carefully. @®) 8 Listen again. Complete the sentences with words from the box. (You will not use all the words.) (CD 1, Track 15) dinner farmers ‘life. spicy Europe fast. «=o members. the U.S. 1, People in the Slow Food movement don't like food. 2. They think we should slow down and enjoy fe 3. They also believe in supporting local and their products. 4. The Slow Food movement started in 5, It has more than 65,000 jcG_ What are some advantanges of the Slow Food movement? Sesiea Can you think of any disadvantages? Would you join the movement? Why or why not? 5 3 Reading The healthiest people in the world What is your idea of a healthy diet? What should people do to keep healthy ® Read the article about the lifestyle of Okinawans on page 19. Then complete the chart below. Okinawan Centenarians How they relax 18 Unitt2+ Let's Eat! are ving 5 longer than before. People have healthier lifestyles, and healtheare is . 40 better, foo. I ‘Okinawa is an isiand off the coast of Japan. The people on Okinawa, the Okinawans, may have the longest lives and healthiest lifestyles in the world. 1s Researchers did a study. They started {heir study by looking at city and town birth records from 1879. They didn't expect to find many centenarians in the records They were very surprised to find so many 10 centenarians per 100,000 people. in ‘Okinawa there are 34 centenarians per 100,000 peopie! What is the Okinawans’ secret? s First, they eat a healthy diet, They eat many fresh fruits and vegetables, They also eat fish often and drink a lot of water and green tea. But researchers think that the Okinawans have other healthy habits 2s = ‘Well, They don't do hard exercise such as \Weightliting or jogging—instead, they prefer relaxing activities ike gardening and walking. Researchers say that older Okinawans also have a good attitude about = aging. They sit quietty and relax their minds with deep breathing exercises. They also enjoy massage. BOB BE Ree eee ® Find these words in the reading, 1, Find a word in line 8 that means ways of living: lifestyles 2, Find a word in line 15 that means people who study something: 3. Century means 100 years. Find a word in line 18 that means people who have lived 100 years or more: 4. Find a word in line 30 that means things that you do often: 5. Find a word in line 35 that means the way you feel about something: Why do Okinawans live so long? Give some reasons, ‘What other people in the world have healthy lifestyles? Why do you think so? Do people in your country have healthy lifestyles? Give examples. Lesson B+ Eating out 19 T Cente aa : The superlative form of adjectives Pown-home Cookin” { . ‘Ontest Winners | Read the announcement. Notice the form of © Award for the m, | the adjectives in blue. Then answer the questions. dish went to Abs) Coe Antoni al 1. What's the name of the contest? won frie fecs Anita Sait Di whiat dead tain the warce meant? budget, Tho atest meal on a 3. What kinds of foods do you think might to Alfredo aoe prize went be entered in this contest? delicious mon ie the most a OF al, Congratulations to aly the winners! Look at the chart and fill in the missing words. Then check your answers with a partner. Grete ae oo eres cod ti ee the sweetest || simple relaxing the most relaxin, | large spicy delicious big the biggest crowded the most crowded |} interesting Read about these eating places. Fill in the superlative form of the adjectives in parentheses. Everyone is rushing to Lulu’s! City Dining magazine says it the trendiest (trendy) and___ (romantic) n dinner spot. Call early—it’s also (difficult) place to get a reservation, because i | (popular) place around! J's Jazz Joint is (noisy) and | (exciting) place to visit on a Friday night. It has | (good) entertainment. JJ's has (large) jazz band in the city and (cheap) food and drin ® Pair work. Work with a partner. Use these adjectives to talk about restaurants you know. noisy trendy cheap Bob's Bistra is the noisiest restaurant ! knows. g pean boring romantic bad 20 Unit 2 + Let's Eat! atin Amazon staurant: Ama wee Sun ‘You are a restaurant reviewer for a popular website. . Brazilian ‘hoose a restaurant and make some notes, Then write a review. Food: Bra: Price: Moderate Location: Downtown ice: Polite and See endl Lc tiipsnaafoodendpacesrevecom ee gon Sun [+++] Sun is the best restaurant in town. serve the most delicious Brazifian es. The waiters are polite and friendly. ‘gecered the Feijoada. It was fantastic! . .. Communication saring foods Pair work. Compare your list with a partner's. Tell your partner which food you think is .. . the most delicious the most exotic the hardest to prepare at home the cheapest to buy the healthiest the worst for you @ Group work. Work in small groups. Create a menu for a new restaurant u: members have written. 1g many of the foods your group's vide the menu into sections (appetizers, entrees, drinks, desserts). Include prices. ® Post your menus for the class to see. BP scescssiaman Gy Practice your English online at worlalink.heinie.com, LessonB + Eatingout 21 | os |

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