- Which of these things are good or bad for you?
[exercise sweets cake soft drinks sweet water fresh fruit vegetables smoking fast food ready meals milk]
- Words2know 2.17 Check the words in italics. In pairs, discuss which things in exercise 1:
- help you to lose weight?
- make you put on weight?
- give you energy?
- are good for your skin?
- are bad for your heart?
- contain a lot of sugar?
- contain a lot of salt?
- are low fat?
- are important for a healthy diet?
“Exercise helps you to lose weight”
- How much do you know about a healthy lifestyle? Do the quiz to find out.
| LOOK GOOD, LIVE LONGER!
1. Which breakfast is best to give you energy? a a sweet pastry b fresh fruit c bread or toast with an egg 2. What is it a good idea to drink eight glasses of water a day? a It’s good for your skin. b It helps you to stay slim. c It’s good for you digestion. 3. What’s the recommended amount of exercise every day for a teenager? a 15 minutes b 30 minutes c 1 hour 4. What’s the recommended number of hours sleep for a teenager? a 6 – 8 hours b 7 – 9 hours c 8 – 19 hours |
- 18 LISTENING FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION
Listen to Julie Maitland, a fitness expert, answering the quiz questions on a radio programme. Are your answers the same as Julie’s?
- 18 Listen again and tick (V) true and cross (X) false.
- People who eat a good breakfast are often slimmer than people who don’t.
- Danny eats the right kind of breakfast.
- Danny drinks eight glasses of water a day.
- Experts say that teenagers need more exercise than adults.
- People who sleep well live longer than people who don’t.
- Teenagers need more sleep than adults.
- Does DJ Danny Bailey have a healthy lifestyle? Why? Why not?
Vocabulary
- Healthy lifestyle
Complete the sentences with the words below.
[contain energy healthy heart skin lose put on]
- I don’t have any _____________ at the moment – I just want to stay in bed all day!
- If you want to _____________ weight, you should do more exercise!
- Put some cream on your _____________ before you go out in the sun.
- My grandmother went into hospital for a _____________ operation.
- Eating fresh fruit is an important part of a _____________ diet.
- Potato crisps _____________ a lot of salt. You shouldn’t eat too many of them.
- I love chocolate but if I eat a lot of it, I _____________ weight.
Grammar Focus
should/shouldn’t and must/mustn’t
- a Read Julie’s advice to Danny. Match the advice in bold in 1 – 4 with the explanations a – d.
- “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. You mustn’t miss breakfast … people who have a good breakfast live longer!”
- “The government recommends that adults should get thirty minutes of exercise a day … So, perhaps you should leave the car at home, Danny?”
- “Sleep is really important, Danny. You must get a good night’s sleep. People who sleep well live longer than people who don’t.”
- “You shouldn’t stay in bed too late in the morning, Danny, because it’s more difficult to sleep at night when you get up late.”
a Julie thinks it’s very important to do this.
b Julie thinks it’s very important not to do this.
c Julie thinks this is a good idea.
d Julie thinks this isn’t a good idea.
b Read Grammar2know and check your ideas.
| Grammar2know
Should, shouldn’t Use should/shouldn’t to say something is/isn’t a good idea or to give advice: You should drink two litres of water every day. (it’s good for your skin) You shouldn’t drive everywhere. (you don’t get enough exercise) Notice the question form of should: What should I eat? must, mustn’t Use must/mustn’t to say that something is very important or to give rules: You must get a good night’s sleep. (you will live longer) You mustn’t eat too much salt. (it’ bad for your heart) |
- 19 Match 1 – 6 with a – f to make rules about running. Then choose the right word, must or mustn’t. Listen and check.
| The Golden Rules of Running | Running is great exercise and doesn’t cost anything … but you must be careful!
1. You must/mustn’t warm up 2. You must/mustn’t eat a big meal 3. You must/mustn’t check with a doctor 4. You must/mustn’t wear 5. You must/mustn’t run late at night 6. You must/mustn’t drink plenty of liquid a because it can be dangerous. b immediately after you run. c good running shoes. d that you are healthy enough to run. e after you finish. f before you start running. |
- Complete the advice for Freddie. Use should and shouldn’t.
| Freddie has no energy. He can’t get to sleep at night and he can’t get up in the morning, so he’s always late for college. |
- You ___________ get up when the alarm clock goes off.
- You ___________ have a shower when you wake up.
- You ___________ leave the house without having breakfast.
- You ___________ take more exercise.
- You ___________ play computer games all evening.
- You ___________ listen to heavy metal music in bed!
- Read the situations 1 – 2. Use the prompts and your own ideas to give advice with should, shouldn’t, must or mustn’t.
| 1. George is a sixty-year-old man with a bad heart. He smokes, takes no exercise and puts a lot of salt on his food. |
- Stop smoking
- Eat so much salt
- Try to walk more
| 2. Jack has his A-levels in six months and wants to go to university. But he goes out every night, sometimes misses lessons and is getting very bad marks. |
- miss any more lessons
- have a good time at weekends but stay in during the week
Grammar
- Must/mustn’t
Complete the rules with must and mustn’t.
| Volleyball is one of the world’s most popular sports …. but how well do you know the rules
1. Each team ____________ have six players. 2. You ____________ touch the ball more than three times before returning it. 3. The server ____________ use his/her hand to serve the ball. 4. The players ____________ touch the net. 5. You ____________ into the other team’s area.
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- Should/shouldn’t
Look at the street scene. What should the people do? What shouldn’t they do? Write two sentences about each person with the phrases below.
[listen to music use a mobile phone wear a helmet look carefully wear a seat belt read a newspaper]
The driver … while she’s driving.
The cyclist … while he’s cycling.
The pedestrian … while he’s crossing the road.
The driver should wear a seat belt while she’s driving.
- Should/shouldn’t/ Must/mustn’t
Read the interview with Ben Hardcastle, an expert on internet dating, and underline the correct form of should or must.
| Meeting people online
Interviewer: Dan, more and more people are making friends online … have you got the advice? Ben: Of course. The internet is a great way to make friends … but remember, you 1should/shouldn’t believe everything people tell you about themselves online. You 2should/shouldn’t always be careful when you give information about yourself … Interviewer: For example? Ben: Well, you really 3must/mustn’t give personal information such as your address or phone number. Interviewer: I see. And what 4should I/I should do if someone asks to meet me? Ben: Well, you really 5must/mustn’t be very careful before you meet someone face to face. If you arrange a meeting, you 6should/shouldn’t always meet a public place. Interviewer: 7I should/Should I Tell someone about the meeting? Ben: Definitely. You 8should/shouldn’t definitely ask your parents’ permission first or tell someone you know where you’re going to meet. |
- Should/shouldn’t/ Must/mustn’t
Rewrite the sentences, replacing the phrases in bold with should(n’t) or must(n’t).
- It’s a good idea for you to eat fresh fruit and vegetables.
______________________________________________ .
- It’s very very important for you to get up early tomorrow.
You ______________________________________________ .
- Is it a good idea for me to phone you later?
______________________________________________ ?
- Don’t be late for the new students’ meeting!!
You ______________________________________________ !!
- It’s not a good idea to drin coffee before going to bed.
You ______________________________________________ .
| Check yourself!
Word list 1 |
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| alarm clock (n)
amount (n) computer game (n) contain (v) dangerous (adj) digestion (n) egg (n) energy (n) exercise (n) fizzy (adj) fresh (adj) ham (n) healthy diet (n) heart (n)
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lose weight (v)
low fat (adj) overweight (adj) pastry (n) put on weight (v) running shoes (n) salt (n) skin (n) slim (adj) sweet (adj) toast (n) warm up (v) |
Reading and Speaking
- In pairs, put these meals in the correct order. Then answer the questions.
[lunch late snack elevenses dinner breakfast tea]
- Do you normally eat these meals?
- What time and where do you usully have them?
- SCANNING Read the text and find two things that the British eat or drink at the meals in exercise 1.
breakfast – a cup of coffee or a bowl of cereal
| 2.25 Eating around the clock | |
| What do British people really eat?
7 – 9 a.m. Breakfast “To eat well in England,” wrote the novelist Somerset Maugham, “you should eat breakfast three times a day.” A traditional English breakfast includes cereal, bacon, sausages, eggs, tomatoes … and if that’s not enough, there’s toast and marmalade and tea or coffee to drink. Of course, it all takes a long time, so people normally only eat a “full” breakfast when they are staying in a hotel or on special occasions. Most people just have a quick cup of coffee, a glass of fruit juice or a bowl of cereal as they hurry to school or work … and 22% of people don’t eat breakfast at all! 11 a.m. Elevenses Getting hungry? Many schools and offices in Britain stop for a cofee break around 11 o’clock and people have “elevenses”: maybe a bar of chocolate, a piece of fruit, a biscuit or two … or three! Actually, the British eat more biscuits than any other nation in the worild, eleven kilos per person every year! 12 – 2 p.m. Lunch Sunday lunch is a popular time for a family meal during the week, most people eat lunch at work or school. Generally, people don’t have time for a hot meal at lunchtime, so sandwiches (a British invention, of course!) are very popular; in fact, we eat two billion of them every year. Did you now that the London department store, Selfrifges, sells the world’s most expensive sandwich? It costs £85! Children often take a paced lunch to school and healthy school lunches are a “hot” topic right now. |
5 p.m. Tea
Because parents work late, younger children often eat separately, at around five o’clock. We call this meal “tea”, although in reality, children probably have pizza, pasta or sausages (and ice-cream)! In hotels and teashops, however, you can still get a traditional English tea. This is much more than just a cup of tea – it comes with sandwiches, toast, tasty cream cakes and scones! Plenty to fill you up until it’s time for … 6 – 9 p.m. Dinner Usually this is the main meal of the day but as people get busier, it is becoming less common for families to eat together. One survey found that the average British family only eats together once a month! Instead, different members of the family eat different meals at different times: often ready meals from the supermarket or takeaway. Traditional “fish and chips” are still popular but there are now more Chinese and Indian takeaway restaurants. Many people believe that curry is the national dish, not fish and chips! 10 – 11 p.m. … and a little late snack Many people enjoy a late night snack, often with a hot drink: tea or hot chocolate are popular at bedtime. Then there is time for a few hours sleep before it all starts again! |
- Read the text again and choose the correct answer.
- Somerset Maugham
a ate three breakfasts every day.
b thought breakfast was the best meal in England.
c ate a very big breakfast every day.
- Most people in Britain
a have breakfasts in a hotel.
b don’t have time for a “full” breakfast.
c don’t eat breakfast.
- At around 11.00 in the UK,
a schools and offices close.
b people eat eleven kilos of biscuits.
c people often have a snack.
- At lunchtime, people do not usually
a have a packed lunch.
b have lunch with their family.
c have a sandwich.
- At 5.00, younger children often
a eat sandwiches and cakes.
b eat without their parents.
have tea in a hotel.
- Many British families
a don’t eat together very often.
b eat a takeaway once a month.
c don’t eat ready meals from the supermarket.
- Many people say that
a curry is more “typical” than fish and chips in Britain.
b curry is nicer than fish and chips.
c there are too many Chinese and Indian takeaways.
- Read Active Study. Then match the words in A and B to make compound nouns from the text. Read and check.
| Active study
Notice compound nouns We often put two words together to make a new word: noun + noun: fruit juice, ice-cream adjective + noun: hot chocolate We call these words compound nouns. |
| A
bed coffee lunch packed cream ready national |
B
break time lunch dish meal time cake |
- Discuss these questions with the class.
- Do families in your country normally eat together or not?
- Are takeaways popular? What kind?
- Can do it in English?
Work in pairs. One of you is a British visitor. Ask and answer questions about food in your country, using the Phrases 2Know.
- What do you normally eat for breakfast?
- How is the evening meal different from lunch?
- What’s your favourite snack?
| Phrases 2know 2.24
Discussing customs Most people have cereal and milk. Generally, people have lunch at home. We don’t usually eat takeaways. Chicken is traditional/very popular. Responding Really? Yes, it’s the same in my country. It’s similar/different in my country because people work very late. |
“What do you normally eat for breakfast?
Most people have toast and cereal.
Really? In my country, people generally …”
| Check yourself!
Word list 2 |
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| bedtime (n)
biscuit (n) breakfast (n) coffee break (n) cream cake (n) department store (n) dinner (n) elevenses (n) fruit juice (n) hot meal (n) lunch (n) lunchtime (n)
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marmalade (n)
national dish (n) packed lunch (n) ready meal (n) separately (adv) snack (n) special occasion (n) stay (in a hotel) (v) supper (n) takeaway meal (n) tasty (adj)
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