MIRACLE DIETS

Listening: Read the extract from a TV magazine.

EXPOSED! Film stars talk about them, doctors dont always believe them, and people pay a lot of money for them. Reporter Daniel Barber investigates the world of Miracle Diets. Do they work? Find out tonight at 9.15 pm on Channel 5.
Listen to part of a programme. Complete Daniel Barbers notes.

Diet 1: The Two Fs diet For breakfast, have some Dont eat any or drink any coffee. You can eat fish and at lunch Lose in a week Diet 2: The Low C diet Eat lots of fish, meat and .. Eggs are OK too. Dont eat any bread, pasta or You can eat some lettuce, but not any .. or carrots Amazing results famous people use this diet? Diet 3: The Soup Diet Couldnt speak to the representative. Website says you can eat all foods, but in soup form, for example, fish soup, .. and banana and soup?!! Lose .. in a week.
Speaking: Work in pairs. Invent your own miracle diet. Make a list of foods you can eat and list of foods you cant eat. Give a name to your diet.

Useful language In the diet You can eat Eat lots of You can eat some You cant eat any Dont eat any The results are amazing/incredible you can lose 10 kilos in a week.

Fussy eaters
Speaking and vocabulary: describing food. Work in pairs: what do you think of these dishes? What do you think of shushi? I like it/ I hate it/ I think its I dont know it Curry beans chips tea pasta brownies spinach

Listen and match the adjectives to some of the dishes above: Salty spicy sweet raw cooked hot cold

Speak in pairs. Ask about your partners eating habits. Complete the sentences .. likes / doesnt like spicy food. . likes / doesnt like raw vegetables likes / doesnt like sweet coffee likes / doesnt like cold soups. always/never eats cooked vegetables eats/doesnt eat salty food

Listening: Read the definition of fussy eater. Do you know a fussy eater? Who is it? Why? A fussy eater is a person who eats only some types of food. They dont like trying new food. Example: My brother is a fussy eater. He doesnt eat onions, vegetables or fruit. Listen to four conversations. Put the food and drink words in the order you hear them. There are 3 extra words. Hamburgers wine rice Beer pasta cake fish

Listen again and decide if the sentences are TRUE or FALSE 1. 2. 3. 4. The womans brother is a fussy eater. The man likes the wine The woman doesnt want the cake The boyfriend can only eat salty food.

Speaking: 1. 2. 3. 4. Are you a fussy eater? What foods dont you like? What is your favourite dish? What is your favourite dessert? What is your favourite vegetable / fruit?

RICE
Speaking: Discuss these questions: 1. Do you like rice? 2. Did you eat any rice this week? 3. What do you eat rice with? Reading: Rice 1. ___________________ Rice is life for millions of people around the world. It is the most important food for 50% of he worlds population. Almost every country has rice in their diet. Europeans dont eat much rice, perhaps three kilograms per year. But in Myanmar, for example, each person eats half a kilogram of rice every day. Rice and fish is a popular combination in many Asian countries; rice and vegetables are important dishes in the Middle East and Southern Europe; and rice and beans is very popular in Latin America (in Colombia it is the national food) 2. ___________________ Every year the world produces more than 500 million tonnes of rice. Rice is a popular food because it grows almost everywhere. You can grow rice on wet land and dry land, in tropical rainforests and in deserts. Scientists think that there are more than 140,000 different types of rice in the world. Rice also has lots of uses. You can make paper, wine, bread, beer, sweets, cosmetics, and even toothpaste with rice. 3. _____________________ Rice is in danger in many parts of the world, because of wars, environmental problems and pollution. Many of the poorest people in the world need rice to survive. For these reasons, the United Nations declared 2004 the International Year of Rice and started many development projects connected to rice production and distribution. These programmes continue today. Read the article. Match the paragraphs 1-3 to the headings a-c below. There is one extra heading. a. Rice in danger b. Rice an important food Read the article again and answer the questions: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. How much rice do Europeans eat every year? How much rice does a person in Myanmar eat every day? How much rice does the world produce every year? Where can you grow rice? How many different types of rice are there? What can you make with rice? Why is rice important for poor people? c. Why I like rice d. Why is rice so popular