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. chicken 3. fruit 4. vegetables

milk cucumbers lemons fish

5. 6. 7. 8.

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

about the 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 cooking with sarah.

2. Today’s program is about desserts.

3. When I was young, I liked to make desserts.

4. Today we know that the desserts are very rich and adorn our table.
5. And now a few words about the best desserts in town.

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

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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.

chicken is better than steak.

2. Salty food is very healthy.

salty food is very harmful.

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

no, it´s breakfast

4. The body doesn’t need any food first thing in the morning.
if you need, you always need.

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

no, you have to eat healthy.

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

“Kim Fit” Rules to Remember

1. Do not eat fat

2. do exercise

3. eat healthy

4. have a nutritious breakfast

5. do not eat sugar

6. avoid salt

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) weight , but after a few
weeks, I couldn’t continue any more.

My (6) body needed more (7)energy !

It’s always the same story – I can (8) never 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.

Continue with diets and you will see that you soon lose weight.

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: Thanks, but I really don´t want any cake
Man: But it´s really very good. Are you sure?
Woman: I´m not hungry right now, but thanks anyway
Man: OK. You don´t have to get angry
Woman: I´m not angry. I´m just on a diet

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?
Woman: I´m not hungry right now, but thanks anyway
Man: OK. You don´t have yo get angry
Woman: I´m not angry. I´m just on a diet

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: Hey , how are yoy?

Your friend: I´m fine , thank you. Do you want to go out today?
You: I´m sorry, but I´m so tired! But thank you for the invitation.
Your friend: I understand, no problem. Next time then.
You: yes, next time I will!
Your friend: okay, bye! See you around.

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

You: hey, now are you?

Your friend: I´m fine, thank you. Do you want to go out today?
You: yes, sure! Where are we going
Your friend: to the movies, and we can watch a scary movies.
You: okay, perfect! See you at 7 pm?
Your friend: 7 pm it is, goodbye!

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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) a lot of fried food?

Fiona: Well, I usually eat (2) some chips with my lunch.

Kim: How about cake and chocolate?

Fiona: Oh, I love cake. I always have (3)much 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) some cups of coffee a day, but not many really.

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

Not because there are many sugary things and many fried foods.

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