Unit 2 Healthy eating cooked with garlic. When they were served the ice cream, Yong Hui began to look ill. "I feel sick with all this fat and heavy food, " she said, " I miss my vegetables and fruit, Wang Peng was enjoying a second plate of dumplings so he sighed. "Yes, he added, "and I would miss my dumplings and fatty pork. Don' t you get tired quickly?""Well, I do have to rest a lot, admitted Yong Hui. But don' t you think it would be better if you were a bit thinner? I' m sure you'd feel much healthier They began to talk about menus and balanced diets. According to my research, neither your restaurant nor mine offers a balanced diet "explained Wang Peng I don' t offer enough fibre and you don' t offer enough body- building and energy-giving food. Perhaps we ought to combine our ideas and provide a balanced menu with food full of energy and fibre. So that is what they did. They served raw vegetables with the hamburgers and boiled the potatoes rather than fried them. They served fresh fruit with the ice cream. In this way they cut down the fat and increased the fibre in the meal. Their balanced diets became such a success that before long Wang Peng became slimmer and Yong Hui put on more weight. After some time the two found that their business cooperation had turned into a personal one. Finally they got married and lived happily ever after. 1 In pairs discuss these questions after reading the passage. I How did Yong Hui feel when she came to Wang Pengs restaurant? Why"? How did they solve their problems and become good friends? 3 why was their cooperation a success? 2 Read the passage again and underline all the different words that are used instead of“said” Speaking and writing 1 Discuss in groups what food you must eat to have a balanced diet. How much should you eat each day? 2 Imagine you are planning to open a restaurant which will provide the best local dishes in your area and a balanced diet. In groups discuss how to run the business Give each other suggestions and advice. the following expressions may help you What should we do? Shall we.. How about.? You must/mustnt. I think you ought to…, erhaps you should… Youd better You need/neednt You have to dont have to I would strongly advise you to… You might… I suggest that you My advice is/ would be… It might be a good idea t 15
Unit 2 Healthy eating 3 Write a short passage to advertise your restaurant and its service. Your writing should explain what kind of food will be offered in your restaurant describe their ingredients, flavour, smell and appearance explain how they will provide a balanced diet explain why your restaurant will provide the best food in the area explain how customers will be served SUMMING UP Write down what you have learned about healthy food and healthy eating From this unit you have also learned ● useful verbs o useful nouns: o useful adjectives and adverbs ● other expressions o a new grommar item: LEARNING TIP When you buy food in packets or tins, you need to look at the side of the packet or tin It will tell you how much sugar, fat, vitamin, protein and fibre there is in your food You will also learn more words and expressions connected with food. You can use this information to help you have a healthier diet as well as increase your vocabulary REA① DING FOR FIN ∷好昏」好心,好灬好:好 Food idioms as cool as a cucumber calm bring home the bacon earn one's family living cream of the crop best of a group full of beans feel energeti mutton dressed as lamb older people wearing the fashions of young people raw deal being treated unfairly like peas in a pod being similar 16
Thelvfllfon lound Unit Bnk INote Warming Up 1 This unit is a play based on a short story by an American writer-Mark Twain In pairs discuss what you know about him. If you don't know about him, read this short passage then fill in the chart. NOTES Mark Twain was bom in Florida on November 30th, 1835. He Real name was brought up in Hannibal, Missouri. along the Mississippi Meaning of his pen name River. He is best known for his novels set in his boyhood world on the river, such as The Adventures of Tom Saver and The Birth date Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Twain loved the river so much Birthplace that even his pen name is about the river. " Twain is an old Place where he grew up word for"two. The phrase"mark twain means that the water is two fathoms deep. The author's real name was Samuel His famous stories Langhorne Clemens 2 Do you know any of Mark Twains novels? Choose one and tell the class about it. Pre-reading I Imagine that somebody gives you a large sum of money to spend as you like. What would you do with it'? 2 Have you read the story of"The Million Pound Bank Note"? Have you seen the film? If you have, what did you think of it'? Reading THE MILLION POUND BANK NOTE Act I Scene 3 NARRATOR: It is the summer of 1903. Two old and wealthy brothers, Roderick and Oliver have made a bet. Oliver believes that with a million pound bank note a man could survive a month in London. His brother Roderick doubts it. At this moment, they see a penniless young man wandering on the pavement outside their house. It is Henry Adams, an American businessman, who is lost in London and does not know what he should do RODERICK: Young man, would you step inside a moment. please HENRY Who? Me, sir? 17
Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Not RODERICK. Yes, you OLIVER: Through the front door on your left ID IIENRY (A senan opens a door) Thanks SERVANT: (ox morning. sir. Would you please come in? Permit me to leal the way, sir OLIVER (Lenny enters)'Thank you, James. That will be all RODERICK: I low do you do.Mr….cr…. 15 ENRY Ad:ms. Ilenry Adams OLIVER Come and sit down. Mr Adams HENRY Thank you RODERICK: You re an American? HENRY Th: ts right. from San Francisco o RODERICK: How well do you know london? HENRY Not at all. It's my first trip here. RODERICK: I wonder. Mr Adams, if you'd mind us asking a lew questions HENRY Not at all. Go right ahead RODERICK: May we ask what you re doing in this country and what your plans are? HENRY Well I can't say that i have any plans. I,'m hoping to find work. As a matter of fact. I landed in Britain by aceident OLIVER How is that possible? HENRY Well. you see. back home I had my own boat. About a month ago. I was sailing out of the bay.(his rves stare at what is left of the brothers dinner on the table 川IvR HENRY Oh, yes. Well, towards nightfall I found myself carried out to sea hy a strong wind. It was all my fault. I didn 't know whether I could survive until morning. The next rning Ia just about given Myself up for lost when I was spotted by a ship OLIVER And it was the ship that brought you to England is HENRY Yes, The fact is that I earned my passage by working as an unpaid hand. which accounts for my appearance. I went to the American embassy to seek help, but.(The bathers sile at each other) RODEKICK: Well, you musin I worry about that. It's an advantage HI:NKY I' m afraid I donI quite follow you, sir RODE: RICK: le ll us, Mr Adams, what sort of work did you do in Ameriea? 10 HI: NRY I worked for a mining company. Could you offer me some kind of work here RODE KICK: Patience, Mr Adams. If you don 't mind. may I ask you how much money you have? HIENRY Well, lo be honest. I have none OLIVER happily)What luck! Brother what luck! (claps huis hands together) HENRY Well, it may seem lucky to you but not to me! On the contrary. in fact. If this is your idea of some kind of joke, I don' t think it's very funny. (Henn stands up to leave) Now if you ll excuse me think I'll be on my way RODE KICK: Please don't go, Mr Adams. You mustn t think we don t care about you. Oliver, give him the letter OLIVER Yes, the letter (gets it nn a desk and gires it to Henry like a gift)The letter HENRY flaking it carefully) For me? 50 RODE: KI(K: For you. ( Henn starts to open it)Oh no, you mustn't open it Not yet. You can t open it until two HENRY: Oh, this is silly RODERICK: Not silly. Theres money in it. (calls to the senant) James? HENRY Oh, no. I don' t want your charity. I just want an honest job. 65 RODE KICK: We know you're hard-working. Thats why we ve given you the letter. James show Mr Adams out (川.|vIR (ional luck, Mr Adams HIENRY Well, why don t you explain what this is all about? RODDE RICK: You ll soon know. (looks at the clock)In exactly an hour Ind a halt SERVANI: Ih ROI)E RI(K: Mr Adams. not until 2 cleck Promise"? HIENRY Promise Gcxlbve 18
Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Note Comprehending 1 Read the statements below after reading Act l, Scene 3. For each statement, write F"if it is a fact. Write"if it is an opinion. Henry wants to find a job in London Henry is given an envelope by the two brothers 2345 Henry is an unlucky young man The servant is called James Henry is foolish to go and meet the two brothers 2 Read Act L, Scene 3 carefully and find all the examples of polite requests in it. Then rewrite them in informal language. I Would you step inside a moment, please? Come in, please. 23456 3 In pairs describe how Henry's feelings change during the conversation. First find what Henry says or does on the following occasions and then use your own words to describe how you think he feels. Explain your reasons What Henry How he feels says or does I Before he enters the brothers'house 2 When he introduces himself 3 When the brothers ask him about his plans 4 When he tells them how he reached London by ship 5 When they seem happy that he has no money 6 When they give him the envelope 7 When they tell him there is money in it 8 Before he leaves the house 4 Discuss these questions in groups I Why do you think that the brothers chose Henry for their bet? 2 What kind of person do you think Henry is? Why do you think so? 5 Listen to the tape. Compare Henrys language with the two brothers" language. What do you notice? 6 Try to retell what happens in Act l, Scene 3 in your own words 19