Reading

What’s your favorite food?

What kind of food do you eat every day?

Look at the diets of two people. Discuss which diet is healthier and why.

Linda’s Diet

She prefers:

to drink water

to eat brown bread

and rice

to eat fruit and fish

Jack’s Diet

He prefers:

to drink coffee

to eat white bread

and rice

to eat sweet desserts

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Section 2

I only eat food that tastes good.

根据课文内容 , 补全句子。1. The children in the passage mainly talk

     about how important it is to ________

     ___________.

2. Laura believes that ________________

can increase the risk of cancer.

keep

eating burnt food

healthy

3. Peter says he only eats food that ______

     ____________.

4. Tony thinks that fast food itself isn’t

     always bad, but ____________________.

5. Tony believes that people should eat a

______________.

tastes

eating too much is bad for us

balanced diet

good

honest adj. 诚实的，正直的

Her husband is an honest man.

她的丈夫是一个诚实的人。

to be honest 老实说；说实在的（作插入语）

To be quite honest with you, I don't think you can pass the examination.

老实对你说，我认为你通不过考试。

Language Points

be good for ... 对……有好处

后面常接名词、代词或动词 -ing 形式。

Watching TV for too long isn’t good for your eyes.

看太长时间电视对你的眼睛没有好处。

It’s not at all good for keeping healthy.

它对保持健康根本没有好处。

be good for 还可意为“对……合适”。

She would be good for this job.她会适合做这项工作的。

链接：

be bad for ... 对……有害

be good at ... 擅长…… ( 相当于 do well in ...)

stay away from 远离 (= keep away from)

Tell him to stay away from my sister!

叫他离我妹妹远点儿！

You just stay away from me please.

求你离开我。

I. 根据句意完成句中所缺的单词。1. It may increase the _______ of cancer.

2. I know you hate meat. What about eating

fish _________ of meat today?

3. What’s the _______ idea of this essay?

4. I love chocolate because it _________

sweet.

5. The house stands by ________ outside the

village.

risk

instead

main

tastes

itself

练习

II. 根据括号内所给的汉语提示 , 用合适的短语填空。 1. I will try ____________ ( 即使 ) I may fail.

2. You should _______________ ( 远离 ) drugs

( 毒品 ).

3. They seem to ______________( 意见一致 )

on the matter.

even though

stay away from

be in agreement

4. It’s important to _________________

( 饮食均衡 ).

5. On the eve of the Spring Festival, people

______________ ( 相聚 ) with their family

and friends.

6. I’m lucky to come to Beijing for my

_________________________ ( 六个月的中文课程 ).

eat a balanced diet

get together

six-month Chinese course

An exclamation Really!_____________________

___________________________

A sound made to show you are thinking

Er ___________________________

A tag question isn’ it ? ______________________

___________________________

A contraction Don’t______________________

___________________________

__________________________

Never! Oh! Yes, it is!

Hm,

um

don’t you?is it?

shouldn’t they?

Here’s, I’d, it’s, isn’tthat’s, I’ve, shouldn’tdon’t

Section 3

Use information from the dialog to match the statement with the person.

Peter

Laura

Kim

1. This person spoke last.

2. This person says tasty food is bad for

you.

3.This person eats a balanced diet.

4.This person is a strict vegetarian.

5.This person doesn’t mind eating burnt

food.

6.This person is shocked by what others

eat.

Section 3

Write each type of food or drink from the reading in the correct column.

Things That Are Good For Us

Things That Are Bad For Us

water, fruit,

vegetables,

nuts, meat,

fish

cola, French fries, chips

fast food, sugar, oil,

sweet desserts, burnt

meat, biscuits,

hamburgers

Section 3

Read I Only Eat Food That Taste Good and write

T (for true) or F (false)

( ) 1. Tony doesn't like eating too much food

that is fried, like French fries.

( ) 2. Peter minds eating burnt food.FF

TT

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( ) 3. Laura is a strict vegetarian.

( ) 4. Laura likes eating anything that

has been cooked in oil.

( ) 5. People who eat hamburgers and

biscuits should be less healthy than

those who eat a balanced diet.

FF

TT

TT

Write a report of what was said in the discussion by Laura, Peter and Kim. Use words like “agree” and “disagree”.

Peter wants to

stay healthy but be

thinks food that

tastes good is bad for

you. Kim agrees…

Make a survey.

Are you a vegetarian?

Do you care how much

fried food you eat?

Do you prefer to drink water when

you are thirsty?

Do you only eat food that you like?

YES NO

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