Unit 2: FOOD FOOD FOOD

Unit 2

FOOD, FOOD, FOOD!

Thực phẩm/ Đồ ăn

KIẾN THỨC TRONG BÀI

• Từ vựng về đồ ăn, sự hình thành từ

• Thì Quá khứ đơn, Quá khứ tiếp diễn, cấu trúc used to & would, be used to & get used to

• Nói chuyện về đồ ăn & quán ăn, mô tả những hình ảnh, sử dụng những tính từ khác nhau

READING

A. How much do you know about olives? Do the quiz and find out!

Multiple Choice

1. People have been growing olive trees for ...

• 2,000 years

• 4,000 years

• 6,000 years

Multiple Choice

2. Which country produces the most olive oil in the world?

• Spain

• Italy

• Tunisia

Multiple Choice

3. People used to use olive oil to ___ .

• attack people

• make cleaning products

• fight religion

Multiple Choice

4. We now know exactly why olive oil is good because of ___ .

• olive growers

• ancient traditions

• modern science

B. Quickly read the text and check your answers to the quiz

An Oil for Life

Maria Alcala of Madrid speaks for many Mediterranean people when she says that "a meal without olive oil is boring". (1) ___ knows when the Mediterraneans first fell in love with olives because it was before people wrote and kept records. However, there is some evidence that people began growing olive trees around the Mediterranean Sea approximately 6,000 years ago. The Mediterranean countries still (2) ___ 99% of the world's olive oil with Spain being the world's biggest producer.

From ancient times (3) ___ today, the basic process of producing the oil is the same. First, farmers crush the olives. Then, they take the liquid and separate the oil from the water.

Many olive growers keep their ancient traditions and still harvest the olives (4) ___ hand. "We harvest in the traditional way", says Don Celso, an olive farmer from Tuscany, Italy. "It is less expensive to do it with machines but it's more a social thing. Twenty people come to help with the harvest and we pay them in oil".

Ancient civilisations used olive oil (5) ___ money and medicine. They even used it during war - they would heat it up and drop it down on the enemy! (6) ___ days, it is still used in religious ceremonies as it was in ancient times. It is also great for making fish and cheese stay fresh. There are even olive oil lamps and olive oil soaps.

One important study showed that Mediterranean people have the (7) ___ hearts in the western world. This is partly to do with frequently using olive oil. Other studies have shown that using olive oil can help to protect people from some types of diseases. The world is beginning to understand the advantages of using olive oil and it isn't an unusual thing to see on dinner tables outside the Mediterranean region anymore. The olive oil producing countries now sell large (8) ___ of olive oil to countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, and North and South America.

Olive oil improves the lives of people everywhere when it is part of a well-balanced (9) ___ . Ancient people knew about its benefits and modern science has confirmed them. Luckily, the Mediterranean people are happy to (10) ___ their secret with the world.

C. Read the incomplete sentence below. Then look at each gap carefully. What type of word do you need for each gap?

Butter and olive oil are both fats but olive oil is a (1) ___ fat and is better (2) ___ you because it (3) ___ your body from (4) ___ .

E. Choose the correct words to complete the sentence in Exercise C

1. lunch / good / unhealthy / old 

2. eat / on / from / for 

3. makes / likes / protects / healthy 

4. fat / thin / infection / sleep

Multiple Choice

Butter and olive oil are both fats but olive oil is a (1) ___ fat and is better (2) ___ you because it (3) ___ your body from (4) ___ .

The correct word for (1) is:

• lunch

• good

• unhealthy

• old

Multiple Choice

Butter and olive oil are both fats but olive oil is a (1) ___ fat and is better (2) ___ you because it (3) ___ your body from (4) ___ .

The correct word for (2) is:

• eat

• on

• from

• for

Multiple Choice

Butter and olive oil are both fats but olive oil is a (1) ___ fat and is better (2) ___ you because it (3) ___ your body from (4) ___ .

The correct word for (3) is:

• makes

• likes

• protects

• healthy

Multiple Choice

Butter and olive oil are both fats but olive oil is a (1) ___ fat and is better (2) ___ you because it (3) ___ your body from (4) ___ .

The correct word for (4) is:

• fat

• thin

• infection

• sleep

Word Focus

• crush (v) to press something very hard and break it (nghiền nát)

• harvest (v) to pick and collect crops (thu hoạch)

• scrape off (v) to remove something from a surface with a tool (cọ xát, cạo, nạo,...)

• enhance (v) to improve the quality of something (cải thiện chất lượng, nâng cao)

Một số từ mới khác

• Mediterranean (n) Địa Trung Hải

• keep records: lưu giữ hồ sơ

• evidence (n) bằng chứng

• approximately (adv) xấp xỉ, khoảng chừng

• basic (adj) cơ bản

• process (n) quy trình

• liquid (n) chất lỏng

Từ và cụm từ

• separate (v) tách rời

• social (adj) mang tính xã hội

• civilisation (n) nền văn minh

• medicine (n) thuốc, y học, y khoa

• heat it up: làm nóng, đun nóng

• drop it down: đổ xuống, đổ vào

• religious ceremonies: nghi lễ tôn giáo

D. Match the word to its definition

Multiple Choice

1. evidence

• something like water that you can pour easily

• a series of things that you do to make something

• reasons for believing that something is or isn’t true

• an illness; something that makes you very sick

Multiple Choice

2. process

• reasons for believing that something is or isn't true

• something like water that you can pour easily

• a series of things that you do to make something

• an illness; something that makes you very sick

Multiple Choice

3. liquid

• something like water that you can pour easily

• a series of things that you do to make something

• reasons for believing that something is or isn’t true

• an illness; something that makes you very sick

Multiple Choice

4. civilisation

• an illness; something that makes you very sick

• something like water that you can pour easily

• a series of things that you do to make something

• a large group of people with its own culture

Multiple Choice

5. disease

• something like water that you can pour easily

• a series of things that you do to make something

• reasons for believing that something is or isn't true

• an illness; something that makes you very sick

Exam Task

Read the text and choose the correct word for each space

Multiple Choice

Maria Alcala of Madrid speaks for many Mediterranean people when she says that "a meal without olive oil is boring". (1) ___ knows when the Mediterraneans first fell in love with olives because it was before people wrote and kept records.

• Anyone

• Everyone

• No one

• Someone

Multiple Choice

However, there is some evidence that people began growing olive trees around the Mediterranean Sea approximately 6,000 years ago. The Mediterranean countries still (2) ___ 99% of the world's olive oil with Spain being the world's biggest producer.

• better

• want

• buy

• produce

Multiple Choice

From ancient times (3) ___ today, the basic process of producing the oil is the same. First, farmers crush the olives. Then, they take the liquid and separate the oil from the water.

• since

• for

• through

• until

Multiple Choice

Many olive growers keep their ancient traditions and still harvest the olives (4) ___ hand. "We harvest in the traditional way", says Don Celso, an olive farmer from Tuscany, Italy. "It is less expensive to do it with machines but it's more a social thing. Twenty people come to help with the harvest and we pay them in oil".

• by

• in

• on

• with

Multiple Choice

Ancient civilisations used olive oil (5) ___ money and medicine. They even used it during war - they would heat it up and drop it down on the enemy!

• as

• at

• on

• of

Multiple Choice

(6) ___ days, it is still used in religious ceremonies as it was in ancient times. It is also great for making fish and cheese stay fresh. There are even olive oil lamps and olive oil soaps.

• There

• These

• This

• Those

Multiple Choice

One important study showed that Mediterranean people have the (7) ___ hearts in the western world. This is partly to do with frequently using olive oil. Other studies have shown that using olive oil can help to protect people from some types of diseases.

• lightest

• lowest

• healthiest

• smallest

Multiple Choice

The world is beginning to understand the advantages of using olive oil and it isn't an unusual thing to see on dinner tables outside the Mediterranean region anymore. The olive oil producing countries now sell large (8) ___ of olive oil to countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, and North and South America.

• amounts

• groups

• lots

• numbers

Multiple Choice

Olive oil improves the lives of people everywhere when it is part of a well-balanced (9) ___ .

• food

• dish

• diet

• plate

Multiple Choice

Ancient people knew about its benefits and modern science has confirmed them. Luckily, the Mediterranean people are happy to (10) ___ their secret with the world.

• give

• offer

• share

• show

VOCABULARY

C. Circle the odd ones out

Multiple Choice

1

• thirsty

• hungry

• bread

Multiple Choice

2

• dessert

• starter

• lunch

Multiple Choice

3

• kitchen

• chop

• peel

Multiple Choice

4

• grill

• boil

• meat

Multiple Choice

5

• bite

• breakfast

• chew

Multiple Choice

6

• horrible

• delicious

• mix

Multiple Choice

7

• fridge

• jug

• bowl

Multiple Choice

8

• fry

• stir

• knife

VOCABULARY

D. Complete the sentences with some of the words from Exercise C

Multiple Choice

1. Don't ___ the egg in this oil.

• fry

• boil

• stir

Multiple Choice

2. Have we got a ___ for the chicken and rice to go in?

• bowl

• jug

• fridge

Multiple Choice

3. It was a great restaurant. The strawberry and ice-cream ___ was delicious!

• dessert

• starter

• lunch

Multiple Choice

4. The ___ isn't working. All the food is warm.

• fridge

• knife

• bowl

Multiple Choice

5. Please ___ the apple for the baby - he can't eat the skin.

• peel

• chop

• chew

Multiple Choice

6. I'll need a sharp knife to ___ the broccoli.

• chop

• peel

• bite

Multiple Choice

7. You have to ___ the sauce, so it doesn't stick.

• stir

• fry

• boil

Multiple Choice

8. Don't ___ with your mouth open! It's horrible!

• chew

• bite

• peel

VOCABULARY

E. Read the text and choose the correct answers

Multiple Choice

The (1) ___ hamburger is one of the most popular foods in the world, but where did it come from? Nobody really knows.

• horrible

• delicious

• breakfast

Multiple Choice

One theory is that about 800 years ago Mongolian soldiers, who didn't have (2) ___ or cookers, put meat under their saddles while they rode their horses to make it soft. In the evening they ate the meat without cooking it.

• meat

• food

• fridges

Multiple Choice

Another story is that immigrants to America from the city of Hamburg in Germany brought their 'Hamburg steak' with them - a type of (3) ___ meat in (4) ___ .

The correct word for (3) is:

• fried

• peeled

• stirred

Multiple Choice

Another story is that immigrants to America from the city of Hamburg in Germany brought their 'Hamburg steak' with them - a type of (3) ___ meat in (4) ___ .

The correct word for (4) is:

• bowl

• bread

• kitchen

Multiple Choice

Or perhaps Otta Kuasw from Hamburg made the first hamburger. Otto (5) ___ meat with (6) ___ , fried it and put it between bread and sold it to young, hard-working and (7) ___ sailors for their (8) ___ . When the sailors went back to America they asked their families to make the same thing and so the hamburger was born.

The correct word for (5) is:

• chewed

• bit

• mixed

Multiple Choice

Or perhaps Otta Kuasw from Hamburg made the first hamburger. Otto (5) ___ meat with (6) ___ , fried it and put it between bread and sold it to young, hard-working and (7) ___ sailors for their (8) ___ . When the sailors went back to America they asked their families to make the same thing and so the hamburger was born.

The correct word for (6) is:

• breakfast

• eggs

• starter

Multiple Choice

Or perhaps Otta Kuasw from Hamburg made the first hamburger. Otto (5) ___ meat with (6) ___ , fried it and put it between bread and sold it to young, hard-working and (7) ___ sailors for their (8) ___ . When the sailors went back to America they asked their families to make the same thing and so the hamburger was born.

The correct word for (7) is:

• starter

• kitchen

• hungry

Multiple Choice

Or perhaps Otta Kuasw from Hamburg made the first hamburger. Otto (5) ___ meat with (6) ___ , fried it and put it between bread and sold it to young, hard-working and (7) ___ sailors for their (8) ___ . When the sailors went back to America they asked their families to make the same thing and so the hamburger was born.

The correct word for (8) is:

• dessert

• lunch

• meat

GRAMMAR

Quá Khứ Đơn & Quá Khứ Tiếp Diễn

Thì QUÁ KHỨ ĐƠN

* Thói quen và nếp sinh hoạt trong quá khứ

James had croissants for breakfast every day when he was in France.

* Những hành động lần lượt xảy ra trong quá khứ

Natalie went to the shops, bought a pizza and took it home. 

* Những hành động, tình huống đã bắt đầu và kết thúc trong quá khứ

I cooked fish last week.

Thì QUÁ KHỨ TIẾP DIỄN

* Một hành động đang diễn ra tại một thời điểm xác định trong QK

=> I was making coffee at seven o'clock this morning.

* Hai hoặc nhiều hành động đang diễn ra cùng lúc trong QK => It was raining, the wind was blowing and we were shaking from the cold.

* Một hành động đang diễn ra trong quá khứ thì bị một hành động khác cắt ngang => Dad was chopping carrots when the phone rang.

* Đưa ra thông tin cơ bản trong một câu chuyện

Jennifer was watching TV while her mum was cooking dinner.