UNIT 2:
Your Body And You
Writing
Allergies
The foods most commonly causing allergies are milk, wheat, eggs, soya, fish, peanuts, shellfish (including mussels, crab and shrimp).
Bad Breath
The foods which may spoil your breath for days after a meal are onion, garlic, cabbage, curry, alcohol.
Stress
Foods and drinks which strongly stimulate the body can cause stress. These foods are coffee, tea, cola, chocolate, alcohol, refined sugar, white flour, salt, and processed foods such as junk foods and fast foods.
Sleeplessness
There are foods that can help you fall asleep or keep you awake. Foods that stop your sleep are: caffeine containing drinks, alcohol, sugar, fatty or spicy food, food additives (seasonings, artificial colours, flavourings).
Sleepiness
To feel sleepy, eat high-carbohydrate, low protein foods, such as cheese, milk, soya milk, tofu, nuts, honey, almonds, bananas, whole grains, beans, rice, avocados, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, or papayas.
Read the facts below
A request for help letter
(thư yêu cầu giúp đỡ)
1.Greeting (chào)
2.Giving problem
(đưa ra vần đề)
3.Request (yêu cầu)
4. signature
Format of a Respond Letter
Dear …..,
Mentioning the request (nhắc lại yêu cầu)
Give your advices:
What to do
What not to do
Hope …………………
Regards,
Signature
Make you feel tired and stressful (làm bạn cảm thấy mệt và căng thẳng)
Keep you awake (làm bạn tỉnh)
prevent you from falling asleep at night (ngăn bạn buồn ngủ vào ban đêm)
make you feel sleepy (làm bạn buồn ngủ)
Give you good sleep (cho bạn giấc ngủ ngon)
improve your sleep (cải thiện giấc ngủ của bạn)
sleep more easily ( ngủ dễ dàng hơn)
Structure to give advice
… are believed to … (được tin là)
Vo / Don’t Vo
Avoid + Ving/N (tránh)
It is advisable to Vo (người ta khuyên là)
It would be a great idea to (là 1 ý kiến hay khi )
You should / had better + Vo (bạn nên)






















Dear …..,
Thank you for your letter requesting advice on the foods and drinks that help you sleep well.
I hope my advice may help you have a better sleep.

Regards,
Signature
Replying to `request-for-help` letters
High-carbohydrate and low protein foods are believed to give you good sleep. Try eating _______. About an hour before going to sleep, it would be a great idea to eat/drink _____so that you can _____
On the other hand, it is better to avoid some foods that keep you awake. You should not eat/drink ___________ as they __________.
HOMEWORK
- Finish your writing at home
- Revise Grammar:
+ will/ be going to
+ passive voice