| Vegetables are very good for you. |
| They say that you should have three servings of vegetables every day. |
| I like green peas. |
| Peas come in pods. |
| I also like snow peas. |
| You eat the pods on the snow peas. |
| I like corn when it is on the cob. |
| Carrots are good to eat raw. |
| Beans are good for you. |
| There are many different types of beans. |
| There are string beans, kidney beans, baked beans and lots of other types of beans. |
| Some people don’t like green vegetables like broccoli and Brussels sprouts. |
| I like broccoli and Brussels sprouts. |
| You can make a salad and put lots of different vegetables into the salad. |
| In my salads, I like lettuce, tomatoes, celery, cucumber, radishes, cauliflower and spring onions. |
| I try to have a salad with dressing on it every day. |
| My dad likes root vegetables like beets and parsnips. |
| My brother will only eat potatoes. |
| He likes his potatoes baked. |
| My mother likes to buy her vegetables at the market. |
| She says they are fresher there. |
| My mother buys a lot of onions. |
| She puts onions in almost all the meals that she cooks. |
| Some children won’t eat their vegetables. |
| I didn’t like some vegetables at first, but I have become used to them. |
| I like having vegetables with my meals. |
Exercise for this lesson:
- How many servings of vegetables are recommended every day?
- What are some examples of green vegetables mentioned?
- How do you eat snow peas?
- What type of corn does the person like, and how do they prefer it?
- What are some different types of beans mentioned?
- What are some vegetables mentioned in the salad?
- How does the person’s dad like his potatoes?
- Where does the person’s mother prefer to buy vegetables?
- What vegetable does the mother buy a lot of and use in many meals?
- What is the person’s attitude toward vegetables now, compared to before?
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