Brigitte

I. Look at the pictures and say if the food is healthy or not.

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ІІ. Read the text and fill in the gaps using he box below.

Adrew

What sorts of things do I buy? Well, I buy lots of meat because it makes me feel full of energy and it’s nice I buy very little other fresh food, though. I prefer 1 ___.But I do like fruit, so on Thursdays I go to the market and get some apples, bananas, melons things like that. I know I don’t eat many vegetables. The trouble is there aren’t any vegetables I really like. Anyway, I have hardly any time for cooking these days.

Brigitte

Well I can’t eat 2 ___ - none at all – so when I’m in a supermarket I have to spend a lot of time 3 ___. Actually, I don’t eat much tinned food. Or, even frozen food. I prefer everything fresh. And as for sweet things, they’re not very good for you so I never have any chocolates or things like that in the house – although sometimes I do buy a few home-made biscuits from a friend. What else? Oh, I like dairy products, particularly milk and yoghurt. And, oh yes, every Saturday I buy a little cheese as a treat. I try not to eat too many eggs, though. I don’t want 4 ____.

3. Ed

As to the type of food I eat, I don’t eat a lot of meat. I do eat things like chicken and turkey – 5 ___ -- but I don’t eat a lot of pork and beef, usually because, well beef especially is not supposed to be very good for you so I try to cut down on that. Fish, I love, but I don’t eat a lot of because it’s rather expensive to get good fresh fish anyway. Vegetables, I like a lot of broccoli especially – that’s one of my favorite ones – courgettes, peas, things like that, so I usually have a good balance of vegetables with the meal. In summer I eat quite a lot of salads when it’s very hot but in the winter I usually find it’s a bit cold for salads. And I usually have some fruit; try to have some fruit each day. Apples, I love Cox’s apples, they are very nice. Usually have an orange each day and I also love bananas.

Drinks? I usually drink tea, but not Indian tea much any more, usually 6 ___. I used to drink gallons of Indian tea but I found a few years ago that it was keeping me awake at night because of all caffeine, so I started drinking things like 7 ___ and 8 ___ instead.

a) boiled one; b) poultry; c) fruit tea; d) juice; e) canned food; f) to gain weight; g) milk; h) choosing food

 

 

III. You can use these verbs, associated with the five senses, when you are describing something or someone: TASTE, LOOK, SMELL.