5 FOCUS ON FOOD
THINK AND DISCUSS (page 81)
1. Possible answer: The photo might make you think of family parties and meals.
2. Possible answers: the school cafeteria, at home, sometimes at a restaurant; with family, with friends, by myself
3. Answers will vary.
EXPLORE THE THEME (pages 82–83)
1. Possible answer: Students can list any foods in the photo, including grapes, cherries, bananas, coconuts, pineapples, watermelon, kiwi, strawberries, lemons, limes, pomegranates, peppers, asparagus,
mushrooms, artichokes, avocados, etc. Answers to the second question will vary.
2. Foods by truck: red grapes, chili peppers; Foods by plane: apricots, white asparagus, mushrooms; Foods by boat: red bananas, pineapples, orange peppers
3. Possible answer: The New York City markets have food from other countries when some of the same food is also grown in the U.S.
4. Possible answer: Costs to the environment include pollution from transportation and consumption of natural resources, such as oil.
Lesson A
VOCABULARY
B (page 84)
1. The seven senses are memory, movement, sight, smell, sound, touch, and taste.
2. Flavor begins in the brain.
3. Answers will vary.
C (page 84) Answers will vary.
D (page 85) 1. brain; 2. taste; 3. nervous; 4. waste; 5. memory; 6. senses; 7. expect; 8. nutrition; 9. texture; 10. smell
E (page 85) 1. V; 2. N; 3. N; 4. V; 5. V; 6. V
F (page 85) Answers will vary.
LISTENING
A (page 86) Answers will vary.
B (page 87) Possible answers:
1. At a farmers’ market/Kings Road Market
2. People like food that looks good because they expect it to taste good, too.
3. The nutritionist thinks ugly food can be healthier for us, save us money, and reduce food waste.
C (page 87)
1. F, That’s why
2. T, because
3. F, That’s because
4. F, because
5. T, so
6. F, because
D (page 87)
1. Answers will vary.
2. Possible answer: It’s important to reduce the amount of food waste because hunger is a global problem.
3.–4. Answers will vary.
5. Possible answer: People who like to try new foods are likely adventurous and open.
SPEAKING
A–E (pages 88–89) Answers will vary.
F (page 90)
1. When I was a child, my favorite holiday food was homemade cinnamon rolls.
2. In the morning, my mother warmed the rolls up in the oven.
3. Then she put white icing on top of the warm rolls.
4. We children counted the rolls very carefully.
5. We wanted to divide them equally.
6. I loved the rolls because they were soft and warm, and of course, very sweet.
7. Even today, I can remember the wonderful taste.
G (page 90) Answers will vary.
LESSON TASK
A–C (page 91) Answers will vary.
Video
A (page 92) 1. b; 2. c; 3. a
B (page 93) 1. c; 2. e; 3. a; 4. d; 5. b
C (page 93) Possible answer:
A “food-waste rebel” is someone who thinks the way that people and businesses waste food is wrong and wants to make a change.
D (page 93) Possible answers:
1. People waste more food now than in the past because food has gotten cheaper and become more disposable. Also, corporations encourage
people to take more than they need.
2. Food waste is a big problem in grocery stores as well as in homes.
E (page 93) 1. last 40; 2. billions of dollars; 3. normal, perfect
F (page 93)
1. Answers will vary.
2. Possible answer: It takes a lot of work and resources to produce food. In order to save our resources, such as land and water, we have to stop wasting food.
3. Possible answer: Talk to the owners of businesses or start organizations like Stuart did.
Lesson B
VOCABULARY
B (page 94) 1. survival; 2. crops; 3. feed; 4. solution;
5. large-scale; 6. significant; 7. land; 8. environment; 9. area; 10. percent
C (page 95) 1. c; 2. f; 3. a; 4. b; 5. d; 6. e
D (page 95) Answers will vary.
LISTENING
A (page 96) 1. T; 2. F (He is calm and reasonable.); 3. F
(He sees this as one of the solutions.); 4. T
B (page 96)
1. 35%; twice as much or 100% more
2. People are beginning to eat differently—more meat, more eggs, more milk—so animals will eat a lot of the food farmers grow.
3. Africa, Latin America, and Eastern Europe
C (page 97)
II. Steps
Step One: Stop deforestation
a. stop burning rainforests
b. grow crops on land size of South America
c. keep animals on land size of Africa
Step Two: Grow more on the farms we already have
Step Three: Use resources more efficiently
a. example of resource: water
Step Four: Change how we eat
b. food to feed animals and make fuel
c. the fewer animal foods we eat, the more food for people
Step Five: Reduce food waste
III. Conclusion
d. Eat less meat and other animal foods
e. Waste less food
D (page 97)
1. Possible answer: It is a very important challenge. The population is growing, and we will soon have to feed around nine billion people.
2. Possible answer: People will likely be healthier. It will also have a positive effect on the environment because we won’t cut down as
many forests to get land for farming.
3. Answers will vary.
SPEAKING
B (page 98)
Speaker 1
Time markers: I have always, As a child, now, Recently, these days
Interesting details: Possible answers: I went there with my parents; have everything I need; convenient foods like ready-to-eat salads, side dishes, and even main dishes like chicken and lasagna
Speaker 2
Time markers: When I was a child, from spring to fall, Later, never
Interesting details: Possible answers: grow a lot of my food myself; I watched my parents and grandparents; home-grown food tastes much
better; red, ripe tomatoes and different kinds of lettuce; grow cucumbers, onions, and even some strawberries; raise a few chickens; buy special food; If I cut the top off a carrot, for example, the chickens
are happy to eat it
C (page 99)
1. how fruits and vegetables are lost and wasted
2. Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the U.S.
3. 47%
4. the most loss: picking and sorting; the most
waste: in homes
5. Answers will vary.
FINAL TASK
A (page 99)
20% farms
3% shipping/storage
2% processing (juicing, baking)
9% supermarkets
19% homes
B (page 100)
1. Possible answer: Solutions for the problems of loss on farms and waste in homes would help the most.
2.–3. Answers will vary.
C (page 100) Answers will vary.
