Reading

UNIT 2: FOOD, FOOD, FOOD - READING

by Thảo Nguyễn

​AIMS AND REQUIREMENTS:

• AIMS:

​+ To introduce vocabulary related to olive and olive oil.

+ To practise skimming and scanning reading skills.

- REQUIREMENTS: By the end of the lesson, the students will be able to talk about their favorite food.

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​       PART 1.

PRE - READING

Multiple Choice

Activity 1.  How much do you know about olives? Do the quiz and find out!

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

• a. 2,000 years

• b. 4,000 years

•  c. 6,000 years

Multiple Choice

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

• a. Spain

• b. Italy

• c. Tunisia

Multiple Choice

3. People used to use olive oil to ...............

         

        

       

• a. attack people.

•   b. make cleaning products.

•    c. fight religion.

Multiple Choice

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

        

         

        

•   a. olive growers.

• b. ancient traditions.

•   c. modern science.

Multiple Choice

Activity 2. 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) ………….

• Answers:

  1. Noun/V-ing        2. Preposition      

  3. Adj           

  4. Verb

• Answers:

  1. Preposition             

  2.     Adj  

  3. Noun/V-ing 4.Verb

• Answers:

  1. Adj             

  2. Preposition      

  3. Verb                 

  4. Noun/V-ing

• Answers:

  1. Verb             

  2. Adj      

  3. Preposition   

  4. Noun/V-ing

Multiple Choice

Activity 3.  Choose the correct answer

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) ………….

• Answers:

  1. for             

  2. protects          

  3.  infection              4. good 

• Answers:

  1. infection          

  2. good             

  3.   for

  4.

  protects   

• Answers:

  1. infection          

  2.   good          

  3. protects             4. for

• Answers:

  1. good            

  2. for          

  3. protects             4. infection

​Activity 4. VOCABULARY

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• ·       crush /krʌʃ/ (V) : to press something very hard and break it​ Ex: Ex: The car was completely crushed under the truck.

  ·       harvest /ˈhɑː.vɪst/ (V) : to pick and collect crops​

• Ex: In the US, winter wheat is harvested in the early summer.

  ·       improve /ɪmˈpruːv/ (V) : to make something better

  Ex: He did a lot to improve conditions for factory workers.

  ·       ​disease /dɪˈziːz/ (N) : (an) illness of people, animals, plants, etc., caused by infection or a failure of health rather than by an accident:

  ​Ex: She suffers from a rare disease of the brain.

Multiple Choice

Activity 5. Match the words to their definitions

• Answers:

  1. a     2. d     3. b     

  4. f     5. g     6. c    

  7. e

• Answers:   

  1. c     2. d     3. f     

  4. b     5. g     6. a    

  7. e

• Answers:

  1. g     2. f     3. c     

  4. e    5. d     6. b    

  7. a

• Answers:

  1. f     2. a     3. d    

  4. e     5. c     6. g    

  7. b

​ PART II

WHILE - READING

​Activity 1. Read the text and choose the correct word for each space.

Fill in the Blanks

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.

1. a. Anyone          b. Everyone          c. No one           d. Someone

Fill in the Blanks

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.

2. a. better              b. want                 c. buy                 d. produce

Fill in the Blanks

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.

3. a. since               b. for                    c. through           d. until

Fill in the Blanks

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”.

4. a. by                   b. in                      c. on                   d. with

Fill in the Blanks

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.

5. a. as                    b. at                      c. on                   d. of

6. a. There              b. These               c. This                d. Those

Fill in the Blanks

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.

7. a. lightest           b. lowest               c. healthiest        d. smallest

Fill in the Blanks

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.

8. a. amounts          b. groups              c. lots                 d. numbers

Fill in the Blanks

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.

9. a. food                b. dish                   c. diet                d. plate

10. a. give               b. offer                 c. share              d. show

​PART III

​POST - READING

​Work in pairs and discuss with your partners:

- Is your country famous for a particular type of food? Do you enjoy it? Why? / Why not?

- Do you prefer to eat at a restaurant or at home? Why?

- Would you rather eat a salad or vegetables with your main meal of the day? Why? / Why not?