At the end of this unit, students will be able to: understand texts and conversations about changes in their lives

At the end of this lesson, students will be able to:

•  read and understand an article about health in the past

• use used to to talk about the past 

•  use health collocations

• pronounce /juːs tə/correctly

•  talk about things that have changed in their lives

I didn’t use to 

eat healthy food

c

  Students read the article quickly to check their answers 

from 1b. Ask them to correct the false statements (2 

they spent less time; 3 they lived shorter lives).

Answers

1 T  2 F  3 F  4 T

  VOCABULARY SUPPORT

calorie 

– unit of heat energy used as a measurement of the 

amount of energy that food provides

common

 (B1) – usual

housework

 (B1) – the work of keeping a house clean and tidy

illegal 

(B2) – not allowed by law

recommend

 (B2) – advise

d

  For the more detailed reading task, look through the 

questions fi rst with the class before they start the activity. 

You may also wish to help students with words in the 

Vocabulary support box. Ask students to read the article 

again to answer the questions individually and then check 

with a partner. 

Answers

1  two glasses of milk a day

2  They say we should eat more vegetables and less meat, cheese  

  and butter.

3  31 years

4  by doing housework

5  Inventions have made our lives easier.

6  when they were seriously ill

7  allergies to food, diabetes

8  They didn’t know how dangerous it was.

9  in public places like off ices, schools and restaurants

e

 

 Refer to the ideas that you wrote on the board 

earlier in the lesson about being healthier now or in the 

1950s. Discuss the question as a class. Have students’ 

ideas changed?