a

UNIT 5
SPEAKING
Talk about your eating and
drinking habits
Order a meal in a
restaurant
Descibe a special dish

LISTENING
Listen to people talk
about food
Learn to understand fast
speach
UNIT

5
Watch an extract from
a cookery programme
about a famous chef

READING
Read about eating and
drinking habits

WRITING
Use paragraphs to write
a short report about your
class
Write a recipe

BBC CONTENT
Video podcast: What’s
your favourite dish?
DVD: Rick Stein’s Seafood
Odyssey

food

MyFridge.com p48 A lifetime in numbers p50 Are you ready to order? p52 A Chef In Goa p54
5.1 MYFRIDGE.COM 5.1
GRAMMAR | nouns with a/an, some, any VOCABULARY | food/drink HOW TO | talk about food/drink
 grammar  countable and uncountable nouns  practice 
A 3A  Write the words from Exercise 2A in the correct column below. 7A  Complete the text with a/an, some
 vocabulary  food/drink Which word is always plural? and any.

1  Look at the fridges A–C Words you can count Words you can’t count
and discuss.

‘H
Countable singular Countable plural Uncountable
1 Which fridge belongs to: i everyone! I’m Maria
a) a student
a banana eggs milk Collins and this is my fridge.

b) a vegetarian 1 some friends are coming for

dinner and so my fridge is really full.
c) a family? B  5.1 Listen and check. Then listen and repeat. i’ve got 2 prawns and fresh
2 Is your fridge at home similar to fridge A,
B or C?
➠ page 136 LANGUAGEbank fish to cook on the grill and 3
corn on the cob. there’s 4
 practice  bottle of mineral water, but i haven’t
2A  Look at the words in the box. Which got 5 alcohol – my friends
fridge are the things in? Write fridge (A), 4A  Underline the correct alternative. don’t drink. i’ve got them 6
(B) or (C) next to each item. 1 I love cheese/cheeses. 4 I don’t like fruit/fruits. fruit juice instead. there’s 7
2 I really like hot dog/hot dogs. 5 I really don’t like milk/milks. lettuce to make a salad and
eggs A milk a banana an apple 8 tomatoes.
3 I quite like egg/eggs. 6 I hate vegetable/vegetables.
cola carrots chicken butter i haven’t got 9 onions for the
water a cucumber sardines bread B   Change the food/drink words to make the sentences above true for salad – i don’t like raw onions. i’ve
wine grapes yoghurt leftovers got 10 cucumber … oh, no i

’
you. Then work in pairs and compare your answers.
cheese fruit juice a hot dog haven’t. where’s that cucumber … ?
B
B  Write the words from the box in the speakout TIP
correct word web below. When you write a noun in your notebook, write (C) for countable or (U)
for uncountable next to it, e.g. a steak (C). Write five new words from the
photo bank on page 157 in your notebook. Write (C) or (U) next to them.
chicken
B  Think about what’s in your fridge.
  listening  Write two types of fruit, two vegetables
meat 5A  5.2 Listen and match each person with fridge A, B or C. and two drinks that are in the fridge.
C  Work in pairs and take turns. Ask your
partner questions and guess what’s in your
fish
partner’s fridge.
A: Have you got any milk?
B: Yes, I have! Are there any apples in your
fridge?
fruit A: No, there aren’t. Have you got any
oranges?
1 Luis 2 Amy 3 Mike
vegetables B  Listen again. What is each person surprised about?
 speaking 
C
 grammar  nouns with a/an, some, any 8A  Complete sentences 1–6 about you.
1 For breakfast, I sometimes have …
drink 6A  5.3 Listen and underline the correct alternatives in the 2 For lunch, I never have …
sentences below. 3 In the evening, I usually drink …
I’ve got a/some cheese and a/some cucumber and a/some carrots. 4 My favourite vegetable is …
Of course, I haven’t got some/any meat.
other 5 My favourite fruit is …
B  Complete the table with a/an, some and any. 6 I really hate (a type of food/drink) …

Countable B  Work in groups. Ask and answer

Countable plural Uncountable
singular questions. Find out if any students have
C  Work in pairs and take turns. Look at got similar eating habits to you.
the fridges. Student A: say a type of food We’ve got apple eggs butter
A: What do you usually have
or drink. Student B: say which fridge it’s in. We haven’t got banana oranges cheese for breakfast?
A: grapes B: Er … I often have museli.
B: fridge C ➠ page 136 LANGUAGEbank C: Do you? I usually have …
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5.2 A LIFETIME IN NUMBERS 5.2
GRAMMAR | how much/many; quantifiers VOCABULARY | containers HOW TO | talk about quantities
 practice   writing  paragraphs
5A  Complete the questions. 7A  Look again at the article on page 50.
 vocabulary  containers 1 How many times does a six-year-old child laugh every day? Match topics a)–d) below with paragraphs

1A  Look at pictures A–K. What items

1
How much food does an average person eat 2 How milk does a person drink in their lifetime? 1–4.
a) drinks
can you see?
in a lifetime? And how much do they drink? 3 How
4 How
shampoo do people use in their lifetime?
words does a woman say in a day? b) introduction

D
The answer is A LOT!!! 5 How times does a person laugh every day? c) sweet food
d) meat-eaters and vegetarians
A 6 How friends does a person make in their lifetime?
2 Do you eat meat? Well, an average meat-eater eats 1 7 How toothpaste does a person use in their lifetime? B  Read the sentences below. Underline
their lifetime and 2 sheep in
B chickens. Does that sound quite a 8 How words does a man say in a day? the correct alternatives.
C E news is that he or she only eats 3 lot? The good
cows. If you’re a vegetarian, A paragraph is a group of words/sentences
maybe you like beans? Well, on aver
age, British and American people B  Work in pairs. Student A: turn to page 161 and find the answers to about one/two main topic(s) or idea(s). It can
4
cans of baked beans in their life. eat
questions 1–4. Student B: turn to page 162 and find the answers to be short or long. When you finish the topic,
H questions 5–8.
G I start a new sentence/paragraph.
3 And why is weight a problem for so many people?
cookies does the average Ame
How many
rican eat? The answer is an ama
C  Work in pairs and take turns. Student A: ask one of your questions C  Read the text below. How many
F 5 zing and say both possible answers. Student B: listen and choose the correct
. And chocolate? Over 6 paragraphs can you make? Draw a line
bars!
K answer.
between each one.
J 4 And how much water or tea do people drink in their lifet A: How many times does a six-year-old child laugh every day? a) about
interesting that a person drinks ime? It’s
about 7 litres of water and
three hundred times or b) about a hundred times?
people in the UK drink about 8
surprising that people use 9
cups of tea. Maybe it isn’t
rolls of toilet paper a year! Tha
t’s
B: I’m not sure. I think a hundred times!
Healthy living
H
about 10 in their lifetime!
ow healthy are we? Do we
B  Match pictures A–K to the words in the
 speaking  have a healthy lifestyle and a
box below. 6A  Work in groups. Ask and answer questions using the prompts good diet? The answer is some
below to complete the table. Use a lot/lots, quite a lot, not much/many, people do! How much
bar A bottle bag cup can/tin none and one extra piece of information in your answers. exercise do we do? It’s
packet jar tube mug carton roll
In a week You Student 1 Student 2 Student 3
interesting to find out
that many people do
C  Work in pairs and take turns. Student biscuits / eat? Quite a Not many. A lot! I love
A: point to one of the items above and say sport or other exercise
lot. 5–10. 1–2. them!
what it is. Student B: says the container. two or three times a
A: A. It’s chocolate. week. So, maybe it isn’t
fruit / eat?
B: a bar of chocolate surprising that we drink
 grammar  how much/many; quantifiers on average 2.5 litres of
water a day! How about
 reading  4A  Complete the sentences below. Use the article above to help. vegetables / eat?
our diet? Do we
1 __________ food does an average person eat in a lifetime?
2A  Work in pairs. How do you say the like sweet food?
2 __________ cookies does the average American eat?
numbers in the box below? Well, lots of people
water / drink?
B   Look at the sentences above. Underline the correct alternatives to love biscuits, but only two of
41/2 21 61 845 1,200 4,300 complete the rules. us never eat them. It’s not so good that all
10,000 35,000 60,000 75,000
of us like chocolate. Maybe we’re not so
Rules: coffee / drink?
healthy as we think!
B  5.4 Listen and check. Then listen 1  Use how much with countable/uncountable nouns.
again and repeat. 2  Use how many with countable/uncountable nouns.
3A  Read the article. Complete it with exercise / do?
numbers from Exercise 2A. C   Match the words below with pictures A–D.
B  5.5 Work in pairs and compare your
not many a lot/lots none quite a lot A: How many biscuits do you eat in a week, Julio?
answers. Then listen and check.
B: Not many. Maybe one or two.
C  Work in pairs and discuss the questions. A: How about you, Yumi?
1 Which food in the article do you eat a lot? A B C D D   Write a report about your group. Use
C: A lot! I love biscuits!
Which do you never eat? your notes from Exercise 6A to help. Write
2 What other food and drink do you eat or B  Discuss. Which students have a good diet/healthy lifestyle? three or four paragraphs.
drink a lot? I think Julio has a good diet because he eats a lot of vegetables.
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5.3 ARE YOU READY TO ORDER? 5.3
FUNCTION | ordering in a restaurant VOCABULARY | restaurant words learn TO | understand fast speech
B  Work in pairs and role-play the
situation. Student A: you are the customer.
Look at menu A on this page and order
 vocabulary  restaurant words your food. Ask the waiter about any dish
1A  Work in pairs and discuss. Where do you go when you don’t know.
you want to: Student B: you are the waiter. Look
1 have a drink with a friend in the afternoon? at page 162. Answer the customer’s
2 eat something fast before you go to the cinema? questions. Take his/her order.
3 have an evening meal in a good restaurant? B: Are you ready to order?
There’s a very good café in … called … A: Can I ask about Today’s Specials? What’s
the Garden delight?
B  Work with another pair and compare your ideas.
C  Change roles. Student B: you are the
2  Match each word to its meaning. customer. Look at menu B on this page.
1 menu a) you pay this at the end Student A: you are the waiter. Look at
2 chef b) he/she brings the food page 161.
3 dish c) food cooked in a special way
4 bill d) a list of food with prices   learn to  understand fast speech
5 order e) he/she cooks
8A  5.9 Listen to the conversation in
6 tip f ) ask for food
a fast food restaurant. What does the man
7 waiter/waitress g) extra money for service order? Circle the correct answer.

A
 function  ordering in a restaurant
3A  Look at the phrases a)–j). Where do you usually If you want to change the backg
hear them? Write restaurant (R) or fast food restaurant
B
colour its on layer 1
(FF).
a) Would you like something to drink? R
b) Small, medium or large?
c) Can we have the bill, please? C If you w
d) Are you ready to order?
5A  Complete the conversation with words in the box.  speaking  colour
e) Is that eat in or takeaway? like can for any ’d could
7A  Look at the menus and discuss. Which dishes would you like to try?
f ) Thanks. Have a nice day! What food do you think is in today’s special dishes?
g) Tonight’s special is … like
A: Good evening. Would you something to drink? If you want to change the backg
h) Afternoon. What can I get you? colour its on layer 1
i) Large fries with that? B: Yes, we have two colas and some water, please? A star ter
Onion soup star ter
B  Listen again. Tick the phrases you hear
j) Good evening. A table for two? A: Fine. Are you ready to order? B
Melon Tomato soup in Exercise 3A.
k) Anything else? Italian style grilled vegetables
B: Yes. We like the fish and the chicken. main course
Roast lamb speakout TIP
B  5.6 Listen and tick the phrases you hear. A: Would you like vegetables? Thai chicken with rice main course
When one word finishes with a consonant
C  Number the ticked phrases in order. Then listen again B: Yes, please. Fish of the day with chips or new Cheese, tomato and
and the next word starts with a vowel, the
potatoes mushroom pizza
and check. two words join and sound like one word,
A: We’ve got carrots, peas and beans. Served with seasonal vegetables
Cheese, tomato, mushroom,
4A  5.7 Listen and complete the sentences below. olive and ham pizza e.g. good e vening, how much is it.
1 Could an orange ?
B: I have some carrots and some peas? today’s specials
Pasta of the day
˘ ˘ ˘
Chef ’s Sunday special
2 Can a of mineral ? C: The same me, please. Garden delight Served with a side salad C  Look at the example below. Then
Summer mix underline the key stressed words in the
3 like some , please. B  Work in pairs and practise the conversation. today ’s specials fast food phrases in Exercise 3A. Draw
dessert
4 The for , please. Spring special
6A  5.8 Listen to the customers in a restaurant. Are Apple pie with ice cream
Fisherman’s platter
lines to show the linking.
B  Listen again and check your answers. What do the they polite or impolite? or cream Afternoon. What can I get you?
customers order? Chocolate cake Roman holiday ˘
B  Work in pairs and take turns. Student A: say customer Fresh fruit D  5.10 Listen and check. Then listen
➠ page 136 LANGUAGEbank sentences from Exercise 5A. Be polite or impolite. dessert and repeat.
Student B: say if Student A is polite or impolite. Ice cream
E  Work in pairs. Choose one long
Fruit salad
sentence from audio script 5.6 on page
Three cheese plate
170. Try to finish the sentence faster than
your partner.

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5.4 A CHEF IN GOA

DVD preview DVD view speakout a special dish writeback a recipe

3A  Work in pairs. Two other students are coming for 5A  Read the student’s recipe. Would you like to try it?
1A  Work in pairs and discuss. 2A  Watch the DVD. Tick seven things you see in the box below. dinner. Choose your ingredients from the list below:
1 Do you like cooking?
• one kind of meat or fish
2 What’s your favourite dish?
3 Do you like eating outside?
a market ✓ fruit oil a boat the sea a pan a cat
meat spices fish vegetables a washing-up bowl • two/three kinds of vegetables Italian special
• rice, pasta, noodles or potatoes ser ves four
Why/Why not?
• three eggs
B  Look at the photo and read the B  Watch the DVD again and complete the sentences below with
Ingredients: tiger prawns, a can of Italian
• oil, salt, pepper, soy sauce, spices or herbs
text. Then answer the questions. words in the box. tomatoes, a large onion, a red pepper,
1 Who is Rick Stein? B  Work in pairs and discuss. What can you make two celery sticks and some fresh pasta.
2 What type of food does he like? cheap vegetables spices food eight with your ingredients? Give your special dish a name. A handful of herbs, some black pepper and
3 Which place does he visit in the 4A  5.11 Listen to the students describe their dish. some olive oil.
programme? This is Goa – a place I’ve known and loved for the best part What ingredients are in their dish?
of 1 years. To buy 2 here is *a real joy. B  Listen again and tick the key phrases you hear. First, cut the vegetables into small pieces.
The variety of seafood, 3 ,4 is quite Then heat the oil in a wok or a frying pan.
*staggering and *incredibly 5 . keyphrases Next drop in the vegetables and fry them
* a real joy – something that makes you very happy The name of [this/our] dish is … for about two minutes. Add the prawns,
* staggering – very surprising | * incredibly – very very It’s [very easy/quite difficult] to make. tomatoes, pepper and herbs. Cook for
You need some prawns, some eggs … about two minutes. Heat some water in
It’s [delicious/not too hot]. a pan and then add the pasta. Cook for
C  Match the verbs with pictures A–E. You’ll love it! three minutes. Finally, take the pasta out
of the water and mix with the sauce. Serve
stir C throw in squeeze drop turn over
C  Prepare to tell your class about your dish. Use the it immediately with some salad. It takes
key phrases to help. about twenty minutes to make and you’ll
D  Tell your class about your dish. Listen to the other love it!
  groups. Which dish would you like to try?
Rick Stein’s
B  Look at the linkers underlined. Which ones can
Seafood Odyssey A B C D E change places?

R ick Stein is an English

chef who loves seafood.
He travels around the world
D  Look at Rick Stein’s instructions for cooking below. Number
them in the correct order.
C  Write the recipe for your special dish from Exercise
4D. Remember to use linkers.
a) Put some flour into a washing up bowl. 1
to find new dishes. He also b) Cook for about three or four minutes.
meets and talks to the people c) Stir the fish around in some oil.
who cook them. In this BBC d) Put in some fish.
programme, he visits Goa on e) Squeeze some lime over the fish.
the West coast of India. He f) Drop the fish in the pan.
buys some local fish at the g) Add salt and spices.
market and cooks a simple dish h) Turn the fish over.
on the beach.
E  Watch the DVD again and check your answers.

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5.5 LOOKBACK

  Food    Containers   In a restaurant 

1A  Read the clues below and 3A  Find twelve words for 5A  Work in pairs. Look at the
complete the food words. containers. menu for a new restaurant. Write a
1 It’s green, it’s a fruit and it starts description of dishes 1–3.
with ‘a’. apple
gc ar tonbott
2 It’s a drink and it starts with ‘m’.
et
ba
MENU

le
jar t
ck
3 It’s a vegetable and it starts with

cuppa

ubemug r
‘cu’. 1 King’s delight:
4 It’s a fruit, it’s yellow and it starts
with ‘b’.
5 It’s sweet and it starts with ‘i’.

ll o
in ca
nbar t 2 Winter warmer:
6 It’s white, it’s got four letters and it
starts with ‘r’.
B  Work in pairs and take turns.
B  Write four more sentences to Student A: start the phrase with a
test your partner. container. Student B: complete the
It’s a drink and it starts with … phrase with the correct item.
3 Light & tasty:
C  Work in pairs and take turns. A: A cup of …
Student A: read out your sentences. B: A cup of coffee
Student B: say the name of the
food.   How much/many 
 nouns with a/an, some, any  4A  Write the questions in full.
1 How / water / drink every day?
2A  Look again at the three How much water do you drink
fridges on page 48. Complete the every day?
sentences below so that they are 2 How / chocolate / eat / every
true. Use be and a/an, some or any. week?
1 There isn’t any milk in Mike’s 3 How / brothers / have got?
fridge.
4 How / people / be / there in your
2 There carrots in Amy’s family?
fridge.
5 How / sugar / have / in your
3 There eggs in Luis’s fridge. coffee?
4 There beer in Luis’s or 6 How / cola / drink / every week?
Mike’s fridge.
7 How / rooms / be / there in B  Work in groups and role-play
5 There cucumber in Amy’s your flat/house? the restaurant situation. One
fridge. student: you are the waiter. Tell the
8 How / salt / like / in your food?
6 There water in Amy’s group the names of the dishes. The
fridge. B  Answer the questions in other students: ask about the dishes
Exercise 4A with numbers or phrases. and order some food.
B  Write four questions about the
4 glasses, 2 bars, 3 … A: Good evening. Are you ready to
things in the fridges.
order?
Is there any chicken in Mike’s C  Work in groups. Try to guess B: Nearly. Can I ask …
fridge? the question for each number or
phrase. VIDEO PODCAST
A: Eight Download the
B: How many rooms are there in podcast and view
your flat? people describing
A: Yes! food and what dishes
they like/dislike.
ic BBC
C  Work in pairs. Ask and answer Authent
questions. www.pearsonlongman.com/speakout

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