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Popular fruits include apples, bananas, cherries, melons, oranges, peaches, pineapples and strawberries. (3) Favourite vegetables include cabbage, carrots, onions, peas, potatoes and sweet corn. Vegetables are usually eaten during the main part of a meal. They may be served raw in a salad, cooked and served with a sauce or added to a soup.
Other foods from plants include nuts, spices and drinks. (4) Nuts are popular snacks and can be used in other foods. (5) Food industry uses plant materials to make cooking oils, sugar and syrups.
A. Coffee, cocoa, tea and many other drinks are made from plants.
B. Cooks use spices while cooking foods.
C. In Australia, Europe, North America and parts of South America, people eat much meat.
D. Most fruits are eaten as snacks or in a salad or dessert.
E. The human diet has been based on grains for thousands of years.
5. Listen to the second part of the article and say if these statements are true, false or the information is not given in the text.
1. Meat, eggs and dairy products are very expensive.
2. Heating meat kills microbes which can cause illness.
3. Meat is usually eaten three times a day.
4. People like to eat fried chicken eggs for breakfast.
5. People in other parts of the world eat the eggs of other birds.
6. Milk products can be bought only at the market.
7. Sour cream, yoghurt and butter are popular milk products.
6. Discuss the following questions.
1. What kind of food do you prefer: plant or animal food? What kind of food do you eat most often?
2. Which food is healthier: plant or animal food? Why?
3. Which food is healthier: raw or cooked? Why?
2 1. a) Read and guess the meanings of the words in bold type.
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People buy and eat some basic foods in their natural form. But most of the food, especially milk and meat, is processed so that we could keep it for a long time. Processing includes canning, drying, freezing and pickling. Vegetables and fruits can be dried, frozen, canned or pickled. Meat and fish are mostly frozen or canned. The food that is processed and can be prepared very quickly and easily is called convenience food.
b) Match the word combinations with their Ukrainian equivalents.
1. canned pineapple а. заморожене м'ясо
2. convenience food b. консервовані ананаси
3. dried apricots c. мариновані огірки
4. frozen meat d. напівфабрикати
5. pickled cucumbers e. перероблені овочі
6. processed vegetables f. сушені абрикоси, курага
c) Discuss the following questions.
1. What kind of food do you eat in your family: natural or processed?
2. Which of them has more vitamins?
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