Learning English with Misterduncan – Lesson 49

Learning English with Misterduncan – Lesson 49

1. Why do we need food?

2. What does our body get with food? What for do we need these elements?

3. Why is water so important for our life?

4. “A hungry man is an angry man”. Do you agree to the proverb?

5. Why is eating too much as bad as eating too little?

6. Do you like cooking? How do you usually cook your meals (bake/boil/fry/grill/roast/steam/stew)?

7. Why do people become vegetarians?

8. What are the things a person can be allergic to?

9. What do you know about cuisines in different countries?

10. Who is called greedy/gluttonous/a pig?

11. Who is called deprived/famished/starving/undernourished/unfed?

12. Who is called obese? Who is called anorexic?

13. What is junk food?

14. Is milk a food or a drink? J

Ways of expressing hunger:

I feel hungry.

I’m starving.

I’m famished.

I’m ravenous.

I’ve got to eat soon, or I will faint.

My stomach is telling me to eat.

Wow, I really have to eat something.

I’m so hungry! I could eat a horse!

Ways to describe the action of eating:

I’m eating my food.

I’m taking a meal.

I’m having something to eat.

I’m consuming my meal.

I’m having a bite to eat.

I’m scoffing my meal (=eating fast).

I’m wolfing my meal down (=eating fast).

I’m picking at my food (=eating slowly).

Slang words for food:

Chow

Eats

Grub

Nosh

Nosebag

Nibbles

Tucker

Greens (=vegetables)

Proverbs:

I’ll eat him/her for breakfast. = I will easily win or beat someone in a contest.

It’s a piece of cake. = It’s easy to do.

The apple of your eye. = Someone you love and care for deeply.

Bring home the bacon. = Earn money to support a family.

Have your cake and eat it. = Enjoy both sides of a situation or to want more than you should have.

Food for thought. = An idea or comment that makes you think about something deeply.

Sour grapes. = The feeling of bitterness towards someone.

Salad days. = Your younger days, earlier in life, when things seemed much simpler.

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