2ºBACH Food/Cooking & Measurements/Conditionals/ Headlines

SESSION 1

WHAT'S FOR DINNER?

The key vocabulary will turn around health, food, quantities and capacity...Awesome! :)

Please have a look at these two pictures and answer the questions:

1. Describe the two images, name the main ingredients.

2. Which in your opinion is the healthiest option?

3. Which one would you choose? Why?

4. What makes people choose one or the other?

5. How often do you eat fast food?

6. What food do you regard as healthy?

Well, the Internet is full of healthy Youtubers that insist in you leading a healthy style. Please watch an example:

1. How does he define his own method?

2. What three main components does a healthy meal need to have?

3. What ingredients does he use for all his dishes?

4. What verbs related to cooking does he use?

Learn more cooking verbs! Try with these two exercises:

Time for writing!:

Next Friday's assignment will have to do with healthy food as expected! So you will have to write (pdf format) a healthy recipe where you will include a picture of the dish, the main ingredients, the quantity and the method of cooking. Click here for examples

SESSION 2

BAKING, UNITS OF MEASUREMENT

I bet you have felt upset some time in the past when you started looking for a baking recipe and came across a US one ... and did not follow the metric system!!!! All those cups, tsps, tbsp...OMG!!! Well, Maddie and her flatmate Lucy may help you understand the different units of measurement when it comes to baking. I hope you enjoy it!

1. What can be a good alternative to home-made baking when you are busy?

2. Maddie mentions two terms with almost the same spelling but with different pronunciation and meaning: b.....tter vs. b......tter?? Did you notice?

Complete the gaps and say it aloud:

If you want to get b...tter at cooking your b...tter, just add more b...tter

3. Which is Lucy's favorite bake? Say the ingredients and amounts.

4. Which are Maddie's cravings?

5. What units of measurement do they use in the US?

6. How is people's weight measured in the US as opposed to UK?

Which of the following are not mentioned in the audio:

• Grams and kilograms

• Tablespoon

• Cups

• Pounds and stone

• Litres and milliliters

• (Fluid) ounces

• Teaspoon

• Pint

• Pinch

• Dash

How can we measure the following ingredients in the UK (multiple answers are acceptable)?

• Sugar

• Butter

• Milk

• Vanilla extract

• Flour

• Salt

• Water

What do the following words mean?

• Whisk

• Tiers

• Scale

• Set (verb)

• Grind

But why do Americans resist to go metric????

...watch this video and summarize the three main reasons.

Explain this sentence taken from the video: "They US is secretly already metric"

SESSION 3:

GRAMMAR: CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

Time for a recap!

• Remember? Conditional sentences are statements discussing known factors or hypothetical situations and their consequences.

• Complete conditional sentences contain a conditional clause (often referred to as the if-clause) and the consequence.

• They express a simple principle known as CAUSE & EFFECT. Example:

When water reaches 100 degrees, it boils.

So: If you heat water, it boils

(known fact, natural law, Type 0 conditional present-present)

CAUSE + EFFECT

(that's why we tend to say the if clause first

because it expresses the condition or cause)

If I am not reflexive, I will jump to a hasty conclusion

(known fact, possible situation, Type 1 present simple, future simple)

I would travel around the world if I won the lottery.

(present hypothetical situation, Type 2 conditional simple, past simple)

If I had known I needed wellies, I would have worn them"

(past hypothetical situation, impossible, Type 3 past perfect, conditional perfect)

Complete the following fairy tale:

The Cat & the Mouse

Once upon a time the cat bit the mouse's tail off. “Give me back my tail,” said the mouse. And the cat said, “Well, I (give).................... you back your tail if you fetched me some milk. But that's impossible to do for a little mouse like you.”

The mouse, however, went to the cow. “The cat (give / only)....................... me back my tail if I fetch her some milk.”

And the cow said, “Well, I would give you milk if you (get)......................... me some hay. But that's impossible to do for a little mouse like you.”

The mouse, however, went to the farmer. “The cat will only give me back my tail if the cow (give)................... me some milk. And the cow (only / give)........................... me milk if I get her some hay.”

And the farmer said, “Well, I would give you hay if you (bring).................. me some meat. But that's impossible to do for a little mouse like you.”

The mouse, however, went to the butcher. “The cat will only give me back my tail if the cow (give)................... me milk. And the cow will only give me milk if she (get).................. some hay. And the farmer (only / give)..................... me hay if I get him some meat.”

And the butcher said, “Well, I would give you meat if you (make)........................ the baker bake me a bread. But that's impossible to do for a little mouse like you.”

3. Now it is your turn to retell this famous Aesop's tale, The Milkmaid's Tale, using Type I,II and III conditional sentences. Listen to the tale first:

SESSION 4:

HEADLINES

Spain is in a race against time to clear roads covered by heavy snow, and get Covid vaccines and food supplies to areas affected by Storm Filomena. Up to 50cm of snow fell on the capital Madrid, one of the worst hit areas, between Friday and Saturday. At least four people died and thousands of travellers were left stranded.

1. Listen to Catherine and Neil who will comment on three different headlines and have the vocabulary you need to talk about this story:

2. Complete the extract while listening:

That came as a welcome sound to the thousand or so drivers rescued in their vehicles overnight – snow being 1......................... the roads. More than 400 2................. roads are blocked. Bus services in and around the capital have been 3......................... for the day.

The 4....................., Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida, has asked for the army to send in more soldiers to help. But he’s also 5.................... to people to stay home. It could be that snow proves the great 6................... – movement restrictions are being imposed on 23 more zones around Madrid from Monday to 7..................... coronavirus.

3. What are the three key words taken from the headlines? Write a sentence with each.

4. What sound does the snow make when you step on it? Choose the best option.

1. squeaks

2. rustles

3. splashes

4. taps

5. squishes

6. claps

7. squelches

5. Find a word that fits these verbs and write a sentence.

You're done for the week! Now, enjoy!!