Get ready! Ex.1 Before you read the text, talk about the question. 1 What do you know about the nutritive value of foods? | Food gives us energy, makes us grow and helps to stay healthy. We need to eat | something from all the food groups every day. Fruit and vegetables, cereals and grains, fats and sugar, meat and protein and dairy. | Fruit and vegetables give us lots of vitamins and minerals and help us grow and | | stay healthy. We should eat five portions of fruit and vegetables every day. A portion is one piece of fruit, a serving (блюдо) of vegetables or a glass of juice. | Cereals and grains are things like bread, rice, potatoes and noodles. These foods give us the | energy we need. Half of what we eat every day should come from this group. | Fats and sugars are things like oils, biscuits, sweets, chocolate and ice cream. These foods give | | us energy and are important for our nervous system. But too much of this food can make you fat and can be bad for your teeth. | | | Meats and proteins are foods like chicken, fish, duck, eggs, nuts, beans and tofu. These foods give us | important minerals and help us to build and repair our bodies. We need to eat a little of this food every day (about 10% of our food). | Dairy foods are things like milk, yoghurt and cheese These foods give us calcium, which | | helps to make our teeth and bones strong. You should eat some of these foods every day, but you can also get calcium from spinach and dried fruit. | Reading Ex.2 Read the text. Then, mark the following statements as true (T) or false (F) | 1 | Food gives us energy, makes us grow and helps to stay healthy. | | 2 | We should eat one portion of fruit and vegetables every day. | | 3 | Dairy foods give us calcium, which helps to make our teeth and bones strong. | Vocabulary |