1Do you think you have a healthy diet? Why / Why not?
2Which fruit and vegetables do you think are best for our health? Why?
3Which fruit and vegetables do people eat a lot of in your country?
4What's your favourite vegetable? How often do you eat it?
2Read the text. Match the numbers in bold in the text with explanations a–h below.
Five a day keeps the doctor away
Do you have a healthy lifestyle? How about your diet? Do you eat a lot of fruit and vegetables? If your answer is 'yes', you're probably healthier than most people in the UK. In 2017 a survey in England showed that 64 percent of adults are too heavy and most people aren't eating nearly enough fruit or vegetables. The World Health Organization recommends that we eat at least five portions of fruit and vegetables every day, or around 400 grams in total. It says that this helps prevent illnesses like cancer and heart disease. But in 2017 only 29 percent of adults in England ate five portions a day, and the average amount was only 3.8 portions. In Scotland the numbers were even lower – only 20 percent of adults ate five portions a day and the average was three portions. In general, women ate more fruit and vegetables than men and young people aged 16–24 ate less than other adults.
Match each statement (a–h) with the correct number from the text.
a.The percentage of English adults who eat five portions of fruit and vegetables a day.
b.The average number of portions that English people eat each day.
c.The percentage of adults in England who are too heavy.
d.The age group that eats the least fruit and vegetables each day.
e.The number of portions of fruit and vegetables people should eat each day.
f.The average number of portions Scottish people eat each day.
g.The weight in grams of five portions of fruit and vegetables.
h.The percentage of Scottish adults who eat five portions a day.
3aWork in pairs. You're going to watch a video of someone making a cake. What ingredients do you think he'll use?
3b Watch the video. Check your ideas.
4aComplete Ronnie's introduction with the words in the box.
Hello, it's Ronnie your Roadmap reporter here … and I have a breaking news story! The UK has a vegetable
. It seems that people in the UK are eating
vegetables than ever before. In fact, we're
eating a lot now than we were
years ago. What's wrong with people? Vegetables are
! I love them.
Did you know that were the first food to be grown in
? Or that you can use a
as an eraser!
So how can we get people to eating vegetables again? Earlier today I met a man who has the
.
4b Watch the video from 0:11–1:00 and check your answers.
5aLook at the words below. Watch the video from 1:00–3:01 and tick the foods the man uses in the recipe.
✅ Correct items: carrots, bread, humus, cream cheese, cucumber, avocados, herbs, peas, peppers (note: peppers isn't in the list above, ignore)
5bUse the words you ticked in Exercise 5a to complete the instructions. You need to use one of the words twice.
1.First put some in the bottom of the cake tin.
2.Then put on top of the bread.
3.Next add the .
4.After that add the .
5.Then put more on top of the cucumber.
6.Next add some mashed .
7.After that add lots of .
8.Then cover it in and put it in the fridge for a few hours.
9.Finally decorate it with and .
5c Watch the video from 1:00–3:01 again and check your answers.
6Watch the video from 3:00–3:10. Choose the correct alternatives.
There you have it. All you need is a ¹… cucumber, ²… avocados, ³… carrots, ⁴… peas and ⁵… peppers. That's five vegetables in a cake.
7aMatch the sentence halves. Make phrases Ronnie says to show interest and excitement in the video.
Write the matching letter (a–f) for each number (1–6).
1.That sounds
2.OK, and what
3.What a
4.What
5.How
6.That looks
a) happens now?b) happens next?c) wonderful!d) exciting!e) interesting.f) good idea!
7b Watch the video from 1:30–2:52 and check your answers.
8aWork in pairs. Answer the questions.
1.What seven vegetables does Phil grow?
2.What's the name of the dish Phil makes?
3.How long do you have to leave the cake in the fridge?
4.What does Ronnie say he's on a mission to do?
8b Watch the whole video again and check your answers.
9Work in pairs. Discuss the questions.
1Do you think the cake looked good? Would you like to try it? Why / Why not?
2What dishes do you like?
3What dishes are you good at cooking?
4What's your favourite type of cake?
5Do you know any good recipes for cooking vegetables?
10Work in pairs. Student A use the prompts below to tell your partner about you. Student B use some of the phrases from Exercise 7 to show interest. Ask for more information. Then change roles.
Something you did last weekendSomething you like cookingA delicious dish you ate recentlyA place you really want to visit
💬 Try using phrases like: "That sounds interesting." · "OK, and what happens next?" · "How good idea!" · "That looks wonderful!"