Meals

Unit 1: Video and Photograph

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An Idiom About Food

Unit 2: Reading

The Importance of a Healthy Breakfast

The word "diet" does not simply refer to watching what you eat in order to lose or gain weight. It also means eating and exercising regularly to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Good food, such as fruits, vegetables, fish and lean meat is better for your body than processed food and instant meals. Eating processed food, which is high in sugar and chemicals, can have negative side-effects, seriously damage your health and lead to obesity.

In our busy society, many people are depriving themselves of regular, healthy meals opting instead for junk food. Some people skip breakfast, claiming that they are too busy in the morning to prepare food. Others are simply too lazy to get up and prepare breakfast, they would rather get a few more minutes of sleep before going to work. While commuting to work, these people will often grab whatever there is to eat - usually junk food. Eating junk food on a regular basis not only leads to health problems later on in life, but it lacks nutrition and sustenance required to maintain a healthy body.

In many Asian cultures, preparing breakfast can be time consuming, and the idea of a western style breakfast for working class people - scrambled eggs, toast and coffee - is becoming more popular.

There's an old saying that "you are what you eat". Unfortunately our society is lacking both in moral, spiritual and in good eating habits.

Vocabulary Practice

Obese (Obesity): Very fat or overweight.
Deprive (depriving): To withhold something from someone, especially something they really need.
Junk Food: Processed food that is high in calories, but with very little nutritional value.
Nutrition: A process by which the body uses food for it's own growth and development.
Sustenance: Sources of nutrition required to nourish the body.

Questions

1. What reasons is given for why people skip eating breakfast?
2. Why is Western style breakfast becoming more popular in Asia?
3. Do you regularly eat breakfast?

Checkpoint Charlie's Interactive Quizzes

Welcome to Checkpoint Charlie's Interactive Quizzes! The following quizzes are all related to the video, photograph and reading article on this page. To keep you on your toes, a countdown timer will automatically start when you attempt to take a quiz. Points are given for each correct answer, and a deduction is made for each incorrect answer. You will be given a percentage score at the end of each section. Make sure that you review all the material before taking the quiz. Good luck!

1. Multiple Choice Quiz (Time Limit: 1 Minute Per Question)
Check your comprehension of the reading article, photo and video by completing these multiple choice questions. Take the Multiple Choice Quiz now!

2. Crossword Exercise (Time Limit: 5 Minutes)
Complete this crossword exercise to reinforce the vocabulary you learnt from the reading article. Solve the Crossword now!

3. Fill-in-the-Blanks (Time Limit: 5 Minutes)
Great job on the crosswords! Now use the same vocabulary to fill-in-the blanks. Complete the Fill-in-the-blanks quiz now!

4. Unjumble the Idiomatic Expression (Time Limit: 1 Minute)
This exercise requires you to unjumble a sentence that contains the idiom you learnt on this page.
Click here to complete the jumbled up interactive efl/esl quiz.

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