It doesn’t make any sense
1 SHARE YOUR IDEAS
What do you think the map is about? What does it show?
In the UK, a lot of food is imported from other countries. Look at the map and give some examples of this.
What about Slovenia? Do you eat a lot of food from other countries? Give some examples.
2 PRESENTATION
It doesn’t make any sense
A Listen to Clare’s talk. Which food words do you hear?
B Listen again and follow the text.
Every day, someone at Clare’s school gives a short talk called ‘Thought for today’. Today it’s Clare. Her talk is about ‘food miles’.
I’m going to talk to you about ‘food miles’ – that’s the distance our food travels before we buy it. Last night I checked the things in our fridge. There was some broccoli from Spain – that’s a journey of 950 miles – and some beans from Kenya, 5,000 miles away. I couldn’t find any vegetables from the UK. There were some strawberries from the USA – a journey of about 7,000 miles, and there was some chicken from Thailand, which is 6,600 miles away. Add it up! It’s a lot of miles – and a lot of fuel.
Today we import more and more food. There are more huge supermarkets, and fewer markets and small food shops. It doesn’t make any sense. Perhaps one day we’ll eat no local food at all, and there’ll be no local shops. I think most people would prefer to eat fresh food. It’s better for you because it’s got more vitamins. And I’d rather walk to a local market than sit in a traffic jam on the way to a supermarket. Fewer food miles means less fuel and less damage to the environment. That’s my thought for today.
Are the sentences true or false? Correct the false sentences.
3 GRAMMAR
Expressions of quantity
Look at the examples. How do you say a few, a little, a bit of in Slovenian?
There are a few local shops, but not many.
We’ve got a bit of / a little fuel, but not very much.
There are fewer markets than fifty years ago, and more supermarkets.
We should eat less food from other countries, and produce more food at home.
A few in fewer uporabljamo z množinskimi samostalniki.
A bit of, a little in less uporabljamo z neštevnimi samostalniki.
More uporabljamo s števnimi in z neštevnimi samostalniki.
4 PRACTICE
A Complete the sentences using a few, a little or a bit.
B Complete the sentences with more, less or fewer.
Remember!
There are no local food shops. = There aren’t any local food shops.
C Complete the sentences with any or no.
Try this!
How many uncountable nouns can you think of? Make a list.
air, accommodation, butter ...
5 PRONUNCIATION
Silent vowels
Listen and repeat these words.
1 strawberries 
2 vegetables 
3 chocolate
4 omelette
Can you find the ‘silent’ vowels?
6 EXPRESSIONS
Expressing preferences
Look at the examples.
We’d prefer to eat fresh food.
I’d rather walk to the market.
Work with a partner and make six dialogues using Would you like to … ? and I’d rather … or I’d prefer to … .
7 WRITING AND SPEAKING
My ideal world
Use what you know
What would your ideal world be like? What changes would you make? Use fewer, less, more, no and, for example:
homework cars love traffic jams free time
holidays crime freedom wars noise
Think of other things if you can.
In my ideal world, there would be no homework, fewer …