UNIT 5.1: HELP YOURSELF, EVERYONE.
Cheryl: I think everything is ready. Why don’t we sit down?
Marie: This smells so wonderful. What are we having to eat?
Cheryl: There’s roast chicken, baked potatoes, salad, broccoli with garlic, red cabbage, and rice.
Cheryl: Help yourself, everyone!
Paul: Wow, that’s a lot of vegetables.
Cheryl: Vegetables are very healthy for you.
Cheryl: Mr. Evans would you like some chicken?
Mr. Evans: Just a little thank you.
Mr. Evans: I’m not a big chicken eater.
Cheryl: How about some potatoes?
Mr. Evans: I’m sorry. I’m avoiding potatoes.
Cheryl: Some broccoli?
Mr. Evans: I’ll pass. I’m afraid it doesn’t agree with me.
Cheryl: Cabbage?
Mr. Evans: Sorry. I’m allergic!
Cheryl: Mr. Evans, I’m so sorry. There’s very little here for you to eat.
Mr. Evans: I’m crazy about rice.
Cheryl: Well then pass the rice please.
Marie: Cheryl this tastes so delicious. Bob, you’re not eating very much tonight. Don’t you like the food?
Cheryl: Bob’s on a diet.
Bob: I’m trying to lose weight.
Mr. Evans: Good for you, Bob.
Paul: I’m on a diet too.
Marie: Why are you on a diet? You’re so skinny.
Paul: I’m trying to gain weight.
Bob: I can’t stand it.
Cheryl: Bob!
1.Pronunciation (7 mins)
– Role play: Teacher and student take turn to read
– Listen and repeat: Student repeats after the teacher
2.Vocabulary Check (7 mins)
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Do you usually cook or prepare for your family?
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How often do you go to the market to get food?
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Are you a good cook?
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What is the difference between broccoli and cauliflower?
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Have you ever been on a diet?
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What does the word “allergic” mean?
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Can you explain what the expression “crazy about” means?
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Do you understand the phrase “help yourself”?
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Are you a big chicken eater?
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3.Comprehension Check-up (7 mins)
How many different dishes were there at the dinner?
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Is Mr. Evans a big chicken eater?
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What is Mr. Evans avoiding?
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Who is crazy about rice?
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Who is on a diet?
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Who wants to gain weight?
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How many people want to gain and lose weight?
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Did they mention about the beef and pork in the conversation?
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Mr. Evans is allergic to what?
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Why doesn’t Mr. Evans want to eat a lot?
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What did Cheryl say about the vegetables?
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4.Draw Connections ( 7 mins)
Do you like roast chicken?
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Do you prefer broccoli or cabbage?
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You want to lose weight or gain weight?
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Are you allergic to any food?
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What’s your weight?
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Do you exercise every day?
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Are you on a diet?
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5.Homework
- Listen and repeat sentence by sentence at least 20 times.
- Prepare the next lesson.
If you have any questions about this lesson you can ask your teacher.
UNIT 5.2: SCENE 2
Paul: Cheryl, that was fantastic!
Mr. Evans: The rice was terrific.
Cheryl: Cookies anyone?
Marie: Yes, one please.
Paul: I’ll take two, thanks. Or three. Or four.
Cheryl: Do you eat sweets Mr. Evans?
Mr. Evans: I used to, but I can’t eat anymore.
Marie: No dessert for you Bob?
Cheryl: Not on his diet.
Marie: But weren’t you eating cookies today at work?
Bob: I was eating carrots.
Marie: Didn’t I see you snacking on candy this afternoon?
Bob: That was an apple.
Marie: What about that ice cream you ate yesterday?
Bob: Fruit salad!
Marie: My mistake.
Paul: These cookies are terrific.
Cheryl: If you like the cookies, you’ll love this cake.
All: Awww…
Cheryl: Would you eat some strawberries Mr. Evans?
Mr. Evans: Strawberries are my passion.
Cheryl: Really?
Mr. Evans: I eat strawberries on anythin; cereal, pasta, even rice.
Paul: I’m crazy about chocolate cake. I can gain weight with every bite.
Cheryl: I think I will have a cookie. Bob, could you pass the.. Oh, where’d they go?
Marie: I have one.
Paul: I have four.
Mr. Evans: I have none.
Bob: Hey. You only live once.
1.Pronunciation ( 7 mins)
– Role play: Teacher and student take turn to read
– Listen and repeat: Student repeats after the teacher
2.Vocabulary Check ( 7 mins)
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Could you tell me which fantastic film you like best?
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What’s your passion?
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Do you like strawberries? Why?
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You prefer cereal or rice?
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Do you want to gain weight or lose weight? Why?
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3.Comprehension Check-up (7 mins)
How many cookies does Marie want?
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What about Paul?
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Does Mr. Evans eat sweets?
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Can Bob eat cookies?
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What did Bob eat at work today?
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What did Marie see this afternoon?
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How does Paul feel about those cookies?
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Does Mr. Evans like to eat strawberry? What about Paul?
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How many cookies does Mr. Evans have?
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4.Draw Connections ( 7 mins)
What do you think about going on a diet?
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Is there any advantages of being on a diet?
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Which one is more common in Vietnam, broccoli or cauliflower?
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Do you think that you have a healthy eating habit?
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What kind of food in this video is similar to the food in Vietnam?
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Is it true that Western people usually eat rice?
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Do you think that Vietnamese people eat too much rice?
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5.Homework
- Listen and repeat sentence by sentence at least 20 times.
- Prepare the next lesson.
If you have any questions about this lesson you can ask your teacher.

















