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12 Shadow read the text. Copy the speed and intonation. Be careful with words with the
"Some people live to eat and others eat to live". Well, I live to eat. Food is one of my greatest pleasures and I think I eat a lot. I like most things but especially fish and stroganoff. I really enjoy tasting food from different countries. We often go to Chinese and Arabic restaurants. There are a few good ones near us. My favorite kind of food's sushi and sometimes we have it at the weekend for a treat. Thiago's really good at making it. I think we're quite healthy, although sometimes I worry that Thiago doesn't eat enough. He does so much exercise. We avoid too much meat and I eat plenty of fruit and vegetables. We try to buy fresh food rather than packets or tins and grill rather than fry. We eat few sugary things, although, I do enjoy a few sweets now and then and a little bit of chocolate. The problem of course is that I put on weight easily so I'm always on a diet. I don't usually have much for lunch. I try to eat just one big meal a day, usually in the evenings with Thiago. I always have a bottle of water with me. During the week I drink litres of water. It's good for the skin and stops me eating too many snacks.
| eat | live |
| Chinese | think |
| weekend | fish |
| treat | packets |
| police | tins |
| meat | women |
| sweets | sugary |
| easily | busy |
| people | little |
| me | bit |
| week | English |
Pronunciation Tip
14 Pronunciation. Listen and underline the word you hear. Listen and repeat.
1. There must be more to it/eat.
2. There are some bins/beans over there.
3. Did you fill/feel them?
4. I love that bit/beat in the song.
5. I'm going to live/leave with my sister.
6. This pitch/peach is awful.
15 Listen and chant the poem.
I scream
you scream
we all scream
for ice cream.
16 Look at the use of articles (a, an, the) in the text. How are articles used differently in Portuguese?
17 Complete these jokes about food. Listen and check.
1. The most fattening thing you can put in a bowl of ice cream is the _____
2. You know you should go on a diet when you go to the zoo and the gorillas throw you peanuts.
3. You: Waiter, waiter this soup tastes funny.
Waiter: So why aren't you ________?
18 Put these sentences in the right order.
1. many women are diets on so.
2. count some they the calories people everything in eat.
3. pregnant she when on was she put much too weight.
4. too sugary isn't things for many eating good you.
5. good Japanese cooking at food he's.
19 Complete the chart with too, too many and too much.
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20 Health collocations. Read and complete this conversation. Listen and check.
A: Hi Sarah, how are you? I haven't seen you for ages. (ages = a long time)
B: I'm really ____. You ____ good. You've ______ a bit of _________ haven't you?
A: Yes, I've been _________ the calories.
B: It ____! I must admit I've _____on a few ________.
A: No, you ____ great!
B: I really need to ____ on a ______.
A: I was told that _____ more vegetables is good ____ losing weight.
B: I'm no good _____ sticking to diets. I like ____ treats!
Professional Tip
. Working with collocations is a great way to help your students to remember vocabulary.
. Vocabulary taught by itself is rarely remembered.
. Vocabulary taught by itself is rarely remembered.
21 Match the food idioms (a, b, c) to their meanings (1, 2, 3). Do you have similar idioms in Brazil?
a) You can't have your cake and eat it too.
b) It's given me food for thought.
c) Not for all the tea in China.
1. That workshop was interesting.
2. There's no way I would teach those difficult students.
3. He works part-time and now he wants more money.
22 Answer the questions in note form.
1. What food do/don't you like?
2. What do you sometimes have for a treat?
3. What type of snacks do you like?
4. How healthy are you?
5. What do you avoid?
6. How often do you cook and how do you usually cook your food?
7. How much fruit do you eat each day?
8. How much water do you drink each day?
9. How many big meals do you have a day?
10. What do you eat too much of?
23 Update your Portfolio. Record your answers to Exercise #22 onto your Portfolio cassette.
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