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The Roadmap Report

Unit 2: The five-a-day cake 2C Unusual tastes

BEFORE YOU WATCH

1 Work in pairs. Discuss the questions.

1 Do you think you have a healthy diet? Why/Why not?
2 Which fruit and vegetables do you think are best for
our health? Why?
3 Which fruit and vegetables do people eat a lot of in
your country?
4 What’s your favourite vegetable? How often do you
eat it?

2 Read the text. Match the numbers in bold in the text

with explanations a–h below.

Five a day keeps the doctor away

Do you have a healthy lifestyle? How about your diet?
Do you eat a lot of fruit and vegetables? If your answer
is ‘yes’, you’re probably healthier than most people
in the UK. In 2017 a survey in England showed that
64 percent of adults are too heavy and most people
aren’t eating nearly enough fruit or vegetables. The
World Health Organization recommends that we eat at
least five portions of fruit and vegetables every day,
or around 400 grams in total. It says that this helps
prevent illnesses like cancer and heart disease. But
in 2017 only 29 percent of adults in England ate five
portions a day, and the average amount was only
3.8 portions. In Scotland the numbers were even lower WHILE YOU WATCH
– only 20 percent of adults ate five portions a day and
the average was three portions. In general, women 4 a Complete Ronnie’s introduction with the words in
ate more fruit and vegetables than men and young the box.
people aged 16–24 ate less than other adults.
60 answer cucumber fewer great less
a The percentage of English adults who eat five portions potatoes problem space start
of fruit and vegetables a day. 29
Hello, its Ronnie your Roadmap reporter here … and
b The average number of portions that English people
I have a breaking news story! The UK has a vegetable
eat each day. 1
. It seems that people in the UK are eating
c The percentage of adults in England who are too 2
vegetables than ever before. In fact, we’re
heavy.
eating a lot 3 now than we were 4
d The age group that eats the least fruit and vegetables years ago. What’s wrong with people? Vegetables are
each day. 5
! I love them.
e The number of portions of fruit and vegetables people Did you know that 6 were the first food to be
should eat each day. grown in 7 ? Or that you can use a 8
f The average number of portions of fruit and as an eraser!
vegetables Scottish people eat each day. So how can we get people to 9 eating
g The weight in grams of five portions of fruit and vegetables again? Earlier today I met a man who has the
vegetables. 10
.
h The percentage of Scottish adults who eat five
portions a day. b Watch the video from 0:11–1:00 and check
your answers.
3 a Work in pairs. You’re going to watch a video of
someone making a cake. What ingredients do you
think he’ll use?

b Watch the video. Check your ideas.

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Roadmap
The Roadmap
Video
Report
Unit 2:
1: The Personal
five-a-day
Trainer
cake 1C A new lifestyle 2C Unusual tastes

5 a Look at the words below. Watch the video from 7 a Match the sentence halves. Make phrases Ronnie
1:00–3:01 and tick the foods the man uses in says to show interest and excitement in the video.
the recipe. 1 That sounds
carrots cucumber 2 OK, and what
bread bread 3 What a
tomatoes avocados 4 What
potatoes herbs 5 How
humus peas 6 That looks
cream cheese brocolli a happens now?
eggs milk b happens next?

b Use the words you ticked in Exercise 5a to complete c wonderful!

the instructions. You need to use one of the d exciting!
words twice. e interesting.
1 First put some in the bottom of the cake tin. f good idea!
2 Then put on top of the bread.
b Watch the video from 1:30–2:52 and check
3 Next add the .
your answers.
4 After that add the .
5 Then put more on top of the cucumber. 8 a Work in pairs. Answer the questions.
6 Next add some mashed . 1 What seven vegetables does Phil grow?
7 After that add lots of .
8 Then cover it in and put it in the fridge for 2 What’s the name of the dish Phil makes?
a few hours.
9 Finally decorate it with and . 3 How long do you have to leave the cake in the fridge
before you decorate it?
c Watch the video from 1:00–3:01 again and check
your answers.
4 What does Ronnie say he’s on a mission to do?

b Watch the whole video again and check your answers.

AFTER YOU WATCH

9 Work in pairs. Discuss the questions.

1 Do you think the cake looked good? Would you like to
try it? Why/Why not?
2 What dishes do you like?
3 What dishes are you good at cooking?
6 Watch the video from 3:00–3:10. Choose the correct
4 What’s your favourite type of cake?
alternatives.
5 Do you know any good recipes for cooking vegetables?
There you have it. All you need is a 1small/large
cucumber, 2some/lots of avocados, 3a few/lots of carrots, 10 Work in pairs. Student A use the prompts below to
4
a few/many peas and 5a lot of/some peppers. That’s five tell your partner about you. Student B use some of
vegetables in a cake. the phrases from Exercise 7 to show interest.
Ask for more information. Then change roles.
1 Something you did last weekend
2 Something you like cooking
3 A delicious dish you ate recently
4 A place you really want to visit

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