A. Talking About Types of Food: Week 3 - Food and Health

English for Social Purposes – Vocabulary Extension 1A
Week 3 – FOOD AND HEALTH
A. Talking about types of food

Tom: Kids eat far too much junk food.
Lucy: Yeah, but it’s hard to get them to eat nourishing meals (1). They think they’re
boring.
Sergio: Have you tried the new supermarket yet?
Jim: Yes. The fresh produce (2) is excellent, and they have a big organic food section.
Sergio: Mm, yes. I actually think their ready meals (3) are good too.
Liam: I can’t believe food additives (4) are good for our long-term health.
Ryan: No, and I think processed foods (5) in general are probably bad for us, not to
mention GM foods (6)!
Stella: The restaurant was leaving perishable food (7) lying round outside the fridge, and
some people got food poisoning, so the authorities closed it down.
Jaxon: Oh dear.
(1) meals which make you healthy and strong
(2) foods produced from farming, e.g. dairy produce, agricultural produce;
pronounced /'prɒdju:s/
(3) meals already prepared or which just need to be heated quickly before eating
(4) substances added to food to improve its taste or appearance or to preserve it
(5) foods which are changed or treated as part of an industrial operation
(6) genetically modified foods
(7) food which goes bad quickly, e.g. cheese, fish
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B. Eating and drinking

Eva and Leo are in the Old Port restaurant area looking for somewhere to eat.
Eva Let’s find a café and have a quick

Whether it’s a light meal
snack. And I could really do with a
or a substantial (1) meal
refreshing drink.
you’re looking for,
whether you want a
slap-up meal (2), a
Leo I’m dying of hunger! I need a decent meal.
gourmet (3) meal or just
tasty, home-cooked
food, there’s something
Eva I know you have a healthy appetite, but you had
for everyone in the Old
a hearty breakfast only three hours ago! Well,
Port restaurant area. how about having a soft drink and a bag of crisps
Enjoy good food in a now, and a proper lunch later?
pleasant setting
1 large
2 unusually large and good Leo Crisps will only spoil your appetite. Look,
3 high-quality this restaurant looks good and the set menu
is reasonably priced. Let's go in.
Common mistakes
We say international food/cuisine, NOT world-wide food/cuisine. A Chinese/
Mexican/French meal is what you eat in a restaurant. When referring in general to the
food of a country or culture we say Chinese/Mexican/French food/cooking/cuisine.
PRACTICE
1. Match the words on the left with their collocations on the right.
1. set A. additives
2. food B. food
3. junk C. produce
4. ready D. menu
5. fresh E. meals
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2. Complete these sentences using the collocations from practice 1 to fill the gaps.
1. .............................................. .............................................. such as artificial flavours
and colouring can cause allergies.
2. .............................................. .............................................. may be unhealthy, but it’s
quick and easy and fills you up.
3. People who don’t have much time to cook often buy ..............................................
.............................................. from the supermarket.
4. It’s always better to buy .............................................. ..............................................
instead of canned or frozen foods.
5. The .............................................. .............................................. is usually cheaper than
ordering dishes separately in a restaurant.
3. Read these remarks by different people, then answer the questions.
Logan: I’ve got some cheese and milk. Is there a fridge here I could put them in?
Connor: I feel so hungry! I can’t believe it!
Layla: I’ve been sick and my stomach is aching. Must be something I ate.
Michael: No matter how much I eat, I always want more.
Scarlett: All these vegetables have been grown without any chemicals at all.
Bella: I always enjoy my food and look forward to it.
name
1 Who has organic food?
2 Who has an insatiable appetite?
3 Who has perishable food?
4 Who has a healthy appetite?
5 Who has food poisoning?
6 Who is dying of hunger?
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4. Replace the underlined words with suitable collocations from the opposite page.
1. Foods which are changed or treated as part of an industrial operation may damage our
health in the long term.
2. Some people always have three full, satisfying meals a day, but I prefer a large
breakfast and then a small meal around midday and a more sizeable meal in the evening.
3. There are some overpriced restaurants in the city centre, but down at the beach, there
are some nice, not too expensively priced ones.
4 On my birthday my parents took me out for a big, good meal. They wanted to go for a
very high quality meal but I said I’d prefer something more ordinary.
5. Iced tea is a drink that cools you and makes you feel less tired on a hot day, and is
probably better for you than non-alcoholic drinks such as cola or lemonade.
6. Let me take you out to dinner on your birthday. Or would you prefer a meal prepared
at home? I could make dinner for you at my place.
C. Food words, different meanings
Many food words from part of an idiomatic expression, or are used informally in spoken
English with a different meaning.
I said the plan would work, but it all went The trouble with Tanya is she always
pear-shaped, so I had to eat my words. wants to have her cake and eat it.
Eric was very angry when he didn’t get He managed to fix the door, but he really
the job, but it was just sour grapes. To be made a meat of it.
honest, if he had worked here, he
would’ve been a fish out of water.
Since Jamie lost his job, Marcia has been

The whole thing sounded a bit fishy to me. the main breadwinner.
Ali’s calm and sensible; his brother’s a

You should get the job, but don’t count complete nutcase. They’re like chalk and
your chickens. cheese.
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Glossary
go pear-shaped INF go badly wrong and be very unsuccessful.

eat your words admit that sth you said was wrong
sour grapes a negative response to sth because you’re angry you can’t have it.
a fish out of water a person who feels uneasy and out of place in their surroundings.
have your cake and eat it have the advantages of sth without the disadvantages.
make a meat of sth INF spend more time doing sth than is necessary.
fishy INF suspicious, and probably involving dishonesty.
nutcase INF a crazy person.
like chalk and cheese. used for saying that two people are very different.
don’t count your chickens. SAYING don’t be too confident that sth will be successful,
(before they’re hatched) because it may go wrong.
breadwinner a person who supports their family with money that they earn.
PRACTICE
5. Complete the missing food word in each expression
1. sour ……………………….. 5. like chalk and ………………………..
2. don’t count your ……………………. 6. go ………………………..-shaped
3. a ……………………….. out of water 7. want to have your ………….. and eat it
4. ……………………….. winner 8. a ……………………….. case
6. Finish the sentences with an expression which summarizes the situation.
sour grapes
0. He was only rude about the party because he wasn’t invited. It was jus …………
1. It took two men three days to build that little wall. They really……………………
2. Alex wants to use his father’s car all the time, but still expects his father to pay all
the bills. His problem is that he wants……………………
3. Maggie spends all her time working; her sister doesn’t do a thing and is out with
her friends every night. They’re like ……………………
4. I told Freddie he wasn’t good enough to get in the football team. Then, last week,
they picked him, so I had to ……………………
5. Everyone at the party except me had a good job, a big house, and a wife and two
children. Frankly, I felt like ……………………
6. A man knocked on the door and said that if I gave him $100, he could invest it
and make me $1,000 in less than two years. It sounded ……………………

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English for Social Purposes – Vocabulary Extension 1A

Week 3 – FOOD AND HEALTH

A. Talking about types of food

B. Eating and drinking

Eva Let’s find a café and have a quick

Since Jamie lost his job, Marcia has been

Ali’s calm and sensible; his brother’s a

go pear-shaped INF go badly wrong and be very unsuccessful.

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