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B2U1
Developing ideas
Cold Truths
Pre-reading:
What kind of food is good for us?
To be honest , what kind of food do you prefer to have?
Pre-reading:
What's in the fridges?
fruit and vegetables
frozen food and semi-finished food
eggs, yoghurt, toast, an apple and a broccoli
meat and sausages
milk, juice and canned food
While reading:
Listen to the recording and figure out the main idea of the passage.
A. Five people's job.
B. Five people's hobbies.
C. Five people's lifestyles.
D. Five people's families.
Is there any truth behind the saying "You are what you eat"? We put this to the test by asking five people to open their fridge doors and talk about their lifestyles.
While reading:
Who do these fridges belong to?
fruit and vegetables
frozen food and semi-finished food
eggs, yoghurt, toast, an apple and a broccoli
meat and sausages
milk, juice and canned food
Learning to learn:
Visual information, such as photos and illustrations, can support reading and help you identify the theme and content of a text. Make the most of these images to look for clues to help you understand the text.
While reading:
Find out who might say the sentence blow.
It has two meanings:
① It means the cruel fact.
② It means the cold food in the fridge can reflect people's lifestyles.
It warns people that it's a cruel fact that bad eating habits and lifestyles will influence your health.
Post-reading:
1. What's the meaning of "Cold Truths"? How do you understand the title of the passage?
Post-reading:
2. What do you think the saying "you are what you eat" means?
3. Do you know of any Chinese sayings about food and health? What is your understanding of them?
grains
fruit
vegetables
sea food, meats and eggs
sweets
vegetables
vitamin
dietary fibre
low-fat
nutrition
low-salt
low-calorie
high-protein
Useful Words
Talk about what you usually eat for dinner and decide who eats more healthily.
dairy products
Read the passage and match the pictures of the fridges to their owners.
Ellie Jenny Ted Mike Max
Job
Food
Reason
While-reading
Read and find out who these people are, what food they have in the fridges and why.
doctor
teacher
construction worker
chef
college student
unfinished meals/
quick food
limited space/time/energy
meat/dairy
fruit/vegetables
meat
tiring work
meat eater
frozen food/ ready meals
busy life/
tired of cooking
no fresh food
busy life
cooking lover
Find out who might say the sentences below.
1 “There is a lot of food from my workplace in our fridge.”
2 “You might find bean products in our fridge, but hamburgers? Never!”
3 “My fridge is a total mess! All I do is party and hit the books.”
4 “There isn’t really much in my fridge. I’m just too busy and tried to cook at home!”
5 “If you’re someone who avoids animal products, you wouldn't find anything to
eat in my fridge!”
Mike
Jenny
Max
Ellie
Ted
hit the books “做学校的功课,用功”
Think & Share
It literally means the cruel fact.
It means the cold food in the fridge can reflect people's lifestyles.
It warns us that bad eating habits and lifestyles will influence our health.
The cruel fact that people's health is more or less affected by great social pressure.
How do you understand the title “Cold Truths”?
Name Lifestyle
Ellie
Jenny
Ted
Mike
Max
Describe the lifestyle of each person.
no time or energy to cook;quick, light dinners
vegetarian; cook a lot at home with fresh, seasonal fruit or vegetables
meat-lover; often eat big meat dinners; love sausages
so busy that often bring food from the restaurant or buy frozen food
no fresh food to eat; no time to eat regularly
Think & Share
1 What do you think the saying “You are what you eat” means?
2 Do you know of any similar sayings about food and health? What is your understanding of them?
“You are what you eat” means the food that you eat affects your health, your energy level, your mood, and even your behaviour. Therefore, in order to be fit and healthy, you need to eat fresh and healthy food.
每餐留一口,活到九十九。
冬吃萝卜夏吃姜,不劳医生开药方。
三天不吃青,两眼冒金星。
A closed mouth catches no flies.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Early to bed and early to rise make a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Think & Share
Try to make suggestions about how they can improve their lifestyles.
A good way to improve their lifestyles is that…
It is of great importance that …
It'll be more beneficial if you can …
What can we do to improve our eating habits?
Make half of every meal fruits or vegetables.
Don't eat on the run.
Take an extra 10 minutes to prepare healthy meals.
Stop eating before you feel full.
Discussion
In your opinion, what kind of diet can be referred to as a healthy diet?
Describe the information you get from the two graphs.
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/healthy-eating-pyramid/
吃货!
1. I want to be a foodie who never puts on weight!
2. A gobbler never misses any meals for free.
3. A qualified gourmand eats whatever one has.
Spring Festival is a time when people often pig out.
pig out:狼吞虎咽,大吃特吃
pig out on + 食物:猛吃...
I made a pig of myself at dinner.
make a pig of oneself:像猪一样能吃;吃撑了
Thank you
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