UNIT 7. RECIPESAND EATING HABITS

A. PHONETICS
I. Complete short conversations with suitable statement questions.
1. Mr Lopez: What are you doing with those ingredients?
Mrs Lopez: I'm cooking a special omelette.
Mr Lopez: _________________ ? With tomatoes and onions?
Mrs Lopez: Yes. You'll love it.
2. Ellie: Could you go down the convenience store?
Ellie's brother: _________________ ?
Ellie: Yes. I need a bottle of cooking oil and some eggs.
3. Lan: I'll buy some milk tea at break time. Do you like it?
Chau: _________________ ? No! I'll have some smoothie instead.
Lan: Okay! Shall we go together?
Chau: Sure!
4. Mrs Miller: What time is it?
Mr Miller: A quarter to eleven.
Mrs Miller: _________________ ? I have to prepare lunch now.
5. Sylvie: You look so tired. What's the matter?
Daniel: I skipped breakfast this morning.
Sylvie: _________________ ? You'd better eat something now.
Daniel: I know. I will go out to buy some bread.
II. Mark the sentences with the correct tone, falling (↗) or rising (↘).
1. Alice: I'll go to buy some fish and vegetables. ( ____ )
Dave: Fish and vegetables? ( ____ ) We've just had them for lunch.
Alice: I'll cook another dish for dinner.
2. Emma: I'm allergic to seafood. ( ____ )
Sophia: Allergic to seafood? ( ____ )
Emma: I can't eat these crabs and shrimps.
3. Son: What will we have for breakfast, Mom? ( ____ )
Mom: I'm going to buy chicken sticky rice for you.
Son: Chicken sticky rice? ( ____ ) Great!
4. Bob: What should we do next? ( ____ )
Ava: Could you help me wash the mangos and peel them?
Bob: Wash the mangos and peel them? ( ____ )
Ava: It's easy, isn't it?
5. Ruby: Why don't we go down and have some street food? ( ____ )
Robert: Have some street food? ( ____ )
Ruby: I'd like to try some specialty here.
B. VOCABULARY
I. Put the words into the correct columns.
celery, simmer, prawn salad, chop, stew, bake, purée, pork, boil, curry, marinate, stir-fry,
pumpkin, sprinkle, grill, sashimi, fry, mushroom, slice, roast, steam, lasagna, peel, fajitas,
avocado, Cobb salad, beef noodle soup, beef, mango sticky rice, deep-fry, bacon, spread, steak
pie, cabbage, dip, tomato, whisk, garlic, pizza, shallot
Preparing
Cooking
Ingredients
Dishes
II. Fill in each blank with a word from the box.

1. The most common misconception about sushi is that it is simply ________ fish.
2. ________ , means the same as appetizer, is a small, light dish, and the first course in a meal.
3. I'm ________ , I haven't eaten all day.

4. The cook used a small amount of raw herb as a ________ to decorate his dish.
5. Fish ________ , a mixture based on the liquid of salted and fermented fish, is very famous in
Viet Nam.
6. ________ is a kind of sauce which is made from the juices that come out of meat during
cooking.
7. This soup needs to be cooked until the meat is ________ , the sauce is reduced and the
flavours are intensified.
8. According to bakery experts, ingredients and recipe form the main difference between
cakes and ________.
9. A full-course dinner can consist of three courses: first course, main course, and ________.
10. Onions, celery and garlic are ________ because they can be used in many different recipes.
III. Choose the best answers to complete the sentences.
1. A _______ is the largest or the most important part of a meal consisting of several dishes.
        A. dessert        B. starter        C. main course        D. supper
2. This website is a cooking blog with hundreds of healthy and easy _______ for the home
cook.
        A. menus        B. recipes        C. ingredients        D. table manners
3. Do you know how to make a perfect omelette? - Mine is either _______ or underdone.
        A. hard-boiled        B. undercooked        C. tender        D. overcooked
4. Please help me to wash        those tomatoes and cut them into _______ if you don't mind.
        A. layers        B. strips        C. slices        D. cubes
5. The boiling point of water is 100°C under normal pressure and a hard-boiled egg takes about
7 minutes to _______.
        A. steam        B. simmer        C. stew        D. cook
6. The cook said no liquids should be ________ with meals because they interfered with
digestion.
        A. served        B. cooked        C. prepared        D. made
7. _______ is a Mexican dish of meat and vegetables cut into strips, cooked, and wrapped
inside a thin, round bread.
        A. Fajitas        B. Cobb salad         C. lasagna        D. curry
8. What do you want me to do with the eggs? - Add a teaspoon of sugar to it and _______ the
mixture.
        A. purée        B. whisk        C. smash        D. grind
9. _______ refers to a type of highly seasoned sausage, originally from Italy, usually eaten cold
in slices.
        A. Sashimi        B. Salami        C. Sushi        D. Pizza
10. Why do you have to _______ the soup, Mom? - To prevent the beans from sticking to the
bottom.
        A. dip        B. drain        C. spread        D. stir
IV. Write the correct form of the word in brackets.
1. You can substitute ________ onions with either onion powder or dried onion flakes. (chop)
2. Traditionally, their home-made fish sauce is contained in ________ wooden boxes. (cube)
3. If you are ________ to seafood, it is best to avoid saltwater fish, crustacean or shellfish.
(allergy)
4. The primary goal when cooking meats and poultry is to develop flavour, ________ , and
juiciness. (tender)
5. A healthy lifestyle includes having a ________ diet and good personal hygiene. (nutrition)
6. This ________ sauce is made from a blend of fish sauce, water, sugar, and citrus. (dip)
7. Eating raw or ________ pork can put you at risk for parasites like roundworm or tapeworm.
(cook)

8. In my opinion, ________ food is associated with bad taste, while healthy food is linked to
tastiness. (health)
9. Water is said to be a transparent, colourless and ________ liquid, but some people said we
could still taste water. (taste)
10. This French toast is a made by dipping bread into a ________ of milk and eggs, then fried
in oil. (mix)
C. GRAMMAR
I. Fill in each blank with a, an, some or any.
Mr Johansen advised my mother to go on (1) ________ diet because she needed to lose (2)
________ weight. Everyday, she had to practice her eating strictly.
For breakfast, she had (3) ________ cup of tea and (4) ________ orange or (5) ________
banana. She could have (6) ________ loaf of bread and jam, but she did not have (7) ________
butter.
For lunch, she had (8) ________ big salad, (9) ________ fish, and (10) ________ apple. She
did not have (11) ________ rice.
For dinner, she just had (12) ________ soup and (13) ________ strawberries. She was not
allowed to eat (14) ________ candy and (15) ________ muffins.
II. Fill in each blank with a phrase from the box.

1. As Jonathan has a bad cold, he has eaten nothing but ________ porridge.
2. Have you ever heard people recommend ________ garlic a day to prevent illnesses?
3. Everyone loves chocolate, but not everyone is aware of the ingredients in ________
chocolate.
4. I usually send her a greeting card, together with ________ flowers at Christmas.
5. Emily brewed some tea and found half ________ bread, some butter and cheese.
6. What will happen if I eat ________ honey every day for a year?
7. There's nothing in the fridge but ________ cabbage and a few eggs.
8. There's a big pot on the stove and ________ bowls and spoons in the kitchen sink.
9. You should add ________ salt to the water to prevent eggs from cracking while boiling.
10. ________ celery is just five calories, which is about the same energy you need to eat it.
III. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences.
1. If you like spicy food, you _______ try Thai food and Korean food.
        A. would        B. won't        C. can        D. shouldn't
2. You _______ feel better if you change how and what you eat in all meals.
        A. may        B. can't        C. should        D. must
3. The pasta _______ be cooked separately; otherwise, it thickens and ruins the soup.
        A. will        B. must        C. might        D. can
4. What foods _______ I eat if I have diabetes? - I don't know, but you _______ eat sugary
food.
        A. may - can         B. might - must        C. must - can't        D. can - mustn't
5. If you _______ breakfast at 7 am, you _______ lunch between 11 am and noon.
        A. should eat - can eat        B. could eat - ate        C. eat - should eat        D. ate - shouldn't
eat
6. Nutritionists say if someone _______ to maintain or lose weight, then they _______ eat
after 7 p.m.
        A. doesn't want - mightn't        B. wants - must
        C. doesn't want - could                D. wants - shouldn't
7. If you want a truly special dish, you _______ make the effort to prepare all of the
ingredients.

        A. must        B. won't        C. mightn't        D. shouldn't
8. It _______ hard to beat the egg white into the consistency needed if there _______ some
grease in the bowl.
        A. would be - is                 B. will be – is
        C. is - may be                 D. could be - might be
9. You _______ get a free dish of chilli-marinated crab in this restaurant if you _______ on the
right day.
        A. must - come                 B. might - come
        C. may - came                 D. should - can come
10. If the patients are thirsty, they _______ drink plain water, but it _______ contain additives.
        A. can - won't         B. should - can         C. must - should         D. may - mustn't
IV. Choose the word or phrase that needs correction.
1. When you can, drink water after meals to help wash away many sugar left on your teeth.
                         A                                         B                     C                                 D
2. If you don't like raw vegetables, the tomatoes and cucumbers can cook in the soup.
                                   A                 B                         C                    D
3. You must pasteurize the sauce by boiling it before bottle if you want your sauce to last
                 A                                             B                                    C
for a length of time.
         D
4. Would you like any more bread and butter? - Yes, a loaf of bread and a teaspoon of
                        A                        B                       C                              D
butter please.
5. You will only need a clove of broccoli, olive oil, and your seasoning of choice for this
                 A               B                                                C                D
roasted broccoli recipe.
6. To make this cocktail, we mix up a handful of peas and basil with simply syrup,
         A                                        B                                        C
creating the mildly sweet base.
                         D
7. Those people were in miserable situation and any food would be better than anything at all.
                         A                               B                    C                        D
8. You shouldn't use out-of-date food even if th e food doesn't look fine because it might
contain
               A                      B                                          C                                D
harmful bacteria.
9. If the batter has a lengthy rest period and then is stirred before portioning, it would affect
                              A                                B                    C                    D
the texture of the final cupcake.
10. On average, every person on Earth currently consumes 43.5 kilograms meat per year.
       A                      B                      C                                            D
D. SPEAKING
I. Match the sentences.
1. This soup tastes good!
a. Peel these apples for me.
2. Do you think you can make a pizza yourself? b. Why? Isn't it healthy?
3. What should I do first, Bella?
c. I'll have some fruits please.
4. I can't eat this dish because I'm allergic to d. Why not? How should I cut them?
seafood.
e. I think it's possible, but I'll need some
5. I'm making your favourite mixed salad.
help from a cook.
6. A glass of softdrink is a very bad way to start f. Fantastic. Please add some vinegar.
a day.
g. Oh, I can't stand Japanese food.
7. Don't cut the cucumber into chunks!
h. Really? Then you can't eat shrimps and

8. I thought you don't like fatty food.
crabs?
9. Let's go to a sushi restaurant tonight.
i. Thanks for your compliment.
10. What would you like for dessert?
j. No, I don't. I prefer vegetables.
II. Complete the conversation with the words or phrases from the box.

Stacy:        There are lots of different types of rice grown in the world.
Paul:        What (1) ____________ are we cooking?
Stacy:        This is long grained rice. It was grown in South East Asia.
Paul:        On the packet it says, easy to cook. What makes it (2) ____________ other sorts of
rice?
Stacy:        That is because it is par-boiled and so it takes less time to cook.
Paul:        Look! The water in the pan is boiling. What do we do (3) ____________ ?
Stacy:        (4) ____________ out enough grain for two people.
Paul:        Alright. It suggests (5) ____________. So we need to (6) ____________ the amount.
Stacy:        Okay. Now place the rice in a sieve and wash it in cold water and then put the rice
into the (7) ____________.
Paul:        Shall I (8) ____________ it?
Stacy:        Only do it once then use the lid to cover the pan and reduce the heat, leave it to
simmer until (9) ____________.
Paul:        How long does that take?
Stacy:        About 15 minutes. Then we must (10) ____________ the water, rinse with more
boiling water and finally we can enjoy it.
E. READING
I. Read the passage and do the tasks.
Eat healthy food
It's important for people to eat as much as they need to give them energy. If they eat too
little food or the wrong food they won't have enough energy. If they eat too much, they will
need to do more exercise; otherwise they will put on weight. When we eat the correct
quantity of food for the exercise we take, we call this the energy balance.
Fat is very high in calories, and so is no help at all in keeping energy balance. Fat has also
been linked with heart disease, and many experts believe that eating less would help to
reduce it.
Sugar isn't good for the energy balance either. The only value of the diet is to provide
energy, and you can get that from other foods. There's no doubt that too much sugar makes
you fat and it doesn't do your teeth much good either.
Fibre, on the other hand is something that we eat too little of. One of the simplest ways of
eating more fibre is to eat more bread, particularly whole meal, granary, or high fibre bread.
It's a good, cheap source of fibre and nutrients without too many calories. Potatoes are good,
too. Like bread, they are underrated, but they're excellent for filling you up without making
you fat, especially if you don't cover them with butter or fry them in fat.
So eat less fatty food (sweets, chocolate, pudding cakes, jam) and eat more fibre foods
(bread, potatoes, pasta, fresh fruit and vegetables).
A. Match the words or phrases with their meanings.
1. put on
a. the food and drink that you eat and drink regularly
2. calorie
b. a unit for measuring how much energy food will produce
3. diet
c. add or increase an amount of something
4. fibre
d. a substance that is needed to keep a living thing alive and to help it to grow
5. nutrient
e. the part of food that can be found in bread, vegetables, or grains
B. Decide whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE.

1. People won't need to do exercise if they eat too much. ________
2. Eating too much and refusing to exercise might result in gaining weight. ________
3. Eating less fat would cause heart attacks. ________
4. Sugar provides energy, but it could cause obesity and hurt your teeth. ________
5. Fibre foods are good for energy balance. ________
II. Read the passage and choose the best answers to fill in the blanks.
A typical Korean meal consists of a bowl of rice, a bowl of soup or stew, and other dishes.
Koreans use a huge (1) ________ of vegetables, and all types of meat in various preparations.
There are so many traditional Korean dishes and some typical dishes can be found in Korean
kitchens all over the world.
“Mandoo” is a symbol of good luck when it is (2) ________ as a part of Korean Lunar New
Year's Festival. It is made with beef or pork, but it also can be made with chicken or only
vegetables.
“Chap Chae” is one of the most popular noodle dishes in Korea. The noodles are made from
beans or sweet potatoes. It can be enjoyed cool or hot, and as an appetizer or (3) ________
dish.
“Sam Gae Jang” is a kind of chicken soup. It is easy to prepare. Like chicken soup in the
West, it is often used as a kind of (4) ________ when we are sick.
“Kim Chi” is one of the most distinctive part of Korean diet. It is made from napa cabbages
and chili, and eaten at almost every (5) ________.
Ingredients and dishes vary by province. Many (6) ________ dishes have become national,
and dishes that were once regional have become popular across the country.
1. A. bunch        B. range        C. kind        D. type
2. A. organised        B. held        C. prepared        D. celebrated
3. A. main        B. basic        C. chief        D. key
4. A. treat        B. recovery        C. restoration        D. treatment
5. A. meal        B. dish        C. food        D. recipe
6. A. international        B. global        C. regional        D. cosmopolitan
F. WRITING
I. Write complete sentences using the cues given.
1. My dad/ be/ fan/ garlic/ and/ he/ always/ put/ glove/ garlic/ in/ his dish
                
2. If/ children/ eat/ a lot of/ junk food,/ their bodies/ become/ fatter/ less/ healthy
                
3. I/ think/ pork/ be/ most versatile/ of/ meats/ and/ it/ can/ roast/ whole/ or/ in pieces
                
4. keep/ yourself/ healthy,/ you/ shouldn't/ eat/ anything/ have/ too much oil,/ sugar,/ or salt
                
5. There/ were/ a lot of/ dishes/ but/ I/ have/ soup/ as/ starter,/ follow/ by/ steak/ mixed
salad
                
6. If/ Duong/ be/ hungry,/ he/ can/ eat/ three bowls/ rice/ then/ drink/ big glass/ milk
                
7. Please/ help/ me/ pour/ honey/ bowl/ then/ mix/ it/ thoroughly/ other ingredients
                
8. If/ food/ keep/ too long,/ its taste/ deteriorate/ and,/ more importantly,/ it/ may/ become/
harmful/ our health
                
9. recipe/ for/ make/ liqueur/ pass down/ generation/ generation/ for decades
                

10. If/ you/ book/ this type/ room,/ you/ served/ buffet breakfast/ and/ three-course evening
meal
                
II. Write the second sentence so that it means the same as the first one.
1. This is the last time I go to this restaurant.
        I'll        
2. What is the weight of this bag of rice?
        How        ?
3. James couldn't eat the soup because it was too hot.
        The soup        
4. If you keep eating fast food, you will gain weight.
        Unless you        
5. Jessica said to me, “Would you like a glass of orange juice?”
        Jessica invited        
6. Janet is the fastest learner in her cooking class.
        No one else        
7. When did he start his career as a cook?
        How long        ?
8. Robert said, “Let's have some Italian food tonight.”
        Robert suggested        
9. John finally managed to prepare dinner for the whole family.
        John finally succeeded        
10. Since the invention of coffee mixing machine, bartenders have saved lot of time.
        Since the