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Transcript

Today's Lesson

Task

Pros and Cons

Vocabulary

section, spices, crops, shortages

Grammar

Present Perfect
ExpositoryConnections

Reading

Level 7 Unit 11 Lesson 2

Fun Food Facts

Get Thinking!

What makes food taste good?
a lemonsomething that doesn't work correctlyHe bought a used car, but it turned out to be a lemon.

Idioms

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Reading

What do you need to cook something delicious?

Prereading

Reading

vegetables, and cereals as a staple in their diet. The meals were controlled by the seasons, and people were only able to eat what the land could provide.
section
In the middle ages, society began to split into a high class and low class section, and the two groups ate very different food. The nobility dined on meat, which was expensive and belonged to the landowners. The poor began to use beans,

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In the 16th century, the Empires in Spain and Portugal opened up trade routes as they explored the world. This meant that food from Europe began to mix with the spices and ingredients found in places like India and China. People began eating food with cinnamon, pepper and .

Reading

cloves. The taste of food became important and cooks started to experiment with spices and flavors they had never seen before. These exotic spices were expensive and in heavy demand.
spices
At this same time, the poorer farmers experimented with new techniques to grow grains and then sell these crops. They also began to cook with oils and sugar, which had recently arrived from the Caribbean. The workers began to mix food and create gruel, a soup with

Reading

green vegetables, beans, a bit of bacon, potato and cheese. Gruel was served with bread and provided enough nutrients for workers to keep their strength during the long, hard work day.
crops
carts, and the first version of fast-food began. Shops began to sell pre-made sandwiches, pretzels and pizza and workers were able to eat cheaply and quickly on their lunch breaks.
In the 19th century, as people began to immigrate, food started to become industrialized. People often had to migrate because of food shortages in their home country, and they arrived in new lands, where they found much more food available. People could buy ready-made food off of

Reading

shortage

Comprehension

Where was the first fast food offered?
What did farmers in the middle ages want?
What was in gruel?
How did Europeans get spices?

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shortages
crops
sections
spices

Matching

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Fill in the Blanks

crops

section

shortage

spices

I am afraid we are going to have a of wheat this year. We planted the in two sections this season. The section behind the house is doing well, but the behind the barn hasn't received any sun yet. I hope that these crops won't die because I want to earn enough money to buy some exotic and cook a curry for my mum.

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crops
fast food
sugar
spices

Connections

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I need to eat less fast food.
We should try to eat less sugar.

Suggestions

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Grammar

have + past participleI have eaten today.
have + not + past participleI haven't danced today.
I have been to India and eaten some very spicy food.
I haven't eaten any fast food yet today.
People have used spices for hundreds of years.

Present Perfect

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had gone
went
have been
was
has run
ran
dancing
danced
have eaten
ate
  1. I three pizzas this week.
  2. The dancer in the park on Friday.
  3. She five marathons in her life.
  4. I in four movies so far.
  5. He to the park last weekend.

Present Perfect

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Yes, we have already eaten 6 cookies each and we plan on eating 6 more!
Have you eaten any sugar today?

Today

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Practice

Some companies began to use a lot of pesticides in their crops.
Cause
Some companies started adding a lof of sugar to their products.

Cause and Effect

Some people have more money to buy food.
Some people started eating a lot of fast food.
Effect

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How can you make a 3d printed cake?

Listening

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Listen to the podcast6:30 - 9:00Be ready to tell why some people can eat very spicy foods.

Extension

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Why is it important to know the history of food?

Exit Interview

Goodbye!