Focus on Words
Focus on Words
Focus on Words
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ARRANGING WORDS<br />
What can you buy in food stores?<br />
c<strong>on</strong>fecti<strong>on</strong>ary, dairy, grocery, greengrocery, bakery<br />
WORDS IN USE<br />
a. Where will you buy<br />
clothes? food? household things? socks? toys? presents?<br />
b. Insert the words:<br />
marketing, pressures of commerce, the latest fashi<strong>on</strong>,<br />
electr<strong>on</strong>ic communicati<strong>on</strong>, whatever, fads.<br />
- The tendency of young people today to give in to the ... and industry, and to buy<br />
... companies want them to buy, is saddening. Whether it is mobile ph<strong>on</strong>es, MP3<br />
players, the latest fashi<strong>on</strong> or, dare I say it the Internet – aren’t all these things just<br />
crazies that cost a lot of m<strong>on</strong>ey and are bad for young people today? When we were<br />
young, things used to be different. We had time for each other, we would go for walks<br />
and enjoy nature, and we would spend hours reading good books. How is the world<br />
going to develop if the <strong>on</strong>ly things young people are interested in are ... and ...?<br />
All I can say is that I’m deeply c<strong>on</strong>cerned, and 1 hope teachers are aware of the<br />
dangers of technology and the modern world, and influence children to turn more<br />
towards the things that really matter!<br />
LISTENING<br />
Listen to the text “A bargain is a bargain” and find the answers to the questi<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
1. Do you understand the title of the text?<br />
2. What is a psychological price?<br />
3. Why is it called so?<br />
4. What is meant by hagg ling?<br />
PRESENTATION<br />
The gradual change in diet am<strong>on</strong>g<br />
newly prosperous populati<strong>on</strong> is the most<br />
important factor underpinning the rise in<br />
global food prices. From 1950 to 1984,<br />
as the Green Revoluti<strong>on</strong> transformed<br />
agriculture around the world, grain<br />
producti<strong>on</strong> increased by over 250%. The<br />
world populati<strong>on</strong> has grown by about 4<br />
billi<strong>on</strong> since the beginning of the Green<br />
Revoluti<strong>on</strong> and most believe that,<br />
Food security<br />
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