Exercises. Make sentences which describe the changes

Make sentences which describe the changes.

a. Write down the words which are pronounced in the following way:

[o.'gaenik] [kaem'pem]

[sm'Qetik] _ [to'k/vlmmeit]

['kemiklz] [kam'petetiv]

[bred] _ ['febjutes]

b. Say what you have learned from the text about organic food and ask the following questions for your group-mate to answer. Write down the answers.

1 'Have you 'heard about or'ganic 'food __________________

S before? ---------------------

2 'Is it cor'rect to trans'late 'or'ganic 'food' _________________

as экологически чистые про/ дукты? --------------------

3 'Are 'similar 'products pro duced and 'sold _______________

in / Russia? ---------------------

4 'Have you 'ever / tasted any of them? ---------------------

с Use your imagination and describe the culminating event at Raymond restaurant mentioned in the text, and say what products won the competition.

d. Have a look at this diagram and say how food consumption in British homes changed in 1999 as compared with 1990.

e.g. In 1999 people drank less tea.
They ate less white bread.....

e. Translate into English paying attention to the use of fenses:

1 Интересно, где были опубликованы эти данные?

2 Я думаю, что эти вопросы будут вскоре интересны и для нас.

3 Мне кажется, что уже и в России стали больше внимания уде­лять правильному питанию.

4 Существует мнение, что рестораны быстрого питания, как на­пример Макдональдс, приносят больше вреда, чем пользы.

f. Be ready to express your attitude and defend your point of view on the following:

i Fast food and homemade food.

■ Organic food and prospects for organic products in our country.

■ Proper nurishment.

g. Translate into Russian:

People in most cultures have strong ideas about which food are accept­able for human consumption and which are not. People in some coun­tries think the custom in the United States of eating corn on the cob is disgusting because that food is fit only for pigs. The Ukrainian favorite food salo, raw pig fat with black bread and vodka, might cause nausea in some, as would knowing that horse meat from California is served in restaurants in Belgium, France, and Japan.

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