Purpose: To examine diets and see how balanced they are

1. Ask Ss to discuss the following questions.

(1) What do you need before you order a meal?

(2) What is on a menu?

2. Ask Ss to compare the following two menus and complete the following sentences.

Menus 1

Meal Main kind(s) of food noodles energy-giving jiaozi body-building and energy-giving pork body-building and energy-giving chicken with mushrooms body-building and protective dry bean curd body-building Menus 2

Meal Main kind(s) of food rice energy-giving steamed perch(鲈鱼) body-building stir fried French beans with bamboo shoots (冬笋扁豆) protective stir fried tomato with egg protective, body-building stir fried beef with chilli and peanuts

(宫爆牛肉) body-building and energy-giving spicy tofu body-building Spinach soup with vermicelli

(菠菜粉丝汤) protective and energy-giving (1) Items of energy-giving food:________________________.

(2) Items of body-building food:________________________.

(3) Items of protective food:____________________________.

Suggested Answer:

(1) Items of energy-giving food: noodles, jiaozi, pork, vermicelli, rice, peanuts, eggs.

(2) Items of body-building food: jiaozi, pork, chicken with mushrooms, bean curd, carp, beef, tofu.

(3) Items of protective food: chicken with mushrooms, French beans with bamboo shoot, tomato, spinach.

Do you know which menu is a southern diet and which is a northern menu?