DEPARTAMENTO DE LETRAS E ARTES PLATAFORMA FREIRE CURSO: Lnguas Estrangeiras Modernas - Ingls Lngua Inglesa Habilidades Integradas V Lesson

n 20:The good life PROFESSORA TATIANY PERTEL Student: ______________________________________________________________________________________Date: ____________________________ Lesson 20: The good life Grammar and functions: Quantifiers: a lot of, a little, a few; Vocabulary: Food, Minor illnesses, The weather; Urban living Skills and sounds: Reading: A report on the quality of life in a town; A description of a town or city Speaking: talking about and comparing diets; Listening: Someone describing a healthy diet; Someone describing a trip and the weather Writing: writin about special meals in Brazil

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A healthy diet
1. Work in pairs. Find these kinds of food in the pictures. Chips vegetables onions sweets pasta orange juice sausages peas beans buns 2. grapes white rice/Brown rice oven-cooked chips pork chops chocolate a tub of ice-cream sandwich skimmed Milk sugar/brown sugar soda/soft drink water tomatoes cucumber lettuce eggplant

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2. Work in pairs. Decide if the foods in the box are countable or incountable. Countable Uncountable

3. Name another ten kinds of food that you can think of. You can think about it in Portuguese and ask your teacher to help you with the English word. Then, write them under the countable or the uncountable column.

4. Listen to someone talking about food. Make a list of the food that you hear. Example: Bread, ...___________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Listen again and complete using food from your list. I eat quite a lot of _______________(1). I dont eat any ________________ (2), but I do eat a little ______________ (3). I eat a lot of _________________ (4) and ________________ (5), and a lot of __________________ (6), of course. Ive got a sweet tooth and I eat a few _________________ (7) every now and then.

Language focus 1
A noun can be countable or uncountable. Compare: Countable Uncountable I eat a banana every day. I eat rice every day. I like bananas. I like rice. Banana is a countable noun. Rice is an Uncountable noun. A countable noun can be singular (banana) or An uncountable noun has only one form. They are things we cannot plural (bananas). count. Other examples of countable nouns: Other examples of uncountable nouns: Theres a beach near here. Theres sand in my shoes. Ann was singing a song. Ann was listening to (some) music. Have you got a ten-dollar note? Have you got any money? It wasnt your fault. It was an It wasnt your fault. It was bad luck. accident. There is no electricity in this house. There are no batteries in the radio. We havent got any water. We havent got enough cups. This piece of information is wrong. You cannot normally use a/an with uncountable nouns. We do not You can use a/an with singular countable say a sand or a music or a information. But we can often use nouns: a....of..: a beach a student an umbrella. a bowl of rice You cannot use singular countable nouns a piece of music alone (without a, an, the, my, etc.). a drop of water I want a banana. (not I want a game of tennis banana) a piece of information But you can use plural countable nouns a glass of/a cup of water alone: a bottle of wine I like bananas. a chunk of cheese/meat a loaf of/a slice of bread a spoon of rice You can use uncountable nouns alone: I eat rice every day. Theres blood on your shirt. Can you hear music? More countable nouns: Did you hear a noise just now? I bought a paper to read. Theres a hair in my soup! You can stay with us. There is a spare room. I had some interesting experiences while I was away. Have a good time! More uncountable nouns: I cant work here. Theres too much noise I need some paper to write on. Youve got very long hair. You cant sit here. There isnt room. They offered me the job because I had a lot of experience. I cant wait. I havent got time. Coffee, beer, tea, juice, wine, water, etc. (drinks) are normally uncountable.

BEWARE: There are some nouns that are usually uncountable in English but often countable in other languages: accommodation behavior damage luck permission traffic advice bread furniture luggage progress weather baggage chaos information news scenery work News is uncountable, not plural: The news was very depressing. Travel (noun) means travelling in general. You cannot say a travel to mean a journey or a trip. We had a very good journey. (not a good travel) QUANTIFIERS Some Affrmative plural countable nouns or uncountable nouns We sang some songs. They have bought some rice. Interrogative plural countalbe nouns or uncountable nouns Any Negative plural countable nouns or uncountable nouns I didnt buy any potatoes. We havent got any sugar. Interrogative Did you get any oranges from the supermarket? Have you got any yogurt? We often use any after if:

If there are any letters for me, can you send them on to this address? Offers Much If anyone has any questions, Ill be pleased to We use much with uncountablesweets?especially in negative sentences and questions (in positive sentences a lot of, Would you like some nouns, answer them. lots of, plenty of is more usual): How about some water? Let me know if you need anything. I dont have much time, Does he have much good luck? I have Requests a lot of time. But notice that we use too much and so much in positive sentences. Can I have some buns? We spent too much money. Many Can I have some coffee? We use many with plural nouns especially in negative sentences and questions (in positive sentences a lot of, lots of, plenty is more usual): They dont know many people.Do you have many friends? They know a lot of people. You can use many in positive sentences, but a lot of is more common in spoken English. Little We use little with uncountable nouns: little energy, little money Few We use few with plural nouns: few cars, few countries Little and few without a are negative ideas (=not much/not many) We must be quick. There is little time. He is not popular. He has few friends. a little and a few are more positive. Lets go and have a drink. Weve got a little time. Do you speak English? A little I enjoy my life here. I have a few friends. BEWARE Only a little and only a few have a negative meaning: We must be quick. Weve only got a little time.

PRACTICE 1. Work in pairs. Complete this description of a Mediterranean diet using a little, a few and a lot of. In the traditional, healthy Mediterranean diet people eat ________________ (1) fresh fruit and vegetables. They also eat ___________________ (2) Bread, pasta, rice and potatoes. They use olive oil for cooking and dont use animal fat (butter or pig fat) and they only eat ______________ (3) red meat. They eat _________________ (4) beans and legumes but only __________________ (5) eggs. They eat _________________ (6) cheese and yoghurt and they sometimes eat _________________ (7) sweets and cakes. SPEAKING AND LISTENING 1.Work in pairs. Discuss these questions: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Was our diet healthier a hundred years ago? why? Why not? What did people eat more of? And what did they eat less of? Why is the Mediterranean diet so good? Is the Mediterranean diet the only diet thats good for us? Do you think people eat badly in the West? Are eating habits changing in the West? What is the basic secret of a good diet?
The Mediterranean diet is a modern nutritional recommendation inspired by the traditional dietary patterns of Spain, southern Italy, Greece and specifically the Greek island of Crete, and parts of the Middle East. On November 17, 2010, UNESCO recognized this diet pattern as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Italy, Greece, Spain and Morocco, thus reinforcing it not only as a fundamental part of their history and background, but also as a great contribution to the world. Despite its name, this diet is not typical of all Mediterranean cuisine. In Northern Italy, for instance, lard andbutter are commonly used in cooking, and olive oil is reserved for dressing salads and cooked vegetables. In North Africa, wine is traditionally avoided by Muslims. In both North Africaand the Levant, along with olive oil, sheep's tail fat and rendered butter (samna) are traditional staple fats. The principal aspects of this diet include high olive oil consumption, high consumption of legumes, high consumption of unrefined cereals, high consumption of fruits, high consumption of vegetables, moderate consumption of dairy products (mostly as cheese and yogurt), moderate to high consumption of fish, low consumption of meat and meat products, and moderate wine consumption. (from Wikipedia.com)

2. Listen to health expert answering some of the questions. Tick the questions he answers. Which questions does he not answer? 3. Here are some of Dr Ciottis answers. 1. Fresh, natural products and a good variety of different kinds of food. (question 7) 2. Well, because fresh fruit and vegetables give you all the vitamins you need... you dont get fat. 3. Traditional food in the West is very unhealthy... 4. It depended on where you lived. If you lived in a poor mountain area... 5. Japanese food for example is very healthy. Listen again and check WRITING

1. Write about 3 special meals in Brazil and your home. Use quantifiers (a lot of, lots of, plenty of, any, many, little, few, etc.). In birthday parties we usually have a cake, some sweets, a few people come to our houses. If it is a dinner party, we have lots of... plenty of... many...a few...but any... __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________