18.04.2015 Views

Focus on Words

Focus on Words

Focus on Words

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

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 />

76

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!