# Healthy Eating on a Student Budget: answers and explanations

Cambridge IELTS 1, Test 2, Listening Part 4

Source: Recording, questions and answer key from Cambridge IELTS 1, Test 2, Listening Part 4. © Cambridge University Press & Assessment. Used for educational practice. Explanations and evidence notes are written by Testmigo.

## Answer key

| Q | Answer | Proof |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 33 | B | welcome to our regular lecture on health issues. ... to stay healthy while coping with study and social life at the same time. |
| 34 | D | Who is a professional dietician |
| 35 | C | ways of making sure that you eat well, while at the same time staying within your budget. |
| 36 | cooking | but the vitamins are escaping. ... Perhaps as a result of cooking |
| 37 | daily intake | and so a regular daily intake of these ones is needed. |
| 38 | variety | you must eat a variety of foods. |
| 39 | the dark | and store your vegetables in the fridge or in a cool dark place. |
| 40 | eat in moderation | the things that we can eat in moderation, uh, not too much though |
| 41 | eat lots | And then at the bottom of the pyramid are the things that you can eat lots of |

## Why these answers are right

**33. B.** John calls the series a regular lecture on health issues, part of the union's attempt to help students stay healthy while coping with study and social life. That matches maintaining a healthy lifestyle (B); study is mentioned, but organizing work and study (A) is not the focus.

**34. D.** The speaker is introduced as Ms Diane Greenbaum, a professional dietician who has given up time in a hectic schedule to talk. A dietician is a health expert, so D is right; she is a guest, not the campus doctor (B) or the union president (A).

**35. C.** Diane says she will talk about ways of making sure students eat well while staying within their budget. Eating well on a budget is sensible eating (C); dieting (B) means eating less, which she never suggests, and money is only one condition.

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## Transcript

**Announcer:** Section 4.

**Announcer:** You are going to hear part of a public lecture for new students.

**Announcer:** First, look at questions 33 to 35.

**Announcer:** Now listen and answer questions 33 to 35.

**John:** Uh. Good morning. Good morning everyone. And welcome to our regular lecture on health issues.

**John:** Um. The series of lectures is organized by the Students' union, and is part of the union's attempt to help you.

**John:** The students of this university to stay healthy while coping with study and social life at the same time.

**John:** So it's a great pleasure for me to welcome back Ms Diane Greenbaum.

**John:** Who is a professional dietician, and who has been kind enough to give up her time, in what I know is a very hectic schedule, to come along and talk to us today.

**Diane Greenbaum:** Thank you, thank you very much, John.

**Diane Greenbaum:** May I say it's a pleasure to be back.

**Diane Greenbaum:** Now stresses at university, being away from home and having to look after yourselves, uh, learning your way around the campus.

**Diane Greenbaum:** All contribute to making it quite hard sometimes to ensure that your diet is adequate.

**Diane Greenbaum:** So today, I'm going to talk about ways of making sure that you eat well, while at the same time staying within your budget.

**Announcer:** Now look at questions 36 to 41.

**Announcer:** As you listen to the second part of the lecture, complete the notes and diagram in the spaces provided.

**Diane Greenbaum:** If you have a well balanced diet, then you should be getting all the vitamins that you need for normal daily living.

**Diane Greenbaum:** However, sometimes we think we're eating the right foods, but the vitamins are escaping.

**Diane Greenbaum:** Perhaps as a result of cooking, and anyway we're not getting the full benefit of them.

**Diane Greenbaum:** Now if you lack vitamins in any way, the solution isn't to rush off and take vitamin pills, though they they can sometimes help.

**Diane Greenbaum:** No, it's far better to look at your diet and how you prepare your food.

**Diane Greenbaum:** So, what are vitamins?

**Diane Greenbaum:** Well, the dictionary tells us they are "food factors essential in small quantities to maintain life".

**Diane Greenbaum:** Now, there are fat soluble vitamins which can be stored for quite some time by the body.

**Diane Greenbaum:** And there are water soluble vitamins which are removed more rapidly from the body, and so a regular daily intake of these ones is needed.

**Diane Greenbaum:** OK, so how can you ensure that your diet contains enough of the vitamins you need?

**Diane Greenbaum:** Well, first of all, you may have to establish some new eating habits.

**Diane Greenbaum:** No more chips at the uni canteen, I'm afraid.

**Diane Greenbaum:** Now firstly, you must eat a variety of foods.

**Diane Greenbaum:** Then you need to ensure that you eat at least 4 servings of fruit and vegetables daily.

**Diane Greenbaum:** Now you'll need to shop two or three times a week to make sure that they're fresh, and store your vegetables in the fridge or in a cool dark place.

**Diane Greenbaum:** Now, let's just refresh our memories by looking at the healthy diet pyramid.

**Diane Greenbaum:** OK, can you all see that?

**John:** Hmm. Yep.

**Diane Greenbaum:** Good.

**Diane Greenbaum:** Well now as you see, we've got three levels to our pyramid, at the top, in the smallest area.

**Diane Greenbaum:** Are the things which we should really be trying to avoid as much as possible, things like yes, sugar, salt, butter, all that sort of thing.

**Diane Greenbaum:** Uh. Next on the middle of our pyramid, we find the things that we can eat in moderation, uh, not too much though, and that's where we find milk, lean meat, fish, nuts, eggs.

**Diane Greenbaum:** And then at the bottom of the pyramid are the things that you can eat lots of, because they're the things that are really good for you.

**Diane Greenbaum:** Uh. Here we have bread, vegetables, and fruit.

**Diane Greenbaum:** So, don't lose sight of your healthy diet pyramid when you do your shopping.

**Announcer:** That is the end of section 4.

**Announcer:** You now have half a minute to check your answers.

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