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 Lesson
44 - Making Healthy Choices
In this lesson Anna is hungry. She goes to the
supermarket and looks for good foods to eat. But she has
a problem. One part of her wants junk food. The other
part wants healthy food. Which part will win? |
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Lesson Video
Watch the video and then do the activities on this page. |
Video Script
Anna: Hi there, Ashley!
Ashley: Anna! Hi! Where are you going?
(Anna’s stomach growls loudly)
Ashley: What was that?
Anna: I’m hungry. When I’m hungry, I only want to eat junk food! But I know I
should eat healthy food. So, I fight with myself. One side says, ‘You should eat
healthy food.’ The other side says, ‘But I want to eat junk food!’
Ashley: Well, Anna, go to the Giant supermarket. You should be able to find all
kinds of food there - for all of you.
Anna: Good idea, Ashley. See you later!
Ashley: 'Bye, Anna.
Anna: Wow! This supermarket is huge! Look at all of these fruits and vegetables!
I should eat more vegetables.
Healthy: Good idea, Anna. You must eat more vegetables … like celery!
Junky: Celery?! Do you know what the web says about celery?
Anna: No, what?
Junky: “Celery is 95 percent water - 100 percent NOT ice cream. I love the web!”
Healthy*: Anna, you mustn’t eat junk food. Junk food will kill you.
Junky*: You are being silly.
Healthy: No, you are!
Junky: No, you are.
Anna: Will you two please be nice to each other? It is important to eat healthy
foods. But, a little junk food will not kill me. Hmm, ice cream. Ice cream does
sound good.
Junky: Take this cart to the frozen food aisle!
Healthy: No wait, go back! Go back! We forgot fruit. Go back!!
Anna: Okay, we are in the frozen food aisle!
Junky: Mmm, ice cream!
Healthy: Mmm, frozen peas!
Junky: Nobody says, ‘Mmm, frozen peas. They say, ‘Mmm, ice cream!
Healthy: Mmm, frozen peas!!
Junky: Mmm, ice cream!!
Anna: I am not going to tell you two again! Stop fighting!
Anna: I smell fresh bread! I love the smells of a bakery!
Healthy: Oh, Anna, let’s buy a fresh loaf of whole wheat, organic bread!
Junky: You don’t have to buy bread. Buy some donuts, Anna!
Healthy: You mustn’t buy donuts. They are only fat and sugar.
Junky: Exactly! You know, you are really no fun at all.
Healthy: And you must think having high cholesterol is fun.
Junky: Everyone likes donuts! That is why you don’t have friends!
Healthy: And that is why your cholesterol is so high!
Junky: My cholesterol is none of your business!!
Healthy: And I have lots of friends!!
Anna: Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! I am sick and tired of the both of you!!
Anna: I know what you two need!
Junky: Anna! What are you doing?
Healthy: Put me down!
Anna: You two need to cool off!
Anna: I am going to go buy my healthy food and my junk food! Good bye!
Anna: Until next time …
Note: "Healthy" and "Junky" are Anna's thoughts about what she should eat. |
Listening
Now practice listening to only the audio portion of the conversation. |
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Speaking
In this video, learn how to say the new words. Then learn the difference between
"mustn't" and "don't have to." |
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Pronunciation
Use this video to practice the pronunciation of "mustn't." |
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New Words |
- aisle -
n. a passage where people walk through a store
or market
- bakery -
n. a place where bread, cakes, cookies, and
other baked foods are made or sold
- cart -
n. (shopping cart) a metal basket on wheels
used to hold groceries while you are shopping
- cholesterol -
n. a substance that is found in the bodies of
people and animals, a high percentage raises the risk of coronary heart
disease
- cool off -
phrasal verb. to become calm after a period of
anger or conflict
- fat -
n. an oily solid or liquid substance in food
- freeze -
v. to become a hard substance (such as ice)
because of cold (past participle: frozen)
- healthy -
adj. good for your health or healthful
- junk food -
n. food that is not good for your health
because it contains high amounts of fat or sugar
- kill -
v. to cause the death of (a person, animal, or
plant)
- must -
modal verb. used to say that something is
required or necessary
- organic -
adj. food that is grown or made without the use
of artificial chemicals
- smell -
n. the quality of a thing that you can sense
with your nose
- smell -
v. to use your nose to sense smells
- sugar -
n. a sweet substance usually in the form of
white or brown crystals or white powder that comes from plants and is used
to make foods sweeter
- whole wheat -
adj. made from wheat from which no part (such
as the bran) has been removed
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 Activity
In this lesson, Anna goes shopping. She thinks about the
foods that are good for her and the ones that are not so
good. What do you think about when you shop for food? Do
you sometimes fight with yourself as Anna does in this
lesson? Write a short conversation about the thoughts
you have while you are shopping. Write about it in the
Facebook Comments section below. Then practice talking
about different kinds of foods.
Click
lesson activity to get the printable PDF version. The
page opens to a new window. |
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Source:
Voice of America |
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