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Unit 4 - Cooking and Eating

Unit 4 focuses on cooking and eating, discussing vocabulary related to food, cooking verbs, and expressions of advice regarding healthy eating. It includes examples of using quantifiers and idioms related to food and cooking. The unit also prompts reflection on personal eating habits and changes over time.

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Unit 4 - Cooking and Eating

Unit 4 focuses on cooking and eating, discussing vocabulary related to food, cooking verbs, and expressions of advice regarding healthy eating. It includes examples of using quantifiers and idioms related to food and cooking. The unit also prompts reflection on personal eating habits and changes over time.

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Unit 4:

Cooking and eating


Doubts?
We have some biscuits / money at home.
We haven’t got any biscuits / money at home.
Do we have any biscuits / money at home?
Would you like some biscuits / money? (OFFER)
It sound rude to use ANY in offers.

I have little money. :( I have a little money. :)


I have few friends. :( I have a few friends. :)

That’s too much sugar. We have too many cars.


That’s a lot of sugar. We don’t have a lot of friends.
We have lots of sugar. We don’t have lots of friends.
You need potatoes to cook a Spanish omelette.

To cook Spanish omelette you need potatoes. First, you wash the
potatoes, and then you peel them.
What food do you see here?
I see some… but I don’t see any…
I see a couple of..
You should(n’t) eat more vegetables.
Should you eat..?
You ought(n’t) to eat more vegetables.
Ought you to eat..?
You had better (not) eat more vegetables.
You’d better (not) eat more vegetables.
Had you better eat..?

advice = mild obligation


What cooking verbs can you name here?

Can you think of any other cooking verbs?


chop pour roast spread slice
stir bake grill melt dice
grate blend pinch taste

I removed the pan from the fire


I stirred the soup with a spoon (remover)
to make a carrot cake you need to GRATE the carrots first
NOW YOU! p. 39

Do you eat healthy food?


What do you usually cook and eat for lunch?
What’s your favourite recipe and how do you
cook it?
IDIOMS
Guess the meaning of these idioms from the context.
Then watch the video to check your answers.

The final runner takes the cake for being the slowest.
That boy has been in and out of prison all his life. He’s the real bad egg.
This client is a big cheese at his company. So be extra nice to him.
Our company makes a few shirts for dogs, but our bread and butter is dog food.
Even at her important job interview, Jamie was as cool as a cucumber.
Watching ice hockey is ok, but it’s not (really) my cup of tea. (BrE)
The new guy at work is very quiet and looks like a hard nut to crack.
My boss doesn't understand how to run a company, he’s totally out to lunch
LISTENING
NOW YOU! p. 43

How have eating habits changed in your


country in the past ten years?
How have your family’s eating habits
changed?
GIVING ADVICE
should
He shouldn’t have so much fat.
I should eat less fat.
ought to
He oughtn’t to have so much fat.
What ought we to have for dinner?
had better
You’d better start doing some exercise.
Mediation

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