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UNIT 8 Food for thought!
Discuss the title
above as a class
and say what
you think it
means.
Which of the four
seasons is this
painting based
on? Discuss your
answers as a
class.
The artist's name
is woven into
his jacket.
What is
his name?
Game
Make a list of the food you can see in the picture. Compare your list with
your partner. Who has found the most?
Topic Food for thought!
  Grammar Using Passive Voice; Uncountable nouns
  Reading Skills

Recognising words and expressions which show author's

attitude
Reading a text and sequence events in pictures
  Listening Skills Listening for dates and world events
Inferring information from listening text
  Writing Skills Writing a review of a restaurant
  Functions Giving opinion; discussing preferences.
  Vocabulary Food, food sources, socio-economic factors of eating habits
Strategies:

I can think of the relationship between what I already know and new things I

learn in English.
If I do not understand something in English, I can ask the other person to

slow down or say it again.
I can pay attention to specific parts of the language input or the situation that

will help my learning
http://www.wga.hu/frames-
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Lesson 1

AIMS

  • To recognise words and expressions which
    show author's attitude
  • To raise awareness about the various factors
    about the food we eat, where it comes from
    and how it is produced.

Lead-in
Task 1

Εκπαιδευτικό Παιχνίδι Γλωσσάριο-Lesson 1

Read the text on the painting and find the topic. Is the author's attitude to the

painting positive, negative or neutral? Underline the words in the text which

support your answer.

Arcimboldo's portraits of human heads made up of vegetables, fruit and tree roots, were

greatly admired by his contemporaries and remain a source of fascination today. It is

now being debated by art critics whether these paintings were whimsical or the product

of a deranged mind.

Task 2

A.

Look at the paintings and say which

ones are about the seasons and

which are about food.
B.

Write the nationality of each artist under each painting: French, Italian,

Dutch, Greek. Choose the names of each of the paintings and write them

above the painting.
Spring Apple Picking Wheatfield Four Seasons
C.

Say how you feel about one of these paintings without using like or dislike.

Make a one-minute presentation to your class. Your classmates will guess

your attitude.

Task 3

Read the statements a-f and guess at

the region they refer to. You can ask your

Geography teacher to help you.

  1. Whales are being hunted for their meat and oil.
  2. Wheat is grown on the prairies.
  3. Olive oil is produced by the local farmers.
  4. Seafood is caught by driftnet fishing.
  5. Coffee beans are left to mature before they are sent to factories.
  6. Rice is planted in paddy fields.
Food, places,
cultures!

Task 4 - Food and culture

A. What kinds of meat can be eaten by people?
shark horsemeat dog meat lamb
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B. Read the text below and then complete the spidergram in TASK 5.
Alligators exist in many parts of the world, but they are unacceptable as food
by many people. Likewise, kangaroos, horses, turtles, and dogs are eaten (and
are even considered a delicacy) in some cultures, though they are
unacceptable food sources in other cultures.

Task 5 - Factors affecting what people eat

A.

Work in small groups. Write

sentences and say how each

factor influences what people eat.
B.

What kind of food do Greek

people eat that other cultures

might find unacceptable? (e.g.

κοκορέτσι, γουρουνόΙουλο, etc.)

Write sentences about this.

Example: Muslim people do not eat

pork as it is considered unclean.

Reading 1

Task 1

Make a statement about where each

of the different products on the

right is grown. The Appendix maps

can help you.

Task 2

A. Read the following text and

underline things that you didn't

know about olive oil.
Lesson 1
Olive oil is obtained from the olive tree. It is commonly
used in cooking, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and
soaps and as a fuel for traditional oil lamps. The most traditional
way of making olive oil is by grinding olives. First the olives are ground into an olive paste
using large millstones. After grinding, the olive paste is spread on disks, which are stacked
on top of each other, and then placed into the press. Then, pressure is applied onto the
disk to further separate the oil from the paste. To help separation, water is run down the
sides of the disks.
Olive oil is considered a healthy oil because of its high content of monounsaturated fat.
Doctors say that monounsaturated fats in the diet is linked with a lower risk of heart disease.
B. In pairs, put the sketches into the correct sequence according to the information
in the text.
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Task 3

When companies want people

to buy a product they write a

slogan or catchy phrase. In

small groups, decide which of

the following are important

in a slogan.

Attractive
Long
Funny
Interesting
Informative
Complicated
Relevant

Ask your class to evaluate the slogan in the picture. How informative,

appealing, interesting, is it?

Look at the site: http://www.healingdaily.com/detoxification-diet/olive-oil.htm to get information to help you

write a slogan to inform people about the health benefits of olive oil.
Food, places,
cultures!

Reading 2

Task 4

A.

Skim through the text to find four different uses of sugar. Compare your ideas with

your partner's.

a) _________________________________ b) _________________________________
c) _________________________________ d) _________________________________

Sugar cane is a grass and the source of 70% of the world's sugar which is extracted from the sweet,
juicy stems. Sugar was first found in New Guinea and then taken to South Asia; then with Arab farmers
to the Mediterranean. The word ‘candy' is derived from the Arabic word qandi, meaning a sweet
confection.
Apart from being used in the production of sweets and cakes, it is an important source of ethanol fuel
in countries like Brazil today which has large sugar plantations and lots of space to grow sugar. Apart
from fuel, it has been used to treat a wide variety of health complaints like coughs. It has also been used
externally to treat skin problems, a use that is being supported by science: Ayurvedic medicine, for
example. A common folk remedy is to mix fresh stem juice with dry ginger in order to relieve hiccups.
Pieces of sugar cane are chewed for their sugary syrup, and are a popular street food in South Asia. This
was the original use of sugar cane. Traditional methods are still used to produce characteristic Indian
sugars such as gur.
http://www.plantcultures.org/themes/food_landing.html
B. Read the text again and answer the comprehension questions that follow.
  1. What everyday products are made from sugar cane?
  2. Why is the largest amount of ethanol produced in Brazil?
  3. Which phrase in the text means: a great number of?

Task 5 - Alternative Sources of Energy

Look at the diagram on the right and the

processes a-g below. Can you put the

processes in order 1-7?

  1. CO2 is re-absorbed by the crops
  2. CO2 is released from the fuel
  3. Crops are collected
  4. Ethanol is used to make alternative fuel
  5. Grains are finely ground
  6. Sugars are distilled to make ethanol
  7. The powder is separated into component sugars

http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/rene wable/ethanol.html

Is this kind of fuel better for our environment? Are

there any problems caused by the use of this fuel?