I. Read the three articles and say if the
statements are true.
1) All of them have a snack before lunch.
2) All of them eat some fruit during the day.
3) All of them have a well-balanced and healthy
diet.
4) All of them prepare their food.
5) None of them eats after midnight.
6) None of them drinks coffee.
Meal ticket - Tessa Banks, writer
I have breakfast at about 7.30. I usually have two
apples, an orange and three or four tomatoes; I like a
big breakfast. After breakfast I take my daughter to
school, and then I go to the gym for an hour. I work out
every day. After that I usually have a snack - maybe an
apple or some grapes. Then I go home and work. For
lunch I have ten or twelve tomatoes - I really like
tomatoes and maybe half a lettuce and some apples
and an orange. People often think my diet is very
boring but it's not. Raw food tastes so wonderful. At
3.00 I collect my daughter from school, and we have a
snack - more tomatoes and an apple. We have dinner
at 6 o'clock. I usually prepare a vegetarian dish for my
daughter (she doesn't always eat raw food) but I have
two or three apples, an orange and some more
tomatoes. Sometimes I have a final snack at about
eight o'clock maybe a couple of apples - but
generally I don't like to eat very late.
ABCDE
Reading comprehension
A)
II. Write a correct name (Tessa, Dennis or Ann) in each blank.
doesn't cook his/her food.
B)
с
D)
E)
F)
Meal ticket - Dennis Copes, weight-lifter
For breakfast I have bacon with four or five eggs, a
tin of beans, three pieces of toast and butter, and I
drink a pint of milk. In the middle of the morning I have
a snack - four chicken sandwiches and another pint of
milk. For lunch I have chicken with onions, rice and
green beans and a can of Diet Pepsi. In the afternoon I
have a special energy drink: a pint of milk, four eggs
and a banana. I make it myself - I prepare all my food.
Later I have some pasta and fish. After training I have
a big plate of chicken with rice and salad and a pint of
milk. And then before I go to bed I have a big bowl of
cereal. Sometimes it's difficult to eat so much but it's a
very healthy diet.
Meal ticket - Ann Winters, doctor
I have a bowl of cereal and a glass of milk in the
morning. Most doctors drink lots of coffee but I don't. I
start at the hospital at 8.15 and then at 12.30 I have
lunch. I usually take sandwiches and an apple. My
favourite sandwiches are peanut butter. In the
afternoons I often work in the casualty department. It's
usually very busy, and I don't have time for food until
10 or 11 at night. Then I usually phone for a pizza and
eat it in the doctor's room. Sometimes patients leave
chocolates for us, and I have some of these. I get
home at 1 or 2 in the morning and have a glass of
water and a piece of cake. Then it's back to work at
8.15 again.
doesn't always enjoy his/her food.
never eats late at night.
takes no exercise.
drinks a lot of milk.
works long hours.
Writing & Speaking
Write your own Meal ticket for a tenth-grader. Include the following information:
• what meals you usually have and when, what you normally eat and drink;
• what your favourite dish is and why;
what you think about your diet, how healthy it is.