Active Skills for Reading Unit 1 Chapter 1 PDF

 UNIT AU About Food I Getting Ready Discuss the following questions with a partner. 1 What foods do you see in the pictures? 2 Which ones do you like? Which ones don't you...

 UNIT AU About Food I Getting Ready Discuss the following questions with a partner. 1 What foods do you see in the pictures? 2 Which ones do you like? Which ones don't you like? 3 Do you like to cook? What dishes can you cook? 11  UNIT 1 CHAPTER 1 A Restaurant for Change Before You Read ·A Think about answers to the following questions. Learning to Cook· 1 What are some ways peopl learn how to cook? 2 Which of these ways would be useful for someone fearning how to cook as a job? B Discuss your answers with a partner. Reading Skill A Look at the pictures and title of the passage on the next page. Then Predictin answer this question. How can a restaurant change a person's life? Before reading, good readers think about B Read paragraphs 1 and 2 in the passage. Then answer the following what they are going to questions. read. And while reading, they think about what 1 We.re your predictions in A correct? comes next. This _helps 2 What kind of training do you t_hink th_e young chefs at Fifteen get? them better understand what they are reading. C Hea_d.paragraph 3 in the passage.: Ttien a wer the following questions. 1. Were your predictions in 8 correct? 2 Why do you U1ink the restaurant is named Fifteen? D Read the l st paragraph in the passage. Was your prediction in C corre t? Now read the entire passage carefully. Then answer the questions on page 14. Factors of success. Successful readers read fluently. To be fluent, you should be able to read 200 words per minute with at least 70 percent comprehension. In this chapter, see if you can achieve this goal. Achieving the goal will contribute to your success. 12 UNIT 1 Chapter 1 A Restaurant for Change Jamie Oliver wants to change peoples' lives and he is using food to do it. Oliver, a chef, is well-known for sharing his secrets of cooking healthy food through his magazine, cookbooks, and television shows. He is also 5 changing lives through his Italian restaurant, Fifteen. Fifteen started in London, England, as a place to train young adults to work in a kitchen. Oliver's idea was to create a professional kitchen that can help young people get a fresh start and a chance to become professional chefs. 10 Every September, a new group of 18- to 24-year-olds start work at Fifteen. When they start, they are usually not qualified for a restaurant job, but tha1 will change quickly. In the 12 months of training, the student chefs study cooking at college and get hands-on training.at the restaurant. Besides learning kitchen skills, they learn the importance of using fresh ingredients and how to create their own recipes. 20 And their education doesn't stop with preparing and serving food. The students also learn how to manage money and deal with difficult customers. overall, the program encourages them to believe in themselves and enables them to look forward to a future in the restaurant business. The restaurant's name, Fifteen, comes from the number of students the 25 restauranthad when it started in 2002. Today, Oliver has three of these restaurants; and· a few hundred students have finished the program. Around 90 percent of the graduates are still working in the food industry. Some own restaurants or work in some of the best kitchens around the world. Others are now starring in their own TV shows. They're all great examples of what young 30 people can do if they're given the opportunity and support. A Restaurant for Change 13 Reading A Choose the correct answers for the following questions. Comprehension 1 Jamie Oliver ______ the Fifteen restaurant. Check Your Understanding a is a chef at b is the owner of c was a student at 2 Oliver uses Fifteen to help young people ______ a eat healthy food b find jobs c become rich 3 In lines 12-13, When they start, they are usually... , who does they refer to? a students at Fifteen b TV chefs c customers 4 Today, most Fifteen graduates are working in the ______ industry. a building b education c food B Number these events (1-4) in the order they happen. a __ The student chefs graduate from their training. b __ The student chefs get hands-on training at a top restaurant. c __ In September, a new group of 18- to 24-year-olds start work. d __ The student chefs use their training to find jobs. r - \!, "'v Critical Thinking C Discuss the following questions with a partner. 1 Jamie Oliver started Fifteen to help young people get a fresh start in their lives. How could restaurant training make a young person's life better? 2 How does learning to manage money and difficult customers help someone in the restaurant business? Vocabulary A Complete each sentence with the best answer. The words in blue are Comprehension from the passage. Words in Context 1 Qualified people are usually to work. a trained b not trained 2 The cafe near my home serves a good chefs b delicious food 3 Which of these are ingredients? a forks and spoons b carrots and tomatoes 4 Since this is hands-on training, you'll need to a travel to the place b use your computer 5 Our English teacher encourages us a to watch movies in English b not to do our homework 6 Some examples of healthy foods are a trench fries and potato chips b fruits and vegetables 14 UNIT 1 Chapter 1  7 You use a recipe to learn how a food ______ a tastes b is made 8 Javier is ______ in the kitchen right now. a taking a shower b cooking lunch B Answer the following questions. Then share your ideas with a partner. 1 How would you encourage someone to speak English? 2 What things do you find in a kitchen? 3 What do you do to keep healthy? 4 What places do you know that serve good food? A The words in the chart below are all in the passage on page 13. Match Vocabulary Skill these words with their antonyms from the box. Antonyms ( unhealthy discourage easy rest free ) AA antonym is a word r Antonym "\ that means the opposite of another word. 1 like dislike Sometimes, antonyms are very different words, 2 difficult for example, lightand 3 work dark, true and false. 4 healthy Other times, antonyms 5 encourage are made by adding or changing prefixes or \..6 busy suffixes, for example, happyand unhappy, B Complete the sentences with the words from A. You might have to careless and careful One change the form of the word. good way to increase your vocabulary is to 1 You shouldn't eat so much food. learn antonyms. 2 Tonight's homework was very. I finished it in a few minutes. 3 You look tired. You should go and for a while. 4 You should not let a small problem you from reaching your goals. 5 I really that girl. She's always so rude. 6 I didn't have lunch as I was in the afternoon. A Restaurant for Change 15