3. Answer the questions:

• How can healthy diet help?

• What do some studies suggest?

• What do we call ‘junk’ food?

• What does ‘junk’ food contain?

• What kind of disease can fat lead to?

• What does salt affect?

• What do foods that contain a lot of fat and sugar provide?

• What should you eat to be healthy?

4. Read and translate the following information. Linda Roberts investigates the rise in popularity of ready meals

a ) Like many working people, I never actually cook anything – I just don’t have the time. My mother, on the other hand, still cooks a full three-course meal every evening, but then she doesn’t have to work any more. I usually work very long hours and now I’m writing a book in my spare time, so ready meals are the perfect solution – or are they?

b) According to a survey by a British market research company, we only spend 20 minutes cooking each day – 20 years ago it was an hour a day. One reason for this change is ready meals. Now you can heat up a delicious Chinese or Italian meal in the microwave in less than four minutes. What could be easier or quicker?

c) We all know these ready meals taste delicious, but many experts now believe they are bad for our health because they often contain a lot of sugar, fat and salt. Health advisers say that we shouldn’t eat ready meals too often and we need to read the labels carefully. Despite this, people who live in the UK spend over £1 billion a year on ready meals and the market is growing rapidly.

d) People in the USA and Sweden also buy a lot of ready meals, and they are becoming more common in Germany, France and Holland. The Spanish and Italians still cook their own meals, but things are beginning to change there too. My mother will never change, though – now she is doing an evening course in traditional English cooking.

5. Match headings a-d to paragraphs 1-4.

1. Ready meals around the world.

2. How British eating habits are changing.

3. Too busy to cook.

4. How healthy are ready meals.

6. Are sentences true or false? Change the false ones.

• Linda Roberts cooks a three-course meal every evening.

• We spent more time 20 years ago than we do now.

• Health advisers say that we should never eat ready meals.

• The Spanish eat a lot of ready meals.

• Linda doesn’t think her mother will start eating ready meals.

7. Make your own sentences with the following words.

• Fast food

• Restaurants

• Prices

• Supermarkets

• Food from other countries

• Quality of food

8. Can you decide which of the following is ‘smart food’ and which is ‘junk food? Complete the table with the following food.

apples, coke, hamburgers, water, eggs, crisps, rice, chocolate, cheese, milk (low fat), cereal, cookies, fried chicken, sushi, hot dogs, lettuce

Smart Food	Junk Food

9 . Fill in the gaps with these words or phrases. Use the Present Continuous.

• Good cooks _________________celebrities in the UK.

• I _________________some soup in the microwave.

• Ready meals _______________ people to eat healthily.

• That smells good. What ________ you _________?

• I _______________ long hours at the moment so I ______________ properly.

• The market for quick and healthy meals _____________.

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