Ex. 1. Read and retell the text. Ex. 2. Answer the questions. What problem do American consumers face when buying food?
How often does the family visit a supermarket to purchase its food for a week?
What will enable Americans to make their buying decisions right at home?
What is the secret of success of fast-food and take-out restaurants?
What is more recent development in the American food industry?
Which food items are very popular now in America?
Ex. 3. Find in the text equivalents to the following words and phrases. Потребители, изделия из дробленного зерна, типы продуктов, консервированный, полуфабрикат, духовка, подавать на стол, запеченная рыба, вегетарианский стол, “быстроешки”, постное мясо, ресторан, “обеды на дом”.
Ex. 4. Make up questions to which the following sentences might be the answers. Meats, fish, fruit, vegetables etc. are available throughout the country during any season of the year.
Now virtually all food stores have a wide choice of frozen foods specially prepared to be cooked in a microwave oven.
The microwave oven has revolutionized the home preparation of meals.
Since the 1950s fast-food and take-out restaurants have had a phenomenal proliferation in the U.S.
An entire family can often go to eat at fast-food place for convenience and economy.
Animals are now being scientifically bred to produce lean meat.
A demand for foods grown and produced free of fertilizers has led to the development of an “organic food” industry.
