Today is ...  National Junk Food Day

Read the text and and circle the correct option in the sentences below.

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1. What is considered junk food?

     a. bread     b. fruit     c. crisps     d. potatoes

2. What does the expression "guilt-free" mean?

     a. with no guilt     b. feeling guilty    

3. What are "fatty snacks"?   (circle two options)

     a. doughnuts and cookies

     b. roast chicken and baked potatoes

     c. ice-creams

     d. vegetables and fruit

4. What does the expression "keeping in the vault" mean?

     a. eating at home           b. buying in shops    

     c. having in the fridge     d. reserving in the cupboards/pantry

5. What's a synonym for "garbage"?

     a. rubbish     b. healthy food     c. dairy food     d. vegetables

And now ... Have you heard the Fast Food Song which starts "A Pizza Hut ..."? So let's watch this clip.

 

Now listen to it again and sing it along. Here is another version with the lyrics.



Today is ...  National Junk Food Day

If you want to see the original website, click on the image and you'll be able to read the activity better.

- Here is the trailer of Morgan Spurlock's "Supersize Me" film.

Today is ...  National Lollipop Day

Read the text.

(If you click on the image you'll see the text in a bigger size) 

Now answer questions 1-3 and choose the correct option for questions 4-7.

1. What is a lollipop?

2. How can you find/buy lollipops?

3. What are the main ingredients used to make lollipops?

4. What does the expression "has been around" mean?

     a.  goes round     b. is round     c. exists     d. makes

5. Who does the text refer to by "early humans"?

     a. the first humans    
     b. the humans that exist nowadays

     c. the humans that are always early

     d. the humans that are always late

6. What animal do we get honey from?

     a. any insect     b. bees     c. flies     d. mosquitoes

7. Who is George Smith?

     a. the inventor of the lollipop    
     b.  the man who ate the first lollipop

     c. the man who went to racehorses with a lollipop

     d. the man who gave the name to this type of candy/sweet

Listen to this really known song. It belongs to an ad broadcast in the UK. What are they advertising?

a. lollipops     b. paint      d. laptops

Now listen to the song with the lyrics and sing it along.

Let's investigate some more facts on the net.

- Who wrote the song "lollipop"?

- When did they write it?

- What American quartet made the song famous?

If you want some help, click on this link.

Today is ...   Ice Cream Day

Read this text and answer the following questions.

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1. Who invented this day?
2. When is it celebrated?
3. What does this expression mean: "you can't go wrong with ice cream"?
4. Name three ways in which you can eat ice cream.
5. Search the internet for some events that took place on Ice Cream Day this year.

Now watch the Ice Cream Day video.

Try to sing the song along with the video and have fun.

Today is ...    Ice Cream Day

One of the yummiest holidays of the year must be National Ice Cream Day. It takes place in the USA on the third Sunday of July every year. It celebrates one of the world’s best-loved desserts. It started in 1984 when famous ice cream lover President Ronald Reagan announced July as the National Ice Cream Month. It was certainly a good month to choose, being in the middle of summer. But even in winter, ice cream still tastes delicious. It’s fitting that the USA has a national day to celebrate their favourite sweet. Americans eat more ice cream than anyone else in the world. It is probably the national dessert, along with apple pie. On this day, people will have fun making homemade ice cream and having ice cream parties.
Makers say ice cream is nutritious and good for us. There is a lot of sugar and calories in it, but otherwise, it’s quite good for you. It’s made of milk and has other vitamins and minerals. Ice cream is different in many countries around the world. Italians are very proud of their gelato, while Indians believe their kulfi is the tastiest. The history of ice cream is a little unclear. Historians say it arrived in  Europe from China hundreds of years ago. The French and Italians designed flavoured milk ices, which made their way across the Atlantic. This is when it became known as “ice cream”. The first ice cream parlor in America opened in New York City in 1776. It is now a $3 billion industry in the USA.

(text taken from http://www.eslholidaylessons.com/)

If you want to listen to the mp3 file, click here.

Now answer the following questions on the text.

1. When do American people celebrate this day?
2. What do you understand by "desserts"?
3. Who invented this day?
4. Do people in the USA eat ice cream all year long?
5. Why is ice cream nutritious according to makers?
6. What's the bad side of ice creams?
7. What's the origin of ice cream?

BASTILLE DAY

Today is the Bastille Day. Watch the video and comment it as if you were a journalist.

Now make alist of new vocabulary that you have learnt while watching and explaining this video.

UNIT 4: DAILY ROUTINES

Read the text and practise the Simple Present.

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UNIT 4: DAILY ROUTINES VIDEO

Watch the video and write down the daily routines that you hear.

This blog has been created by Montse and Eva, two foreign language teachers, with the aim of getting our students work with authentic material from the net.