B2 UNIT 3 Life Skills Video Worksheet
B2 UNIT 3 Life Skills Video Worksheet
B2 UNIT 3 Life Skills Video Worksheet
5 What seasonal fruit and vegetables are there where you live? 2 What else do you need to consider?
6 Are there any successful agribusinesses in your area? 3 Why does Ben’s store import New Zealand lamb?
What do they produce?
4 Why is locally-sourced food sometimes more
7 What food products are shipped from your country to expensive?
other parts of the world?
5 Why can the British flag on a product be deceptive?
While watching 3b Would you buy food at Ben’s shop? Why/Why not?
2a 15 VIDEO SKILLS Read the
video skills box. Then After watching
watch the video and 4a Do you ever think about how and where the food
complete Ben’s profile you eat was produced? Why/Why not?
by writing one or two
words in each gap. 4b SKILLS 4 LIFE Some fruit can be bought all year
round. Find out how. Follow these steps.
Ben O’Brien used to live on a (1) , 1 Make a list of fruit that you can buy all year round
and became familiar with how quality food is produced and where you live.
sold. In 2007 he moved to east (2) , and 2 Choose at least two fruits. Go online and find out
in 2009 he founded a business called (3) , where the fruit is imported from when it’s not in
which makes the same quality food available in his area. His season where you live, how far it has to travel, how it
store is located in an international (4) , is transported and any other relevant facts.
and is open for (5) hours every day. 3 Make a poster to inform your classmates about
the fruit you chose to investigate. Present as much
factual information in a simple format as you can.
VIDEO SKILLS: Understanding idiomatic expressions
You will hear the expressions below in the video.
REFLECT ON IT
What do you think they mean? Think about the image
they create, and then see if the image helps you to Some experts say that the way we produce and
understand them in context. consume food is unsustainable. What changes would
from field to fork on your doorstep you be prepared to make to your food habits to
come up with an idea the garden of England help change things? Would you be prepared to pay
get a product from A to B wide open spaces more for food, only eat seasonal food or organic
food, grow your own food, or become a vegetarian?