Dear students, write your viewpoints about leadership.
NEF Student’s Book. slide 5, Read the interview with Alice and Jacqueline and answer the questions/orally/ Be ready to discuss in class.

My viewpoint about leadership

Most people think that being a leader is very easy, but that’s not true. You have to be understanding, clever, tolerant, respectful to people and their opinions and etc. Being a leader is hard, because you will be the one that’s deciding everything, so all responsibility is on you. You have to be kind to have people’s love and respect. Being a leader is really hard.

We talk to women around the world about their relationship with food.

1. Is food a pleasure for you?

Alice

F: Not really. I enjoy certain fast food, but most meals are just fuel to keep me going through the day.

Jacqueline

E: Yes, definitely. For me good meals with the family makes me happy!

2. What do you normally eat in a typical day?

Alice

D: I usually eat a bowl of cereal or toast for the breakfast. For lunch I eat at a restaurant near my office. I prefer a Japanese or Indian food. I usually eat rice with fish and vegetables, soup or sushi. I don’t eat meat, but I eat a lot of fish.

Jacqueline

F: I’m quite traditional and I have three main meals a day. For breakfast I like hot chocolate, and bread and butter with honey or jam. For lunch, I often eat in a restaurant with my colleagues. I usually have vegetables and meat or fish, but I love pasta and rice too. In the afternoon, I have fruit with biscuits or a piece of chocolate. In the evening, I have a proper meal with my family.

3. Do you ever cook?

Alice

B: Not very often. I don’t have the time or talent to cook full meals. I usually heat up a frozen meal or order a takeaway.

Jacqueline

A: Yes, I cook every evening for my family. I often make a soup or traditional French dishes like ‘boeuf bourguignon’, which is kind of beef and red wine stew, and then we have cheese and salad. It may seem a lot, but we don’t eat big portions. What’s important for me is quality, not quantity.

4. Do you ever eat ‘unhealthy’ food? How do you feel about it?

Alice

C: Sometimes, I get fast food for a lunch. I have to admit that I love French fries. I feel terrible about it afterwards, but I don’t do it very often.

Jacqueline

D: Not at the home. I think most of the food I cook is healthy, but occasionally when I eat out, I have something unhealthy, but it doesn’t worry me.

5.Are you trying to cut down on anything at the moment?

Alice

E: I am trying to cut down on the amount of fat I eat. I’m also trying to eat more wholemeal food.

Jacqueline

B. Yes, I’m trying to eat less chocolate.

6. Are people’s diets in your country getting better or worse?

Alice

A: I think people are trying to improve their diets, but they are doing it the wrong way by following diets like the Atkins diet. Personally, I don’t think it’s very healthy, to cut out entire groups of foods like carbohydrates.

Jacqueline

C: I think people’s diets are getting worse and worse. It’s quite strange, because we have a lot of information now about how bad fast food is for you. I’m afraid it’s a problem in a lot of European countries.