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’ž Goodbye, fish and chips: changing trends in British dining Level 2 l Intermediate 1 Warmer Make a list of five healthy foods. Make a list of five unhealthy foods. What are the most popular foods in your country? 2 Key words Fill the gaps in the sentences using these key words from the text. The paragraph numbers are given to help you. cuisine halve triple double soar consumption shift calorie takeaway skimmed 1. ___________________ is the process of eating or drinking something. (para 2) 2. When things ___________________, they reduce by 50%. (para 2) 3. A ___________________ is a change in something, for example in someone s behaviour, opinions or ideas. (para 3) 4. A ___________________ is a unit for measuring how much energy you get from food. (para 3) 5. ___________________ milk has had the cream removed from it. (para 3) 6. If things such as prices ___________________, they increase rapidly to a high level. (para 3) 7. When things ___________________, they increase so that they are three times bigger than before. (para 4) 8. A ___________________ meal is one you buy in a restaurant or shop and take home to eat. (para 5) 9. When things ___________________, they increase so that they are twice as big as before. (para 5) 10. ___________________ is a particular style of cooking food, particularly the style of a particular country or region. (para 7) © Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2016 NEWS LESSONS / Goodbye, fish and chips: changing trends in British dining / Intermediate " OCOPIABLE WEBSITE FROM PHOT " CAN BE DOWNLOADED Goodbye, fish and chips: changing trends in British dining Level 2 l Intermediate becoming more careful about what they put on Goodbye, fish and chips: National their plates, with the average consumption of fruit Food Survey data reveals changing increasing by 50% since 1974. In 2014, UK adults trends in British dining ate an average of 157g of fruit per day. Bananas Delphine Robineau have been the most popular fruit in the UK since 18 February, 2016 1996, reaching 221g per adult per week in 2014, well above apples (131g) and oranges (48g). Low- 1 Tea, baked beans on toast and fish and chips have calorie soft drinks represented half of all soft drinks long been part of the British food tradition. But, there consumed in 2014 for the first time. Britons are also has been a change in tastes over the generations. spending a smaller proportion of their salaries on This has been clearly shown in data published food today  11%, compared with 24% in 1974. recently in the National Food Survey, which was set 7 The UK Environment Secretary, Elizabeth Truss, up in 1940 by the government because of concerns said:  Food is the heart of our society and this about health and access to food. data not only shows what we were eating 40 years 2 Everyone knows the British love tea but ago but how a change in culture has led to a food consumption has more than halved since the revolution. Shoppers care more about where their 1970s, falling from 68g of tea per person per food comes from than ever before, the internet has week to only 25g. Britons are now drinking on brought quality food to our doors at the click of a average only eight cups of tea a week, down from button, fashionable restaurants are showcasing the 23 cups in 1974. And, while tea remains the most latest trends and exciting global cuisines are now as popular hot drink in the UK, people now spend common as fish and chips. more money on coffee. 8  By studying this data, we can look beyond what, 3 The data is from 150,000 households who took part where or how previous generations were eating in the survey between 1974 and 2000, combined and pinpoint the moments that changed our habits with information from 2000 to 2014. It shows a move forever. We ve only scratched the surface of what towards healthier diets in recent decades, with shifts the National Food Survey can tell us. From local to low-calorie soft drinks, from whole to skimmed food maps and school projects to predicting new milk and increasing consumption of fresh fruit. But, food trends, I look forward to seeing how this data weekly consumption of chips, pizza, crisps and can be used to learn more about our past and ready meals has soared. grow our world-leading food and farming industry 4 There has also been a dramatic shift from white to in the future. brown bread but the figures suggest the amount © Guardian News and Media 2016 of bread people are eating has fallen from 25 to First published in The Guardian, 18/02/16 15 slices a week over the past four decades. The consumption of baked beans has dropped by a fifth despite a rise in other types of convenience food, particularly Italian dishes. Adults in the UK now eat an average of 75g of pizza every week compared with none in 1974, while the consumption of pasta has almost tripled over the same period. 5 Fresh potatoes are also becoming less essential with a 67% decrease from 1974, when adults ate the equivalent of 188g every day. Sales of other vegetables such as cucumbers, courgettes, aubergines and mushrooms have increased. Consumption of takeaway food has almost doubled since 1974, from 80g per person per week to 150g. Around 33g of this amount is chips and 56g is meat, with kebabs (10g), chicken (7g), burgers (5g) and  meat-based meals (32g) particularly popular. 6 Some trends suggest that British people are © Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2016 NEWS LESSONS / Goodbye, fish and chips: changing trends in British dining / Intermediate " OCOPIABLE WEBSITE FROM PHOT " CAN BE DOWNLOADED Goodbye, fish and chips: changing trends in British dining Level 2 l Intermediate Information search 3 Consumption of certain foods and drinks in the UK has changed dramatically since the 1970s. Which of these foods and drinks have seen an increase in consumption and which have seen a decrease? food or drink increase decrease 1. baked beans 2. pasta 3. crisps 4. cucumbers 5. tea 6. pizza 7. bread 8. mushrooms 9. chips 10. potatoes 4 Comprehension check Are these statements true (T) or false (F) according to the text? 1. British people now drink more coffee than tea. 2. British diets have become healthier since the 1970s. 3. British people eat less fruit now than they did in the 1970s. 4. People spend a bigger proportion of their salaries on food today than they did in the 1970s. 5. People ate a lot of pizza in the 1970s. 6. 150,000 households took part in the survey. 5 Find the word Find the following words and phrases in the text. 1. a two-word phrasal verb meaning start something such as a business, organization or institution (para 1) 2. a noun meaning the people who live in a house or flat when they are considered as a single unit (para 3) 3. a two-word noun phrase meaning food that is quick and easy to prepare (para 4) 4. an adjective meaning completely necessary (para 5) 5. a two-word adverbial phrase meaning much higher than (para 6) 6. a verb meaning present something in a way that attracts attention and highlights its good qualities (para 7) 7. a verb meaning discover exactly where something is (para 8) 8. a three-word verb phrase meaning deal with only the simple or obvious parts of something (para 8) © Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2016 NEWS LESSONS / Goodbye, fish and chips: changing trends in British dining / Intermediate " OCOPIABLE WEBSITE FROM PHOT " CAN BE DOWNLOADED Goodbye, fish and chips: changing trends in British dining Level 2 l Intermediate 6 Two-word expressions Match the words in the left-hand column with those in the right-hand column to make phrases from the text. a. cuisine 1. skimmed b. milk 2. ready c. drink 3. low- d. meal 4. soft e. trend 5. global f. calorie 6. latest 7 Spelling Complete the spelling of key words from the text. 1. c__ns__m__tion 2. c__l__r__e 3. h__u__eh__ld 4. a__e__ag__ 5. d__c__e__s__ 6. i__c__e__s__ 8 Discussion " Which foods or drinks do you think have become more or less popular in your country since the 1970s? " Should there be a special tax on unhealthy food and drink with a lot of sugar or salt? Why? Why not? © Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2016 NEWS LESSONS / Goodbye, fish and chips: changing trends in British dining / Intermediate " OCOPIABLE WEBSITE FROM PHOT " CAN BE DOWNLOADED Goodbye, fish and chips: changing trends in British dining Level 2 l Intermediate KEY 2 Key words 5 Find the word 1. consumption 1. set up 2. halve 2. households 3. shift 3. convenience food 4. calorie 4. essential 5. skimmed 5. well above 6. soar 6. showcase 7. triple 7. pinpoint 8. takeaway 8. scratch the surface 9. double 10. cuisine 6 Two-word expressions 3 Information search 1. b 2. d 3. f food or drink increase decrease 4. c 1. baked beans 5. a 6. e 2. pasta 3. crisps 7 Spelling 4. cucumbers 5. tea 1. consumption 2. calorie 6. pizza 3. household 7. bread 4. average 8. mushrooms 5. decrease 6. increase 9. chips 10. potatoes 4 Comprehension check 1. F 2. T 3. F 4. F 5. F 6. T © Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2016 NEWS LESSONS / Goodbye, fish and chips: changing trends in British dining / Intermediate " OCOPIABLE WEBSITE FROM PHOT " CAN BE DOWNLOADED

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