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UNIT 6 Life Skills Video Worksheet

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Life skills B2 Unit

Understanding nutrition 2b 29 Watch again and answer the questions.


1 What negative comment do the speakers make
  Before watching about eating options at university?
1 Think about your answers to the questions and
write brief answers. Use these words to help you.
2 What government action on healthy eating do the
ad campaigns  • ​availability  • ​education  • ​fast food  • ​ speakers mention?
healthy options  • ​posters  • ​taxes
3 What specific tactics to encourage healthy eating
1 Does your school/university encourage healthy eating? do the speakers agree with?

2 Does the government encourage healthy eating?
4 Which speakers are against the idea of prohibiting
certain types of food?
3 What tactics encourage you to eat healthily?

4 What would discourage you from eating healthily? 3a 29 Watch again. Match each speaker with one
of the summaries below.
5 How would you encourage healthy eating? 1 is happy with the healthy food
available, but says it’s more expensive than less healthy
options and needs to be easier to eat on the go.
  While watching
2 thinks healthy options and
2a 29  VIDEO SKILLS  Read the video skills box. Then information need to be available, but we must all
watch four university students answering the make our own eating choices.
questions in 1. For each question, circle the
option that best reflects their answers. 3 thinks there are enough healthy
options available at university, but better education
1 Their answers to the first question are …
and school menus would help change bad habits.
4 believes in positive campaigns
and thinks healthy eating is promoted, despite
mixed messages from the government.

Sam Bea Chris Vanessa 3b Who do you identify most with? Why?
a mostly yes. b mostly no. c half yes,
half no.   After watching
2 Most of them say the government … encourage 4a Look again at 1. After listening to the speakers,
people of their age to eat healthily. do you want to change or add to your answers?
a does b doesn’t c shouldn’t
3 Their answers to the questions are … 4b SKILLS 4 LIFE  Write a letter to your government
a similar. b the same. c different. about a food issue. Follow these steps.
4 Most of the answers refer to … 1 Choose an area of nutrition that concerns you. Use
a food in b particular c food one of these issues, or think of another one: added
general. foods. labelling. sugar, saturated fat, organic food, factory farming.
5 Most of them think the key to eating more healthy 2 Do some research about the issue. Find out if there
food is … are any health risks related to the issue. Be careful to
a school menus. b its availability. c more note whether the risks are scientifically proven or not.
information.
3 Write a letter to the leader of your country. Tell him/
VIDEO SKILLS: Influencing people’s behaviour her why you’re concerned about the issue, and what
action you think the government should take.
Persuading people to do things
encourage sth/someone to do sth    promote sth
tempt someone to do sth    put someone off doing sth REFLECT ON IT
make sth tempting   make sth available/accessible
It is often more expensive to eat healthily, which
Forcing people to do things means that some families find it harder to give their
make sure/ensure sth happens children healthy options. Do you think this is fair?
make someone do sth    forbid/prohibit sth What could we do to address this inequality?
tell someone (not) to do sth    force someone to do sth

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